This post was written by Puru Trivedi, Meridian’s Vice President of Corporate Relations, and Maggi Chambers, Meridian’s outgoing Sec. Carlos Gutierrez Corporate Diplomacy Fellow. It was originally published in The Diplomatic Pouch at Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.    Diplomacy: Historically viewed as an exclusive circle which only invited diplomats and global elites to the conversation. In the past, business and academia typically stood on the sidelines as government officials told them what to expect or engaged them only under desperate circumstances. In today’s global economy, this practice is no longer feasible. The international exchange of ideas...