Diplomacy of the Third Kind?

Net positive, or no?

"What do Dennis Rodman and the Executive Chairman of Google have in common?"

The world stage is a different animal from the one where the major forces were nation-states or groups of them. A recent development, said critter has changed the tools of conflict resolution.

"Public-private Partnership for Diplomacy, has a nice ring to it. That is if it is sincerely descriptive rather than a 'cover' for deception. The concept is not new, but the means to implement has taken a quantum leap it seems."

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