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Below is a sampling of articles written by staff at Independent Diplomat.
Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite
by Carne Ross
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Book reviews
'A fascinating new book ... Ross's is
also much more interesting than the average diplomat’s memoir, because
it goes well beyond the usual accounts of negotiations and shifting
positions, and gives an insightful account of the psychology of the
people making policy.'
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
'A dissident diplomat's
fascinating, succinctly readable... polemic against contemporary
diplomacy.'
Christopher
Meyer, The Sunday Times
'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
'[Ross] exposes the absurdity, the ignorance and indifference of
international
bureaucracies, quietly and with clear-sighted accuracy. His prose is
ironic,
measured and elegant. The 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