Stop Politicising Foreign Policy
Yuba Nath Lamsal:- Foreign policy is a country’s fundamental principle and foundation for conducting relations in the international arena. Countries adopt well-defined foreign policies to serve their national interests abroad, based on which diplomacy and diplomats operate. As diplomacy is a form of political interaction in the international arena, it requires special skills, acumen, and expertise. In the modern globalised, interconnected and interdependent world, countries are required to have multiple engagements and relations with states, sub-states, and super-states as well as super-national entities like international and regional organisations. Sometimes diplomats are, thus, assigned to build relations with and engage even non-state actors. Unlike in the past, the functions of diplomats are multi-dimensional and they are required to possess skills and knowledge to deal with diverse matters ranging from political, strategic, security, economic, trade, to climate change and t...