Diplomacy has always belonged to everyone. It just hasn't always been written that way.
We produce story, reflection, analysis and argument for practitioners, policymakers, and anyone who believes that understanding the world is the first step to shaping it.
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About
Most foreign affairs coverage is written for institutions, by institutions. It speaks in jargon and leaves out the people it's supposed to serve.
TDC starts from a different premise: that “soft” issues, including gender equity, human security, lived experience, social geopolitics, culture, democratic resilience and positive peace, are load-bearing forces in international relations, not footnotes to hard power. Foreign affairs policy has for too long been narrated by the same voices, from the same rooms, for the same audiences.
We're here to change that.
With a ≈68% open rate, the TDC newsletter lands fortnightly in the inboxes of diplomats, analysts, journalists and practitioners across the foreign affairs ecosystem.
Meet the founder
Maria Luísa Moreira is an award-winning foreign affairs analyst, writer and founder of The Diplomat's Cabinet. Her work sits at the intersection of gender, global security, democratic backsliding and public diplomacy, researched and practised across the Council of the EU, the British and Canadian Foreign Offices and Portugal’s Ministry of Defence.
She writes and comments regularly for Jornal de Negócios and CNN Portugal. The Cabinet is her argument that foreign affairs needs better storytellers.
