1. Does the World Need Ambassadors and Embassies?
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Stegny, Petr, Ivanov, Ivan, Orlov, Aleksandr, Makushkin, Aleksei, and Fomenko, Aleksandr
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INTERNATIONAL relations , *DIPLOMATS , *AMBASSADORS , *DIPLOMACY , *INTERNATIONAL mediation - Abstract
The article offers the opinions of several foreign policy experts on the article "It's Time to Scrap Ambassadors and Their Embassies," by Carne Ross. Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Israel Petr Stegny discusses the need to respect state sovereignty. Former Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Ivanov notes the article is not convincing and diplomats are still needed. Aleksandr Orlov, Professor of international relations, notes that diplomats' influence may be decreasing, but they are still important.
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- 2009