tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post4291459731568896659..comments2023-10-10T11:23:10.438-04:00Comments on Diplopundit: Oops, what happened to Robert Connan’s nomination?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post-80632190612955412952010-07-25T09:46:36.779-04:002010-07-25T09:46:36.779-04:00"I think the Icelanders are anxious to hear w..."I think the Icelanders are anxious to hear when the new Ambassador will get there"<br /><br />Hardly. After the US' abrupt desertion of their naval base in Keflavik, Iceland, and their decisionin in the run-up to the banking crisis of 2008 to come to the aid of all the Scandinavian countries, except Iceland, where the banking system of the whole country subsequently collapsed but was saved in the other Scandinavian countries, it is safe to say that the US no longer appears at he top of the list of countries which Iceland puts its efforts into cultivating diplomatic relationship with, cf. Iceland's rather warm reception recently to China's request to negotiate mining rights in the country and to establish a transshipment center once the shipping route over the North Pole clears. The fall of the centrist government in the wake of the banking colapse, making way for a ultra-left wing, militantly green, nationalistic government has not helped matters.<br /><br />Hence, the image of Iceland waiting with baited breath, to hear what mid-level career diplomat will be made US' ambassador to the country, is firmly outdated.Livehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631858659412464043noreply@blogger.com