FP calls it "Diplomacy 102," but if this is 102, what the hell is 101?
| 30 percent of officers in [US] language-designated public diplomacy positions in the Muslim world have not attained the level of language proficiency required for their positions, hampering their ability to engage with foreign publics |
Call me crazy, but isn't direct communication absolutely fundamental to diplomacy? So if nearly a third of our diplomats cannot speak the language of the country in which they are stationed....
Hey America... Do you feel safer yet?
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