Language sensitivity --- Thank you Etienne for your comment, I think the language one chooses to express him/herself is key, as it conveys a message in itself. Language is a powerful political tool and strongly linked to identity. Interestingly, while English is often chosen as a "neutral" language in international affairs, it is rather a "globish" form of English that can be used, in which both partners feel confortable because it is not their mother tongue.

Source author: Fanny Charmey fanny.charmey@eda.admin.ch