An embassy’s political officers have another task: They collect politically relevant information in the host country, analyze it in the perspective of their own country’s policies, report it back home, and add policy proposals. Reporting home is a key function of the embassy, particularly of its political section. Political officers are interested not only in foreign political issues, but also in the host country’s domestic policies. For example, when an election is approaching in the host country, the political officers will try to predict the outcome and assess how it might effect relations with their own country. If the host country’s government is unstable, the political officers will try to assess whether that country is still a reliable partner and to what extent it needs or deserves support. After a coup d’état has happened, the embassy will submit suggestions on how its government should deal with the new regime. “Even the corridors of minor powers are never dull”.