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Valentine Lawford, the hidden hand behind Britain’s wartime diplomacy
When Halifax moved, he could be graceful and grave and shy simultaneously, like a tall water bird wading in the shallows. Eden moved always with the fluent ease of a river between its banks, almost with a suggestion of bravura. But Bevin had difficulty heaving himself out of a sitting position at all, and when he sat down again, his body seemed to swell up around him in great waves like the ocean seeking its level after an unnatural disturbance.
Le Roman d'Arles dans la copie de Bertran Boysset (Manuscrit Aix-en-Provence, Musée Paul Arbaud, M.O.63): Etudes et Edition, by Hans-Christian Haupt
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Il Giullare e il trovatore nelle liriche e nelle "Biografie" provenzali, by Giuseppe Noto
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Bevin's alternative European order
As President Donald Trump ramped up his campaign to ‘acquire’ Greenland, he encouraged speculation that he might even use military force. The crisis was defused, at least for now, by some deft Davos diplomacy. But the brutal pressure Trump applied to Denmark increases the risk that, by the end of his presidency, the trust which has underpinned NATO since it was founded in 1949 will have been destroyed.
The resurrection of the London-Paris-Berlin triangle
The writer is a former British diplomat and author of ‘Hard Choices’ “France and the United Kingdom agree that there is no extreme threat...
Brexit: a Titanic success! | France TV & Vous
The World Facing the United Kingdom: From Brexit to Bregret On June 23, 2016, for the first time in history, a country decided to leave the European Union. But, eight years later, none of the promises of Brexit have been kept. Faced with a deep economic and social crisis, many British people have gone from Brexit to Bregret, a new neologism mixing the words Brexit and Regret. A documentary followed by a debate, see Sunday, September 15 at 9:05 p.m. on France 5 and on france.tv.
Ukraine war has changed Britain’s relationship with the EU
Under my chairmanship, the committee launched an inquiry into this subject in July 2023, focusing on three areas of cooperation that have developed since the invasion — sanctions against Russia, the EU-U.K. defense relationship and the reconstruction of Ukraine. We then received oral and written evidence from many witnesses, and questioned Foreign Secretary David Cameron and the Minister for Europe and North America Leo Docherty.
Ukrainian EU membership would be a strategic masterstroke
The launch of EU accession negotiations with Ukraine will come to be seen as a turning point in Putin’s war, one with long-term benefits for European security. Even if the Ukrainian conflict settles into a stalemate and an armed truce, getting the free provinces of Ukraine into Nato and the EU will make a return to war much less likely. In March 2022, a few weeks after the launch of the Russian invasion, I wrote a blog for Prospect called “How wars end”.
How to negotiate a ceasefire
This week marks the commemoration of a famous ceasefire. At 11 o’clock on 11/11/1918, the guns fell silent at the end of the war to end all wars. In fact it turned out to be a 20-year interlude before the fighting resumed between essentially the same adversaries. As calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war intensify, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, the issue of how wars end is once again acutely topical.
Israel should remember the failures of its 1982 Lebanon campaign
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The best books on Britain after Brexit
By Peter Foster Who am I? I am a journalist who spent 15 years reporting from all over the world – Kabul, Baghdad, New Delhi, Beijing, Washington D.C. – returning to London in 2015 to report on the UK’s relations with Europe. Then Brexit happened. As a reporter, I’d chronicled the rise of China and India after 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis, but I’d failed to understand how far Britain had been consumed by the forces of populism that have roiled all Western democracies.
Province Invests in Training More Nurses
Anyone interested in becoming a nurse in Nova Scotia will have more options as the Province is increasing the number of nursing seats across the province, with many opening this fall. Premier Tim Houston announced today, May 11, the government will support a new nursing program at Acadia University, in partnership with Cape Breton University, and add more seats at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC).
International aid cuts undermine the UK's commitment to clean growth
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Britain has an opportunity to rebuild a global reputation
The writer is a former British diplomat and author of Hard Choices Britain has been a long way from turning its best face to the world in...
The merger of the Foreign Office and DFID has damaged Britain's soft power. It's time to reverse it
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Policy shaped by personal conviction - False Prophets: British leaders’ fateful fascination with the Middle East from Suez to Syria by Nigel Ashton review - Engelsberg Ideas
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Infrastructure, Research and Healthcare Investments in Rural Universities
The government is investing $105 million to improve infrastructure, foster research and enhance healthcare and training at the province’s rural universities. “Ensuring our post-secondary institutions remain competitive and have the space and infrastructure needed to welcome and train the future workforce is essential for our economic future,” said Brian Wong, Minister of Advanced Education.
