Whether you are a news junkie or just a casual scanner of headlines, there’s no doubt that you’ve run into the word “diplomacy.” From the NBA’s recent dealings with Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests to the subpoenas issued in the ongoing impeachment inquiry, diplomacy has made itself quite comfortable at the top of the “news-chain.”
This week on “What’s the Word,” Adam Schuster helps us map diplomacy’s history, looking at some of its earliest examples in Ancient Egypt as well as the infamous jazz tours of the Cold War to measure its development as both an objective of the State and a popular activity within the realm of public celebrity.
