A new show starring Keri Russell takes, umm, some liberties with the reality of the lives of global diplomats.
“I loved the show,” said Lewis Lukens, a former career diplomat who served as the No. 2 at the U.S. embassy in London, where much of the action takes place. “It was realistic enough to be almost plausible.”become one of Netflix’s most popular shows
Kate Wyler isn’t just a career member of the Foreign Service — she’s a very good diplomat who’s used to working in crisis zones. She was supposed to head to Afghanistan, then suddenly — as in within hours — gets sent to the United Kingdom instead as a terrible tragedy threatens war. The people involved in crafting “The Diplomat” made the career vs. political dynamic a key part of the plot.
When Kate learns of this, she’s told that although she may have no campaign experience, she’d be good at something called “governing” and that the president would prefer a deputy who isn’t obsessed with her political future. That said, if the president wants to keep her for a second term — and the show indicates that’s the goal — one would expect politics to still trump on-the-ground experience, as often happens in Washington.
Overall, the idea of a career diplomat being tapped as vice president is “preposterous,” Reeker said. U.S. diplomats do sometimes marry one another , and as long as one is not in the other’s chain-of-command, they can be at the same post. Married diplomats can even be ambassadors at the same time, though obviously in different places.
But although the show makes sure to emphasize that Britain has left the European Union, it seems to forget that Britain remains a part of the NATO military alliance. The latter is much more relevant in a situation like this.
Although the show doesn’t take viewers to Afghanistan, some of its most affecting moments — the ones that make you remember why diplomacy matters — are about that country, not Britain.The United States is nowhere near reopening its diplomatic mission in Afghanistan right now. A PM who was talking so recklessly about launching the U.K. into a military confrontation with a nuclear power would likely be challenged in a vote of confidence within hours — particularly if there was a dishy, sensible, potential alternative leader such as Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison waiting in the wings.The PM is so infuriated by American actions he declares that Britain and the U.S. should no longer be considered close allies.
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