After this massive leaking of documents, diplomats "no longer say what they think even in his telegram. It is a Copernican revolution," says Dominique Moisi, director of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI).
Experts agree that it is just the first principle of diplomacy, the culture of secrecy, which WikiLeaks massive attacks with this release, known as the documents contain no information yet revolutionary.
Already known data
What was known of the rejection of the monarchies of the Gulf to Iran is clearly explained. Therein lies all the difference and this may have consequences in the Middle East, believes François Heisbourg, Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS).
"There is very little new," confirms Daniel Korsi, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR, for its acronym in English).
Henning Riecke of the German Institute for Foreign Policy Research Institute (DGAO) considers that in the future, talk less openly diplomats, including through the circuits considered safer.
"But the need for a clear analysis on diplomacy remains high. Therefore, or find ways to communicate or there is a risk" to continue doing business as usual, dear.
For François Nicoullaud, former French ambassador to Iran, the most important consequence is "breaking the taboo that is causing the publication of telegrams which describe the major international leaders.
Rather than the events themselves "there is only one element truly secret: they are judgments about people" who are potentially dangerous, he says.
Reliability and transparency
According to Daniel Korski, the publication by WikiLeaks of these documents is based on the confusion that this website made between reliability and transparency.
"Transparency is only one element of reliability" and "the essence of diplomatic work remains confidential and cautious and will continue", he believes, before the opinion that after these revelations, it is mainly American diplomacy which could see undermined their confidence.
"The first power naked! From Saudi Arabia to the major European capitals, are to protect the United States. Not only to punish the thief who has been stolen," predicts Dominique Moisi.
Scope
The announced release of 250,000 diplomatic cables that WikiLeaks website sent to five leading newspapers worldwide that are spreading gradually from Sunday, reinforce the idea that "Americans are incorrigibly unable to pursue an action in a discreet manner," Francois Heisbourg stresses.
Director of the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) in Paris, Pascal Boniface, downplays the massive scope of these disclosures.
"It's uncomfortable for the United States," says the expert who is not considered a "greater diplomatic setback."
Of course the more serious repercussions could occur in a timely, information released by WikiLeaks could "have a substantial impact on the international scene and, indirectly, in domestic life in some countries," says Heisbourg.
Each person referred to react and this will cause other reactions.
In his view, elements that seem peripheral today could have serious consequences.
