What language is most useful in becoming a diplomat?

I live in Canada and am currently working on getting a bachelor degree in political science...I am almost bilingual in French (which is a requirement of becoming a diplomat in Canada), however I am undecided on what I want to do in my graduate studies...My only real concern is what language I should learn as my third...I'm thinking Spanish since it's easy and knowing English and French makes it even easier and due to political strife in South America and Spain itself, it would be quite interesting, but many people know Spanish so it would probably be hard to become a diplomat based on that. Thoughts?

A foreign one...:P

All that matters is that you're fluent in idiocracy.

I say you already have the required lingual skills, why seek to learn other languages?

Arabic or Chinese.

Mandarin is the most wanted language the FBI and other organizations want their employees to know. I'd go with that.

All that matters is that you're fluent in idiocracy.

YellowOneKinobi

And yeah, Mandarin or Arabic are clearly the most useful but I really don't want to suffer through the learning process involved. Haha. Spanish it is then I guess.420_Forever

However, knowing one of those languages (Arabic or Mandarin) might set you apart from other applicants if you are applying for a job.

[QUOTE="420_Forever"]And yeah, Mandarin or Arabic are clearly the most useful but I really don't want to suffer through the learning process involved. Haha. Spanish it is then I guess.CycleOfViolence

However, knowing one of those languages (Arabic or Mandarin) might set you apart from other applicants if you are applying for a job.

[QUOTE="CycleOfViolence"]

[QUOTE="420_Forever"]And yeah, Mandarin or Arabic are clearly the most useful but I really don't want to suffer through the learning process involved. Haha. Spanish it is then I guess.LJS9502_basic

However, knowing one of those languages (Arabic or Mandarin) might set you apart from other applicants if you are applying for a job.

Applies to learning Spanish too, as you could end up in Colombia.

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

[QUOTE="CycleOfViolence"]

However, knowing one of those languages (Arabic or Mandarin) might set you apart from other applicants if you are applying for a job.

CycleOfViolence

Applies to learning Spanish too, as you could end up in Colombia.