Names Not Numbers

Military adventurism has given way to a more cautious approach to international relations, with a much greater reliance on diplomacy and politics. In the era of retrenchment, has diplomacy become a mere charade? And how has the digital 24 hour news age and rise of social media affected the practice of diplomacy?  Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers. Chair: Toby Mundy, Chief Executive and Publisher, Atlantic Books Panel: Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent and Anchor, CNN Susan Gibson, Board Member, International Rescue Committee UK Rear Admiral Chris Parry CBE, Security Expert and Strategic Forecaster  James Rubin, Visiting Scholar, Rothermere American Institute, Oxford