Who is Austin Dennison in The Diplomat?

Austin Dennison (The Foreign Secretary with the inconvenient integrity) is a character in The Diplomat, part of London & Washington. Austin Dennison is the British Foreign Secretary: principled, repressed and visibly exhausted by serving a Prime Minister who treats foreign policy as a stage prop. He and Kate Wyler recognise each other immediately — two adults in a clown car — and their alliance against the war drumbeat develops a charge neither's position permits. Dennison is the show's study of the honourable man in a dishonourable government: every line he won't cross is a line someone else monetises.

When does Austin Dennison first appear?

Austin Dennison first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“The Cinderella Thing”) of The Diplomat (2023–, Netflix).

Which group does Austin Dennison belong to?

By the time Austin Dennison appears, London & Washington also includes Billie Appiah.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Kate Wyler — The crisis diplomat in the wrong job, possibly the right one
• Hal Wyler — The ambassador's husband — a job he's spectacularly bad at
• Stuart Hayford — The deputy chief managing the unmanageable
• Eidra Park — The station chief who compartmentalizes professionally
• Billie Appiah — The White House chief of staff running the long con

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