I was listening to the piece live as it happened and this same sequence caught my attention, even as a non-political player and outsider:
CSP: "What are the foreign policy aims of this administration? Why are we talking about ambassador systems and foreign updates?"
Kuramia: "Probably because that's my foreign policy right now, and I haven't received any feedback as to what our foreign policy could be."
My first reaction was that along the lines of ambassadors and foreign updates are not policy, as you've noted.
My second thought was "why is the MoFA waiting around for feedback on foreign policy?" I don't know anything, so I'm speaking from a position of naivete, however, my perception has always been that the development of foreign policy was the job, under guidance and direction from the president, of the minister.
To me, she should've taken broad policy goals (if there were any) outlined at the start of the term and developed policies to achieve those goals. The job requires the minister to take initiative based on the guidance received.
So either Aex provided no guidance, or Aex provided guidance and Kuramia didn't act on it.
Or, that's all just off-base and I'm wrong about how it works. That's entirely possible as well.
CSP: "What are the foreign policy aims of this administration? Why are we talking about ambassador systems and foreign updates?"
Kuramia: "Probably because that's my foreign policy right now, and I haven't received any feedback as to what our foreign policy could be."
My first reaction was that along the lines of ambassadors and foreign updates are not policy, as you've noted.
My second thought was "why is the MoFA waiting around for feedback on foreign policy?" I don't know anything, so I'm speaking from a position of naivete, however, my perception has always been that the development of foreign policy was the job, under guidance and direction from the president, of the minister.
To me, she should've taken broad policy goals (if there were any) outlined at the start of the term and developed policies to achieve those goals. The job requires the minister to take initiative based on the guidance received.
So either Aex provided no guidance, or Aex provided guidance and Kuramia didn't act on it.
Or, that's all just off-base and I'm wrong about how it works. That's entirely possible as well.