A diplomat who shall remain nameless offers three rules of thumb:
- Don’t mistake activity for action
- Don’t mistake access for influence
- Don’t mistake experience for expertise
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View all postsAlex Evans is a Senior Fellow at the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University, and the author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren't Enough? (Penguin, 2017), a book about the power of deep stories to unlock transformational change. He lives in North Yorkshire and is currently working on political polarisation and learning dry stone walling. Full biog here.



