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Diplomatically-speaking

After Rory Stewart, Sir Christopher Meyer, and Craig Murray, Carne Ross has become the latest former member of the British diplomatic corps to put pen to paper and offer up his thoughts on the nature of international relations as viewed through the prism of British interests. Surprisingly, however, he has not written a conventional memoir, but rather a polemic against the very nature of diplomacy instead. He is profiled here in the NYT. In an interesting symbiosis of print and real-life, the title of his book Independent Diplomat is also the name of the NGO he has founded 'to resolve or prevent conflict by enabling disadvantaged and marginalised actors to engage effectively in diplomatic processes.' Interestingly, Meyer has reviewed the book for the London Sunday Times (doesn't seem to be up on the site yet ...) and generally opposes Ross's conclusions. Meyer writes:

'If we ever needed a glbal network of men and women who understand in depth the nearly 200 nations on this earth, it is today.'

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