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Articles by Peter Westmacott
Forget the ‘special relationship’ — Britain needs to be more transactional
The writer was UK ambassador to the US, 2012-16 For more than 80 years the relationship between Britain and the United States has been...
Louis Chilton | True Detective fiyaskosu, Rotten Tomatoes'un işe yaramaz hale geldiğini gösteriyor
Gösteri dünyasının eski bir kuralıdır: Eğer kötüyseniz, meyve ve sebze yağmuruna tutulmaya hazır olun. Viktorya dönemi tiyatrocuları en azından kendilerini fırçalayıp temizleyebiliyordu. Bugünse domatesler çoğunlukla internette aşağılanma şeklinde atılıyor; bin olumsuz oyla ölüm. Peki lahanalar kötü niyetle fırlatıldığında ne yapacağız? Önceki haftalarda True Detective: Night Country'nin başına gelen tam da buydu.
OPINION - Rishi’s US visit is short, but he will need it to be sweet too for key goals
When David Cameron arrived at the White House in March 2012, President Obama joshed that he was “chuffed to bits” to welcome the prime minister to Washington. Since then there have been bumps in the road over Syria and Afghanistan, Brexit, trade, and two Cameron successors more interested in lobbing insults at allies than good relations. So this visit by Rishi Sunak matters.
On diplomacy, sovereignty and peacemaking
Peter Westmacott’s new book provides insights from a British envoy abroad. He served as British ambassador to France, Turkey and the U.S. (Photo: © Inge Hogenbijl | Dreamstime.com) They Call It Diplomacy: Forty Years of Representing Britain Abroad By Peter Westmacott Head of Zeus, Apollo Books, 2021 368 pages Kindle: $9.99 Soon after Peter Westmacott arrived in Turkey as British ambassador, a bomb razed Pera House, the British consulate general in Istanbul.
The Odds on Brexit Not Happening are Shortening
November 21, 2018 The Odds on Brexit Not Happening are Shortening By Peter Westmacott The reaction in the British Parliament to the Brexit deal negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May and her team—more of whom resigned in protest last week—has been harsher than 10 Downing Street expected. Brexiteers don’t think it marks enough of a clean break with the European Union (EU) while Remainers think it leaves Britain with the worst of all worlds.
US Midterm Elections: What the Results Mean
The 2018 US midterm elections were a referendum on President Trump and in the aftermath, only one truth is crystal clear. America is divided. Americans have voted against Trump, and Americans have voted for Trump. This division is likely to infect US politics for the next two years. Some of this division will now be given actual political expression in Congress. But it will also be played out across America. Two areas stand out. One is trade.
Iran: What Next?
There were few surprises when US President Donald J. Trump announced on May 8 that the United States was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal .
The Friday Cover: How to Turn a Red State Purple
Want to Support the Iranian People? Keep the Nuclear Deal. By Peter Westmacott Oprah Could Be Great for the Democrats. In 2018. By Jeff Greenfield Buy Off Trump With the Wall By Rich Lowry How Do You Parody a Reality That Already Feels Like a Parody? By Edward-Isaac Dovere
Want to support the Iranian people? Keep the nuclear deal.
Iran Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari talks with Belgian Foreign minister before their meeting at the Palais Egmont in Brussels on January 11, 2018 | John Thys/AFP via Getty Images opinion Want to support the Iranian people? Keep the nuclear deal. New sanctions would harm the very Iranians President Trump wants to help.
Want to Support the Iranian People? Keep the Nuclear Deal.
TEHRAN—Visiting Tehran this week with former UK Labour Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont, I have been struck by how much will be at stake when the Iran nuclear deal returns to President Trump’s desk on Friday.
Pelosi: ‘Five white guys’ leading DACA talks should open a ‘hamburger stand’
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi complained Thursday that immigration negotiations are being led by “five white guys” — and was quickly rebuked by her No. 2, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, himself one of those white guys involved in the talks. “The five white guys I call them, you know,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. “Are they going to open a hamburger stand next or what?” Pelosi said, complaining that minority members of Congress were not involved in deciding the fate of Dreamers.
Sessions creates team to focus on Hezbollah financing and drugs
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is creating a dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators to focus on drug trafficking by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in response to a recent POLITICO article that highlighted some such cases were softpedaled during the Obama administration in order avoid derailing a nuclear deal with Tehran A Justice Department statement said the newly-formed Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team will “begin by assessing the evidence in existing...
