By Lucy Li
“[The] United States will be ready for a Declaration of Interdependence,” read Martin Palouš, Czech Ambassador to the United Nations.
“We will be prepared to discuss with a united Europe the ways and means of forming a concrete Atlantic partnership, ” he continued.
These words, taken from a speech by president John F. Kennedy, still embody the philosophy of U.S. foreign policy today, according to Palouš.
Palouš positions himself somewhere between a diplomat and an academic. A diplomat, according to Palouš, is someone who participates in the political process, whereas an academic is an observer who can turn to philosophy and theory in search of insight.