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2026

‘Middle Powers Rising’original ↗
26 Sept 2026
Contact Form for this Websiteoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2026
Count Binface: Today Clacton, tomorrow the US State Department?original ↗
12 Jul 2026
Pity the Foreign Ministryoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2026
Trump thinking of leaving NATO? Good riddance.original ↗
1 Apr 2026
The importance of Jonathan Powell to US-Iran diplomacyoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2026
Ambassadors, Journalists and Spiesoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2026
The Arrogance of Ignoranceoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2026
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ absurdityoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026

2025

Diplomatic Notebooks III (1964–1966) and Diplomatic Notebooks V (1969–1972)original ↗
14 Dec 2025
Why I’ve put the Arsenal’s logo on the right-hand sidebaroriginal ↗
10 Dec 2025
It’s not the Chinese but the US Embassy in London the UK should be worried aboutoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2025
US bullying at IMO meetingoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2025
History of Diplomacy and Technology: From smoke signals to artificial intelligenceoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2025
Rafael Behr on the UK and Donald Trumporiginal ↗
17 Sept 2025
Good advice for Trump from Simon Tisdalloriginal ↗
25 May 2025
Foreign students shouldn’t take risks with Trump’s Americaoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2025
Up the Iron!original ↗
14 Apr 2025
New American Ambassador to South Africa?original ↗
30 Mar 2025
Oval Office horror show, or How not to do diplomacyoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2025
US and Russia restoring diplomatic ties?original ↗
27 Feb 2025
Will the Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance underpin NATO?original ↗
23 Feb 2025
Prenegotiations on peace in Ukraine?original ↗
19 Feb 2025
Israel-Palestine: A fantasy formula for ‘the day after’?original ↗
26 Jan 2025
UK-China deal on new embassiesoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2025

2024

Israel’s ‘accidental’ attacks on UNIFILoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2024
UN Pact for the Future versus the Usual Suspectsoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2024
Elon Musk: Public Enemy No. 1original ↗
30 Aug 2024
Lest we forget: The UN Charteroriginal ↗
10 Jul 2024
A collective noun for diplomatsoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2024
The embassy that planned 13 toilets undergroundoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2024
The diplomatic consequences of Mrs Sacoolasoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2024
New London embassy for China?original ↗
25 Jan 2024

2023

‘COP28’? Names matteroriginal ↗
16 Dec 2023
The English Job: Understanding Iran and Why It Distrusts Britainoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2023
Gaza: Turkish mediation?original ↗
23 Nov 2023
Gaza: humanitarian pause or ceasefire?original ↗
22 Nov 2023
China’s embassy in Ukraineoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2023
‘Agri-food-and drink attachés’ for endangered seatsoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2023
Email crashoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2023
Fleetwood Mac, ‘Perfect’ surpriseoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2023
New START Treaty on embassy life supportoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2023

2022

Corrupt honorary consuls exposedoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2022
How your country voted in UN debates on Ukraineoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2022
Boris Johnson: Tottering Tsar of Londongradoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2022

2021

America’s headless embassiesoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2021
Secrecy in negotiations, UK-styleoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2021
‘Buy, buy (not bye-bye) Mr Ambassador!’original ↗
26 Jun 2021
Embassies and transnational repressionoriginal ↗
25 May 2021
Boris Johnson: the charge sheetoriginal ↗
1 May 2021
‘Brexit: a tragic national error’original ↗
1 Jan 2021

2020

Boris Johnson takes UK downoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2020
Obituary: Ambassador Laurence Popeoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2020
Johnson’s Britain and the price of breaking international laworiginal ↗
12 Sept 2020
Hostile takeover: Foreign Office swallows Development ministryoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2020
American diplomacy in crisisoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2020
Russia Report finally disgorgedoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2020
An honorary consul in the pandemicoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2020
The hole in the fenceoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2020
EU-UK video-conferencing. All for show?original ↗
12 Jun 2020
Where have all the health attachés gone?original ↗
15 May 2020
Pandemic boost for video-conferencing?original ↗
13 Mar 2020
Choosing the wrong ambassadororiginal ↗
17 Jan 2020
Will Russia Report ever see light of day?original ↗
8 Jan 2020
Diplomatic Security under a Comparative Lens—Or Not?original ↗
4 Jan 2020

2019

Brexit Counsellor at British Embassy Washington resignsoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2019
Barder, Brian, Brian Barder’s Diplomatic Diaryoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2019
Johnson sits on ISC Report on Russian interferenceoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2019
The Perm Rep and the unsigned letteroriginal ↗
24 Oct 2019
EU-UK negotiations: normal rules?original ↗
4 Oct 2019
Foreign Office cleaners’ strike. Diplomacy begins at homeoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2019
Parliamentary democracy 11 – 0 Boris Johnsonoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2019
Non-papers in Brexit negotiationsoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2019
Room for Diplomacy: The history of Britain’s diplomatic buildings overseas, 1800-2000original ↗
9 Sept 2019
If at first you don’t succeed …original ↗
4 Sept 2019
EU negotiations with Johnson a waste of timeoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2019
Darroch resignation. Who appoints a new ambassador?original ↗
12 Jul 2019
Trump and Darrochoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2019
Diplomatic Notebooks 1, 1958-1960: The view from Ankaraoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2019
Petition on Russia and BREXIToriginal ↗
1 Mar 2019
British Diplomats on Brexitoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2019

2018

Q. Which London embassy needs 13 cultural attachés?original ↗
10 Dec 2018
The Emirates, SIS – and Brexitoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2018
The inevitability of a bad Brexit deal for Britainoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2018
The Khashoggi affair and consular laworiginal ↗
18 Oct 2018
Diplomacy, Satire and the Victoriansoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2018
Donald Duck could have got Kim to Singaporeoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2018
Intelligence officers in the present crisis between Russia and the Westoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2018

2017

Enter the Stupid Party, Exit Diplomacyoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2017
Death of author of WHAT DIPLOMATS DOoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2017
Boris (‘the horse’) Johnson must go – Updateoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2017
The Summer Capitals of Europe, 1814-1919original ↗
25 Aug 2017
Curing the Sick Man: Sir Henry Bulwer and the Ottoman Empire, 1858-1865original ↗
19 Jul 2017
Trump and Putin: that ‘secret meeting’ at the G20 dinneroriginal ↗
19 Jul 2017
Tillerson, Russia and the return of ‘megaphone diplomacy’original ↗
10 Apr 2017
The regrettable resilience of ‘resilience’original ↗
27 Mar 2017
A public diplomacy own goal for Trump’s State Departmentoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2017
In defence of the House of Lordsoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2017
‘Guarded engagement’ with Russia means what?original ↗
5 Mar 2017
Geneva Prenegotiations on Syriaoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2017
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