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Alexander is a 38-year-old former British diplomat with the ability to get on with a wide range of people, something he believes will help him in the game. He explained: "I've lived around the ...

Every foreign service around the world faces that dilemma; none has resolved the problem. Recruiting a neurosurgeon to repair a brain or a structural engineer to construct a bridge might seem ...

Top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas and Poland's prime minister have joined calls for the bloc to heed President Trump's demands and spend much more on defence - as Europe faces the 'existential threat ...

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As the nation’s chief diplomat, it will fall on Rubio to implement Trump’s executive actions and articulate the philosophy behind the former businessman’s tactics to make America’s allies ...

He is now the nation's top US diplomat, overseeing more than 70,000 federal employees working for the US Department of State. Rubio is considered a foreign policy "hawk" - meaning someone who ...

TOKYO/WASHINGTON -- Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will communicate the issues that Tokyo considers non-negotiable when he meets with Marco Rubio, the nominee for U.S. secretary of state ...

its top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said on Tuesday. Uncertainty over new U.S. President Donald Trump's economic policies could sway markets in unpredictable ways, Mimura said at a Reuters ...