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'Kate is good at a lot of things, but Hal has far more swagger.'

Is there a place for competency that's fun in THE DIPLOMAT and in diplomacy when the concept itself has been co-opted?

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Jennifer Koons
Nov 11, 2025
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Mike Pompeo walked so Pete Hegseth could run.

The performance of swagger and the performance of masculinity is entirely redundant, and so you can imagine why I’ve thought once or twice about…

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