NS and NGOs --- Interesting discussion and thanks for your observation Gerhard. I sometimes worry that the public might see the NS as a "soft" cop because it so seldom makes public statements critical of the government. One thing I'd like to see more of is discussion in non-government fora at which a strategy for public statements is put in place which makes these statements coherent, and linked (behind closed doors) with quiet diplomacy actions.

Source author: Christopher Lamb christopher.lamb17@gmail.com