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Feb 25, 2019 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Sorry to have to contradict you there, Mr President. It doesn’t boil down to a simple binary choice like that. Yes, these may be hectic times, but diplomacy is all about embracing complexity rather than simplistic one-liners.
We collectively missed the train of history in 2011, when the EU did not stand up for human rights and democracy in our neighbourhood but preferred to swallow the old lie that authoritarianism means stability. Here’s a topical article by @Mikepeeljourno: ft.com/content/db796d…
