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Independent Diplomat is a compelling insider?s account of the foreign policy world.

Carne Ross was a diplomat on the front line of today?s most pressing issues, from Israel/Palestine to Afghanistan and Iraq, over which he resigned from the British Foreign Office. He was trained to see the world through a prism of states and interests, but the reality of his negotiations revealed very different ? more complex, and more human ? forces at play. Independent Diplomat exposes this fundamental weakness of institutional diplomacy: exclusion of those most affected by its outcomes, whether at the UN, the EU or within national foreign ministries.

Illustrated with vivid episodes from his career ? from New York to Kabul ? Ross offers a refreshing critique of contemporary diplomacy and of how to put it right.