"Democracy cannot be imposed by military force" - Former NL ambassador to Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia and Germany

THE AMBASSADOR SERIES (BONUS EPISODE): THE MIDDLE EAST

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Teer Strategy Talks To David Rennie, The Economist's Beijing bureau chief

ON THE GROUND: EPISODE 1

To be taken seriously, China administers “an educational dose of pain” to the world. It might lose something essential: Europe’s trust.

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"Essential goods should remain in European hands" - Former NL Ambassador to China

THE AMBASSADOR SERIES (4/4): CHINA

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"Europe cannot afford a new cold war with Russia" - Former NL Ambassador to Russia

THE AMBASSADOR SERIES (3/4): RUSSIA

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"The Americans are an impatient kind of people" - Former NL Ambassador to the United States

THE AMBASSADOR SERIES (2/4): THE UNITED STATES

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The Ambassador Series: An Introduction

In this series of interviews, Teer Strategy explores the future of the Netherlands in a rapidly changing geopolitical arena. I ask four former ambassadors posted respectively in New Delhi, Moscow, Beijing and Washington:

How can the Netherlands remain a prosperous country with an open society and democratic political system in the 21st century?

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