Former UK Ambassador Charles Crawford questions what we might learn about diplomacy from the strategic manoeuvring of the grandmasters of chess
Former UK Ambassador Charles Crawford questions what we might learn about diplomacy from the strategic manoeuvring of the grandmasters of chess
Using Cabinet papers from the UK’s national archives, former UK Foreign Secretary Lord Owen writes about the essential role of the little-known, yet pivotal British War Cabinet meetings of May 1940
At the start of the year, former Diplomatic Editor of The Times Michael Binyon outlines the challenges facing the continent
High Commissioner for Cyprus Euripides L. Evriviades discusses this major twenty-first century challenge to the theory and practice of diplomacy and international relations
Following the election of a new US President, former British Ambassador to the United States, Lord Renwick, offers a comprehensive account of the history of the ‘special relationship’ between Britain and the US
While eight major referendums will be held across the globe by the end of the year, former Diplomatic Editor of The Times Michael Binyon questions their logic and results
As his country’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union winds down, the Ambassador of the Slovak Republic Ľubomír Rehák addresses the enormous challenges and successes that they have faced following the referendum in June
Ammna Nasser reports on the special South-Asia & Middle East Forum session on Egypt’s future, chaired by Khalid Nadeem on 13 October at the House of Commons
Presented to the general public for the first time, here are key extracts from the final diplomatic cable that Charles Crawford sent to the FCO in autumn 2007 before he stepped down as Ambassador to Warsaw and left the diplomatic service