TEN QUALITIES/CHALLENGES OF A DIPLOMAT IN BRUSSELS

By Maria Luisa Fantappie and Fernando Gentilini

Being a diplomat in Brussels means taking a risk. It means accepting complexity (from Latin cum plectere, to tangle, intertwine) of giving collective solutions to issues defining international relations in our time. Here we disentangle this complexity by discussing the ten challenges facing a diplomat in Brussels and the qualities to successfully address them.