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Handshakes or punches? What goes on behind closed diplomatic doors

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Nehring H (2017) Handshakes or punches? What goes on behind closed diplomatic doors. The Conversation. 31.01.2017. https://theconversation.com/handshakes-or-punches-what-goes-on-behind-closed-diplomatic-doors-72017

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First paragraph: It would have been fascinating to have been a fly on the wall when Boris Johnson called Donald Trump’s special adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushnerto express Theresa May’s concernabout the US policy which is being widely referred to as the “Muslim ban”. What sort of language did the foreign secretary adopt? How high were the stakes vis-a-vis the “special R relationship” which only 24 hours ago had been reaffirmed by the US president and the UK prime minister?  Access this article on The Conversation website: https://theconversation.com/handshakes-or-punches-what-goes-on-behind-closed-diplomatic-doors-72017

StatusPublished
Publication date online31/01/2017
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/24950
PublisherThe Conversation Trust
Publisher URLhttps://theconversation.com/…atic-doors-72017
Place of publicationLondon
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Professor Holger Nehring

Professor Holger Nehring

Chair in Contemporary European History, History