Tweets Replace Institutional Diplomacy

Diplomatic decision‑making is increasingly compressed into social‑media proclamations aimed at domestic audiences, sidelining traditional embassy channels, back‑channel negotiation, and multilateral procedure. That shift makes international bargaining more performative, less predictable, and more prone to escalatory signaling that institutional norms had long dampened. — If true, this trend raises systematic risks—higher chance of miscalculation, weaker crisis management, and a permanent premium on personal leverage over legal or institutional remedies.