Writing for the Emirates Diplomatic Academy as part of the Pandemic Diplomacy Series, Chairman of the Middle East Institute Mr Bilahari Kausikan answers the question of how the pandemic will impact diplomacy. He argues that foreign ministries and individual diplomats will have to learn a new skill set that entails not only framing messages in an appropriate way, but coordinating messaging across at least three dimensions: traditional diplomacy, official virtual diplomacy and unofficial virtual diplomacy. Read the full piece here.

Image Caption: President Donald J. Trump and President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in 2017. Photo: Shealah Craighead /Official White House Photo / via Wikimedia Commons.