Sir Christopher Meyer, who was British ambassador to the US in the Blair years, thought the leaks would have little impact on diplomatic behaviour.
This has had a powerful impact on the diplomatic behaviour of Arab leaders since the start of the latest Palestinian intifada last September.
The film was initially chosen as Britain's entry for the 1959 Moscow International Film Festival until the Foreign Office petitioned the British Film Producers Associationn for it to be withdrawn on the basis that the Russians might consider the film to accurately portray British diplomatic behaviour.
Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, was less diplomatic, describing the behaviour of the video game's creators as "vile" and "a travesty" and announcing via Twitter that she now plans to take legal action.
This raised speculation that it was meant either to pre-empt an expected move by the Security Council to ramp up sanctions or simply to dampen criticism at home by creating an impression of diplomatic movement.Such behaviour frustrates those, both Iranians and outsiders, who want Iran to enjoy more normal relations with the world.
The true star of the book is George Brown, Wilson's brilliant and erratic secretary for economic affairs and then foreign secretary, who lurches through the narrative in a fog of gin, lewd behaviour and diplomatic incident.
It has turned Estonians who reject everything about the Soviet era against Estonians with a lingering respect for the Red Army's bravery.But it is hard to argue that Estonia needs this argument right now, and even harder to argue that Estonia should be expending shamefully scarce diplomatic capital defending its behaviour abroad.
According to the German foreign ministry, the head of its European Department pointed out to him that the "interception of communications from the premises of a diplomatic mission would be behaviour contrary to international law".
Obama administration officials were divided today, with some modestly optimistic that Clinton's trip could lead to a diplomatic breakthrough and others cautioning that the behaviour of the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-il, has been erratic in the past.
Speaking along with three other ministers to the select committee on armed exports, Ellwood denied claims that ministers were turning a blind eye to Saudi behaviour in order to protect a diplomatic and arms sales relationship.
Pellegrini's calm, diplomatic and understated personality is best illustrated by his behaviour in the build-up to and aftermath of his sacking by Real Madrid in the summer of 2010.
