Main content

UK Ambassador to Lebanon (2011-2015) - Tom Fletcher

Stephen Sackur speaks to Tom Fletcher who was British Ambassador to Lebanon 2011-2015. What is the point of the modern day diplomat?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Tom Fletcher who was appointed British Ambassador to Lebanon at the tender age of 36. Five years on he has just written an operational review of the UK鈥檚 Foreign Office. What is the point of the modern day diplomat? Theirs is a world of fortified embassies, chauffeured limousines, and elaborate protocol, but in this globalised internet age, what kind of value do they add? Is diplomacy as we know it dead?

Available now

23 minutes

Last on

Fri 3 Jun 2016 21:06GMT

Broadcasts

  • Fri 3 Jun 2016 01:06GMT
  • Fri 3 Jun 2016 02:06GMT
  • Fri 3 Jun 2016 03:06GMT
  • Fri 3 Jun 2016 04:06GMT
  • Fri 3 Jun 2016 06:06GMT
  • Fri 3 Jun 2016 14:06GMT
  • Fri 3 Jun 2016 21:06GMT

Podcast