It has been democratised and it’s much more open and diverse. Right now it’s the opposite: information is everywhere and the question is to select which is important and relevant to the job.Īlso, the Quai d’Orsay, the foreign ministry, was quite hierarchical, a sort of conservative body with dynasties of aristocrats. It was a sort of romantic vision of a diplomat trying to get access to secrecy. At the time you didn’t have internet, you didn’t have computers, and in a sense information was a bit rare. Gérard Araud: When I started my first post, in 1982, I was a young diplomat in Israel. Q: How has the role of ambassador changed during your career? (This is an edited version of an interview that is part of the Spotlight on France podcast. Pig farming, diplomacy, and Algerians massacred in Paris Spotlight on France He opens up to RFI about diplomacy in the age of social media, controversial tweets, dull dinners, sexuality and the challenge of explaining laicité to Americans. While France has the third largest diplomatic network in the world, few ambassadors are as straight-talking as he is.
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