Trump’s Netherlands ambassador struggles to answer for past remarks at grilling by Dutch journalists
U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra struggled Wednesday, in his first news conference with Dutch journalists, to explain previous remarks he had made about the Netherlands and the supposed danger brought there by the “Islamic movement.” According to a report from The Washington Post, reporters repeatedly asked Hoekstra to offer proof of his claim that politicians and cars have been burned and that there are “no-go zones” in the Netherlands.
Turkey’s European Journey
Turkey, a NATO ally, bridges a region spanning from Central Asia to Central Europe and the Levant that is marred by centuries of division and conflict, but whose nations and people are also bound together. Following an attempted military coup in 2016 and widespread government crackdowns across Turkish society, where Turkey is headed is uncertain.
To Save Global Liberalism, Time To Look Beyond Government
To Save Global Liberalism, Time to Look Beyond Government Governments confront numerous challenges in 2017, ranging from a struggle to grow economies and create jobs to combatting terrorism, controlling refugees fleeing from terrorism and managing climate-related disasters. China, Russia and the United States jockey for power on the global stage.
Britain Can Strengthen the 'Special Relationship' with Trump's America
Sir Peter Wastmacott was the British Ambassador to the U.S. between January 2012 and 2016. He has also served as the British Ambassador to Turkey and France. Shortly before his stunning and largely unexpected victory in the Nov.
Botched coup casts shadow over Turkey
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"Britain muses: play bridge or solitaire?"
Yea or nay? What began as a political gambit by Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron to secure victory for the Conservative Party in the 2015 general election has turned into a deeply divisive and existential question that has far-reaching implications for the future of the United Kingdom (U.K.) and the European Union (E.U.).
"Four International Experts Named Senior Fellows"
Related: Rt. Hon. Douglas Alexander, Senior Fellow, The Future of Diplomacy Project, Kurt M. Campbell, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Andrew C.
"Brexit will signal to America that we�ve given up being a global player"
Following the announcement of the referendum to decide whether we stay in the EU, there has been blanket coverage of the views of the opposing sides. Its not surprising that Britain, more than any other country in Europe, should be having such a debate. Unique among the large European nations, we have remained master of our own destiny for hundreds of years. Battles have been won and lost, and the process of creating a United Kingdom was at times bloody and painful.
EUROPE WEEK: After the Deal: Prospects for Better Relations with Iran
Add to Outlook | Add to Google Calendar | Add to Yahoo Calendar When EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, announced in mid-January 2016 that Iran had "fulfilled its commitments," as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action negotiated and signed in 2015, European ministers - companies in tow - were seemingly outpacing one another to welcome Iran back into the international community following the end of the sanctions regime.
EUROPE WEEK: �Brexit? Negotiating Britain�s Role in Europe�
Seminar Series: The Future of Diplomacy Project Harvard Affiliates - Nye A, Fifth Floor Taubman Building http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/61/future_of_diplomacy_project.html February 22, 2016 12:15-2:00 p.m. Add to Outlook | Add to Google Calendar | Add to Yahoo Calendar Just two days after the European Council meeting that will deliberate the outcome of the initial negotiations between UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, and Council President, Donald Tusk, on the conditions for a...
UK Beefs Up Its Defenses for a More Secure World
The new British version of the QDR is out, promising ‘smart and strategic’ investments in the UK armed forces. The recent tragic events in Paris and around the world are proof: the threats to global security are growing. The UK is taking action to ensure that it can protect its interests, including the 5 million British nationals around the world and those who depend on us as a trade and defense partner of choice. In 2010, my government faced tough choices in the wake of the global recession.
UK Steps Up Defense Posture, Spending Ahead of Review
British armed forces are stepping up their response, and future presence, against threats from Russia to terrorism. Every day, we see new threats emerge. And every day, the United Kingdom is working to counter them. Just last week, we saw violent attacks in Tunisia, where up to 30 British citizens were murdered on the beach at Sousse, as well as in France, Kuwait and Northern Syria. These were stark reminders of the challenges the international community now faces.
Commentary: How we remember
Since August, the moat of the Tower of London has been filled with a blood-red blanket made from ceramic poppies. Today, a total of 888,246 poppies are laid out before the Tower, each representing a soldier, sailor, airman or marine from Britain or its then-Empire killed in the First World War. The Great War, as it was called, broke out 100 years ago this August and came to an end four years later, on this day in 1918, having caused more than 8 million total deaths.
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