Cameron stands accused of being a ‘foreign policy irrelevance’, but the most important diplomacy is conducted quietly and slowlyIf diplomacy is an iceberg, summitry is its tip: the moment when heads of government swoop in to push their diplomats over the finishing line, making the final adjustment to negotiating positions that may be months or years in the making, and taking international acclaim for peacemaking.So it’s natural to feel sorry for David Cameron, apparently sitting out Europe’s most serious crisis in decades as Angela Merkel and François Hollande shuttle between Kiev, Moscow and Munich. Related: Ukraine summit planned in Minsk …read more
Source: The Guardian
