Preferably set in the real world, though it's not a hard requirement. Fiction or biography are both fine :)
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Well shoot. I was going to suggest a sci fi book. The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
Not a traditional diplomat, but functions as one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Player_of_Games
Thank you!
I got a few sci-fi recs already (CJ Cherryh's Foreigner, Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire), but I would be happy to hear yours.