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- Product code: 167169
- ISBN: 1850658439,
ISBN13: 9781850658436,
244 pages, Hard Cover
Published by C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd on 2007
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Description of Independent Diplomat |
In "Independent Diplomat" Carne Ross offers a compelling new account - and vision - of the conduct of foreign policy and diplomacy from the inside. As diplomats arbitrate more and more of the world's business, we have little idea, and even less control, of what they are doing in our name. His book aims to redress this imbalance. Ross was a diplomat on the front line of many of today's most pressing issues, from Israel/Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq, over which he eventually resigned from the British Foreign Office. He contends that the institutions of contemporary diplomacy - foreign ministries, the UN or EU - often exclude those most affected by the discussions within. As a diplomat, he was encouraged and taught to see the world in a narrow and singular way: as one of states and interests, excluding more complex, sophisticated - and human - ways of understanding. Ross demonstrates how the reality of negotiation at the UN - or with warlords in Afghanistan - reveals very different forces at play, factors ignored in contemporary and reductionist descriptions or academic theories of 'international relations'.
To cope with the complexities of today's world, diplomats must open their doors - and minds. Illustrated with vivid episodes from his career - from the UN Security Council in New York to Kabul - Ross offers a refreshing critique of what's wrong with contemporary diplomacy and how it might be put right. Since resigning from the Foreign Office over the Iraq war, Carne Ross has founded a unique new initiative in international relations, a non-profit global advisory network to help the disadvantaged be heard in the closed corridors of international diplomacy.
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Reviews'This is a rare and honest book about real-life diplomacy, reported from the coal-face. Ross diagnoses much that is wrong with the way diplomacy is practised today, and offers some cogent - and urgent - solutions.' - George Soros
'Carne Ross exposes the absurdity, the ignorance, and the indifference of international bureaucracies, quietly and with clear-sighted accuracy. His prose is ironic, measured, and elegant. His integrity, the nuance of his account and his self-awareness make him impressive not just as a writer but as a person.' - Rory Stewart, author, The Places in Between
| Contents of Independent Diplomat |
Introduction
The Embassy - Bonn 1992-95
The Negotiation (1) - UN Security Council, 2001
War Stories - WMD and Noble Half-Truths
Them and Us - Essentialism and the Cult of "We"
The Telegram, or How to be Ignored
The Ambassador
Star Trek, Wittgenstein and the Problem with Foreign Policy
The Negotiation (2)
Independent Diplomat, or the Other Side of the Table
Conclusion - The End of "Diplomacy"?
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About Carne Ross |
CARNE ROSS is a trained negotiator and economist and the founder and director of the Independent Diplomat. He has over fifteen years of diplomatic experience in the British Foreign Office and the United Nations.
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