Literature in Diplomatic Studies often reference a phenomenon where diplomats sent for too long to another country develop an affinity for their assigned country, sometimes to the detriment of their home country. This has profound implications when we examine diplomatic agents as personalities in their own right and their ability to perform as state agents. This article investigates the basis of such a claim by examining the Indian diplomatic corps as a case study to verify its validity and enlist the factors that influence this phenomenon. This article relies on interviews given by former diplomats of the Indian Foreign Service to highlight the structures that influence behaviour of diplomatic agents and the implications it may have on training for future diplomats and preparing them for the evolution of diplomacy in the technological age.

外交研究中的文学作品经常提到这样一种现象，即派遣外交官到另一个国家的时间太长，对他们指定的国家产生了亲和力，有时甚至损害了本国。当我们将外交代表本身视为人格并具有作为国家代表的能力时，这将产生深远的影响。本文通过对印度外交使团进行案例研究来调查这种要求的依据，以验证其有效性并列举影响这一现象的因素。本文依靠印度外交部前外交官进行的采访来突显影响外交代表行为的结构，以及对未来外交官的培训和为技术时代外交发展做准备的影响。