Observations About the World, Part Forty-Nine
Photograph of the Atlas globe Is Diplomacy Worthwhile? Monday – October 19, 2026 T oday the world seems rather more dangerous than what it is, read " The State of Geopolitics ", or rather than what one objectively can assert, relying of course entirely on the still common reference point of history . Of course, the matter of diplomacy seems also rather more important today, and perhaps this is true and perhaps this is why I should write about the subject of diplomacy, but allow me to first attempt to point out the fact that there is an argument against diplomacy today, or rather an argument in favour of more personal and private diplomatic channels. You see, it seems to me that institutions such as the UN (United Nations) work poorly, and yes the argument is and should perhaps be that the UN works poorly because the nations that make up the UN have refused to grant it more power and influence, and I suppose then that the Secretary General of the UN António Guterres functions ...