... is that of intelligence gathering, where ambassadors collect information about the host state, its conditions, developments and policies, and report them directly to the home government. This is important in providing the home government with information and advice for the formulation of policies towards that host country. This has become increasingly complicated with the expansion of the scope of foreign policy ... the world was either seen as impotent or was colonized. With the end of European world dominance after WWII, the rise of new powers such as the US, China and Japan and the ex...

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