During the author's first day of internship, the Indonesian Institute of Advanced International Studies (INADIS) invited Ambassador Dian Wirengjurit, a former Indonesian Ambassador to Iran, as a guest speaker for an internal discussion about national and international issues. As the discussion progressed, one topic in particular caught the author's attention; the importance of people in diplomacy was raised and became an interesting topic. Considering the never-ending curiosity in the current generation to represent his/her country abroad, or just a matter of exchanging social-cultural expertise, the discussion encouraged the author to write about "What It Takes to be a Diplomat" as a way to introduce the new way of diplomacy, which can be exercised by everyone.

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