Western unity on Ukraine is impressive, but there is one missing ingredient
PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo The contrast could not have been starker. On 24th March, leaders from Europe, North America and Japan gathered in a sequence of Nato, G7 and EU summits—an unprecedented display of diplomatic firepower in support of Ukraine. In New York, the UN General Assembly voted for the second time in a month on a resolution condemning Putin’s war.
Sir Alexander Cadogan - Churchill’s indispensable man
Some people have an uncanny knack of being ‘in the room where it happened’, as Alexander Hamilton puts it in the eponymous musical. That certainly applied to Sir Alexander Cadogan, the Permanent Under Secretary (PUS – the top civil servant) at the British Foreign Office for eight turbulent years from 1938 to 1946.
From Sweden to Serbia, Putin’s war forces new strategic clarity
Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin. Photo: REUTERS / Alamy Stock Photo In normal times, democratic politicians often prefer to avoid making choices. Leaving options open and maintaining ambiguity can be useful in sustaining broad coalitions of support. But wars simplify and clarify the national security priorities of all countries whose interests are affected. My blog two weeks ago focused on the dramatic shift in German security policy as a result of Putin’s war in Ukraine.
How wars end - Prospect Magazine
Lloyd George, Emanuele Orlando, Georges Clemenceau and Wilson at Versailles. Photo: Classic Image / Alamy Stock Photo Like all wars, Russia’s barbaric attack on Ukraine will finish at some point. How it ends will determine whether Europe is destined to live with a festering sore of bitterness and division at its heart. There are broadly three ways in which wars end, and we have seen examples of each in recent memory. First, there is outright victory by one side or the other.
The meaning of Germany’s historic defence shift
Sean Pavone / Alamy Stock Photo “We are living through a watershed era. And that means that the world afterwards will no longer be the same as the world before.” That was how German chancellor Olaf Scholz began his speech to the Bundestag on 27th February. Other political leaders were saying similar things about Putin’s barbaric attack on Ukraine. But Scholz did far more that Sunday morning than express indignation.
A former head of the Foreign Office on what Putin wants
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine takes Europe back to the darkest days of the 20th century. Putin has embarked on a course that will cause terrible suffering in Ukraine, and ought to leave Russia a pariah state, barred from international exchanges from financial markets to football. It also poses a fundamental threat to the system of international rules that has avoided wars between major powers for 75 years and allowed the world an unprecedented period of growth.
Hard Choices : The Making and Unmaking of Global Britain
'Thought-provoking and well worth reading' Times Literary SupplementThe international order put in place after World War II is rapidly coming to an end. Disastrous foreign wars, global recession, the meteoric rise of China and India, and the Covid-19 pandemic have undermined the power of the West's institutions and unleashed the forces of nationalism and protectionism around the world. Britain faces unprecedented dilemmas: how do we influence events outside the EU?
Envisioning the end time
A new collection by Bruno Maçães foresees China’s dominance over the West Bruno Maçães, former secretary of state for European affairs in Portugal, is someone who likes to reflect. Scroll through his Twitter feed, and you will find his takes on everything from crypto currency to China to complaints about conference fatigue.
Anglo-French relations plunge further into froideur
The writer was UK ambassador to France 2012-16 and is author of ‘Hard Choices: What Britain Did Next’ The political relationship between...
Modern France and the ghosts of the past
Modern France and the ghosts of the past France, like all countries, is haunted by events and mistakes of times past. These ghosts will guide modern policy until they are overridden and laid to rest. This essay originally appeared in ‘Past and Present: to learn from history‘, 2020, published by Bokförlaget Stolpe, in collaboration with the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation. It is the fate of all old nations that the ghosts of their past shape and influence their present policies.
TRIBUNE. Sir Peter Ricketts, ancien ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni à Paris : "Macron-Johnson, halte au feu!"
Accueil International Europe 18h00 , le 30 octobre 2021 Par Sir Peter Ricketts, ancien ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni en France ABONNÉS Sir Peter Ricketts, ancien ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni à Paris, se désole de la dégradation des relations entre Londres et Paris. Il appelle à la raison et au compromis sur le sujet brûlant de l'accord des licences aux pêcheurs français. Boris Johnson et Emmanuel Macron, lors du sommet du G7 à Carbis Bay, en Cornouailles.
