swap_horiz S. Rajaratnam Alternatives

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Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld was a Swedish diplomat who led the United Nations from 1953 until his untimely death in 1961. His tenur...

Cold War Sweden Historical Peacekeeping

9.5 Brilliant

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Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai was a pivotal figure in 20th-century Chinese diplomacy. As the People’s Republic of China’s first Premier and...

Cold War Historical Chinese Premier Diplomat Bandung

9.2 Excellent

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Gareth Evans

Gareth Evans was a prominent Australian diplomat specializing in Asia Pacific affairs. He notably led Australia’s involv...

Asia Pacific Historical Multilateral Landmines

9.2 Excellent

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Dean Acheson

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Cold War Historical Us Secretary Of State Nato Founding

9.0 Excellent

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George Yeo

George Yeo was a Singaporean diplomat who notably shaped Asia Pacific relations throughout his career. As Foreign Minist...

Asia Pacific Historical Asean Multilateral

8.8 Great

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Surin Pitsuwan

Surin Pitsuwan was a prominent Thai diplomat and academic who played a key role in Southeast Asian regional politics. He...

Asia Pacific Historical Thailand Multilateral

8.7 Great

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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

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Cold War Historical Peru Falklands

8.6 Great

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Giulio Andreotti

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Cold War Historical EU Multilateral

8.6 Great

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Adlai Stevenson

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Cold War Historical Cuban Missile Crisis Multilateral

8.3 Great

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Raúl Roa García

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Cold War Historical Latin America Revolution

8.3 Great

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Vivian Balakrishnan

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Asia Pacific Current Asean Multilateral

8.3 Great

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Eduard Shevardnadze

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Cold War Historical Georgia Glasnost

8.1 Great

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K. Shanmugam

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Asia Pacific Law Historical Asean

8.0 Great

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Emilio Colombo

Emilio Colombo was an Italian politician associated with the Christian Democracy party who served as the nation's Prime...

Cold War Europe Historical EU

7.9 Good

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U Thant

U Thant was a Burmese diplomat who served as the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, follow...

Cold War Historical Burma Multilateral

7.8 Good

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Julie Bishop

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Asia Pacific Historical Multilateral Australian Foreign Minister

7.8 Good

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Thongloun Sisoulith

Thongloun Sisoulith is a Lao politician who became president of Laos and general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutio...

Asia Pacific Historical Asean Multilateral

7.7 Good

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Henry Kissinger

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Cold War Historical Us Secretary Of State Nobel Peace Prize

7.6 Good

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Andrei Gromyko

Andrei Gromyko was a Soviet diplomat who served as the USSR's minister of foreign affairs from 1957 to 1985, spanning mu...

Cold War Historical Ussr Soviet Foreign Minister

7.6 Good

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Ong Keng Yong

Ong Keng Yong is a Singaporean diplomat who served as secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations fr...

Asia Pacific Singapore Historical Multilateral

7.6 Good