DiplomacyBites

Diplomacy, decoded. No spin. No fluff. Just the bite.

Briefings. Signals. Clues.

Because diplomacy rarely leaves fingerprints
but always leaves traces.

The War That Wants to Happen and Just Did

There’s no more ambiguity. The United States has entered the war. Diplomacy is no longer an alternative; it’s an alibi.

The Rules of Retaliation

The rules of retaliation have changed. The sooner we acknowledge it, the better we can navigate what’s to come.

Elegantly Undone: How Democracies Collapse in Silence

Democracy, as it turns out, does not need to be shot in the street. It can be chloroformed quietly in its sleep – no blood, no outrage, just the soft hum of constitutional procedure.

Can the West Still Learn?

The decline of Western dominance isn’t coming. It’s here. The Global South has stopped waiting, and the West is still looking in the mirror.

Nigeria: The Giant That Talks While Others Move

Nigeria sees itself as Africa’s center of gravity. And why not?

Is it a New World, or is it just a New Angle?

When we last looked around in January, the second inauguration of Donald Trump already seemed like a significant geopolitical tremor.

The Hidden Costs of Green Technologies

The energy transition is no longer a future vision but a widely accepted necessity. Electric vehicles, wind power, solar panels – the instruments of transformation are already in place. Yet even as the direction is

Ten Years Later: Rise of the Robots Revisited

Ten years after Rise of the Robots, we revisit Martin Ford’s bold predictions about automation, AI, and the end of work. What came true, what didn’t — and why the slow collapse of the middle

DiplomacyBites – because diplomacy often bites.

I’ve spent decades in the foreign service. Sat through the briefings. Attended the summits. Listened to the speeches. Written some of them. Watched governments pretend, collapse, reinvent themselves, and repeat the cycle—always with a slogan