[New podcast] The telegraph and diplomacy: An interview with Tom Standage
Related topics: Foreign policy History of diplomacy History of diplomacy and technology
Author: Diplo Team
In January 2021, Diplo began a series of online discussions titled History of Diplomacy and Technology led by Dr Jovan Kurbalija. As part of the series, Kurbalija interviewed journalist and author Tom Standage to talk about the impact that the invention of the telegraph had on the geopolitics of the time.
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