Soldiers. Police used tear gas to break up protesters demanding quicker reform from sudans Transitional Government. European union is opening its doors to visitors from 14 countries but not to the United States amid a resurgence and coronavirus cases that. Now china is imposing a new security law on hong kong 23 years after it took back control and promised a one country 2 systems policy its been signed by a chinese president xi jinping and is now in force critics say the legislation erodes hong kongs freedoms brown reports. It normally takes a year for Chinas Parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time just 40 days the new security law completed its passage after a vote by the countrys most powerful political body the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress in Hong Kong China supporters were also celebrating before the news that even being confirmed. A contentious measure that spits it he divided the city was once more defended by its chief executiv
Status of u. S. , u. K. Relations. This is about a half an hour. Thank you so much for joining us. If you havent already signed up to my weekly newsletter, its free and you can sign up at mrpolitico. Com, global. And its my pleasure to introduce the new British Ambassador to the United States, karen pierce. Welcome, ambassador. Thank you very much. Its such a pleasure to have you here. Weve got about 30 minutes of a chat now and well get to our questions as well during the conversation. If you havent sent them already, post them on twitter u. S. Ing askpolitico. Weve got great ones rolling in. And ambassador, i wont spend most time about policy, but were in such strange times i thought maybe we could ask questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Maybe lets start with the border stuff first. Youve got experience in the u. N. And conflict zones. Thinking about to all of those eras, whats changed from when you start you had out in diplomacy . W
Welcome, ambassador. Thank you very much. Host host it is such a pleasure to have you here. We have 30 minutes for the chat and we will get to your questions during the conversation. If you have not sent them already, post them on twitter using politico. We have great ones rolling in. Ambassador, i want us to spend our time talking about policy. Time, in such a strange thought we could ask a couple questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Maybe lets start with the border context. You have decades of experience at the u. N. , you have worked in the u. S. Previously in conflict zones. Thinking over all of those errors, what has changed from when you started out in diplomacy . Wow. That is a big question. Not much has changed actually. That sounds dull. And it sounds like diplomats are stuck in the last century. But fundamentally, diplomacy is about human relations. It is about implementing people and explaining your point of view. Skill hasou
Pierce was interviewed by politico about the coronavirus pandemic. Her diplomatic service, and the status of u. S. U. K. Relations. This is about half an hour. Ryan thank you so much for joining us. If you have not already signed up for my weekly newsletter, it is free, and you can sign up at politico. Com. It is my very great pleasure to welcome a heavy weight of Foreign Policy and global politics, the new British Ambassador to the united states, dame karen pierce. Amb. Pierce thank you very much. Ryan it is such a pleasure to have you here. We have about 30 minutes for the chat and we will get to your questions as well during the conversation. If you have not sent them already, post them on twitter using politico. We already have great ones rolling in. Ambassador, i want to spend most of our time talking about policy, but we are in such strange times. I thought we could ask some questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Lets start with the
Rolling in. I want to spend most of our time talking about policy, but we are in such strange times. I thought we could ask some questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Lets start with the broader context. You have got decades of experience at the u. N. You worked in the u. S. Previously, in conflict zones. Looking back in those errors, what has changed since when you started out . Amb. Pierce wow, that is a big question. Not much has changed, actually. That sounds a bit dull and it sounds like diplomats are stuck in the last century. But fundamentally, diplomacy is about human relations. It is about influencing people and explaining your point of view. Stayedkills have unchanged since the ancient greeks. How you do that can change, obviously, and we are seeing in the covid crisis a lot more work being done through other means. But fundamentally, it has been ou about understanding the other side. It is about explaining that to your own sid