Book review: Hard Choices, by Peter Ricketts
Peter Ricketts’ book cover Sixty years ago when Harold Macmillan was prime minister, his chief whip, Edward Heath, called Number 10 late one evening to alert the PM to a serious issue. Macmillan was comfortable by the fire, reading Dombey and Son and after listening carefully to Heath, he returned to his novel saying he would deal with the matter in the morning. McMillan’s response might be judged unthinkable today.
A UE olha para o Afeganistão e vê Biden igual a Trump
i ▲Os acontecimentos dos últimos dias mostram a derrota dos EUA, que abandonam apressadamente um país entregue aos seus inimigos, mas também contam a história de como os europeus saíram atrás dos americanos sem terem sido consultados ou terem podido fazer diferente.
A tale of two Atlantic charters
Roosevelt and Churchill aboard HMS Prince of Wales in 1941. Heritage Image Partnership Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Eighty years ago this month, Churchill steamed across the Atlantic in HMS Prince of Wales to meet Roosevelt for the first of their momentous wartime summits. A surprise outcome was the Atlantic Charter, a joint statement setting out a shared vision of the future peace.
What role can Britain play in the world? I know where I’d look for inspiration
Photo: Terry Mathews / Alamy Stock Photo The post-war international order began to take shape aboard two warships anchored in Placentia Bay, Canada, 80 years ago in the summer of 1941. This was the setting for the first of the great Churchill/Roosevelt wartime summits. The result was a shared vision of the future peace, set out in a joint declaration known as the Atlantic Charter. Much of it was drafted by the British diplomat, Alexander Cadogan.
Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next
Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next By Peter Ricketts Published 13 May 2021 A groundbreaking exploration of the difficult decisions Britain faces outside the EU in a fast-changing world. After decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World War II is rapidly coming to an end.
Security and justice cooperation between the UK and EU
Security and justice cooperation has been the Cinderella of the Brexit negotiations in terms of public profile. Surprisingly little attention has been paid to the parts of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) which have the most direct impact on the security of citizens in the UK and EU.
Hard Choices - Atlantic Books
Hard Choices What Britain Does Next Peter Ricketts HARDBACK EBOOK RRP: £14.99 13 May 2021 Published by Atlantic Books ISBN: 9781838951818 RRP: £8.99 Published by Atlantic Books ISBN: 9781838951825 After decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World War II is rapidly coming to an end.
How to fix Nato
After pulling France out of Nato’s integrated military structure in 1966, Charles de Gaulle commented to a friend: “When one wants to do...
Why EU-NATO cooperation has proved so difficult
When I served as the UK’s Permanent Representative to NATO in the mid-2000s, the event that none of us members of the North Atlantic Council liked to find on our list of meetings for the day was a “NAC/PSC”. It was not that we disliked our colleagues from the other side of Brussels who sat on the EU’s Political and Security Committee, it was just that these joint NAC/PSC meetings were often very boring.
A no-deal Brexit would do severe damage to national security
There is an element of the government marking its own homework in its assessments of the impact of Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal...
Closer Anglo-French defence co-operation after Brexit
Britain and France are the two European countries with global interests and responsibilities, many of them shared.
The irresistible rise of Emmanuel Macron
After his victory in the first round of voting on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron is now on the threshold of becoming president of France on May 7.
Unhappy Australia Joins Study of Tiger Attack Helicopter Upgrade
Australia has joined France, Germany and Spain in planning a mid-life upgrade (MLU) for the Tiger ARH (attack and reconnaissance helicopter) made by Airbus Helicopters. The MLU could save the Tiger helicopter in Australia, where the defense department has not been happy with its serviceability and support. It has said that the army’s 22 Tigers could be replaced if their performance does not meet requirements by the time of its Combat Assurance Program in 2019.
Commémorations du 11 novembre à Londres et dans le nord de la France
This post is also available in: AnglaisJ’ai eu la grande chance de participer à deux cérémonies très différentes autour de cet anniversaire du 11 novembre, centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale. Version écrite (suite) : J’ai d’abord accompagné à Londres le ministre de la Défense M. Le Drian, pour des pourparlers avec son homologue M. Fallon, à la Tour de Londres.
Transatlantic Free Trade: the final push? British, French and US perspectives on a TTIP agreement
Recorded on 13 October 2014 in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building. A deal on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would be a powerful shot in the arm for the world's anaemic economy. But does the political will exist to reap the gains from trade? Sylvie Bermann is French Ambassador to the UK. Peter Chase is Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Europe Office. Pascal Lamy is former Director General of the World Trade Organisation (2005-13).
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