![The late Bill Richardson helped negotiate Taylor Dudley's release from a prison in Kaliningrad, Russia, in January. AFP](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FPRRFP7F4I4XHTTTHAOYHVLXNQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=c1c755534c4c7b3a2c9696c7f54aea9f91a3ea4df201b91769a84a712e5f4cb6&width=400&height=225)
The late Bill Richardson helped negotiate Taylor Dudley's release from a prison in Kaliningrad, Russia, in January. AFP
The late Bill Richardson helped negotiate Taylor Dudley's release from a prison in Kaliningrad, Russia, in January. AFP
There will never be another Bill Richardson, but the world needs more like him
Sholto Byrnes is an East Asian affairs columnist for The National
05 September, 2023