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They Call It Diplomacy | Sir Peter Westmacott Discusses His New Book with Michael Beschloss
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In his new book, senior British diplomat Sir Peter Westmacott, former ambassador in Turkey, France and the United States during Barack Obama's presidency, he reflects on the role of a career diplomat in Her Majesty's Government.听Peter Westmacott's forty-year career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office straddled the last decade of the Cold War and the age of globalization, included spells in pre-revolutionary Iran and the European Commission in Brussels, and culminated in prestigious ambassadorial postings in Ankara, Paris and Washington in the post-9/11 era.
As well as offering an engaging account of life in the upper echelons of the diplomatic and political worlds, and often revealing portraits of global leaders such as Tony Blair, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Barack Obama and his then vice-president Joe Biden,听听mounts a vigorous defense of the continuing relevance of the diplomat in an age of instant communication, social media and special envoys; and details what its author sees as some of the successes of recent British diplomacy.听A committed Internationalist, Westmacott offers trenchantly Europhile views on the Brexit referendum and its aftermath, and voices his concerns about Britain's ability to continue to bring its influence to bear on the wider world now that it has left the European Union.
Join us for a conversation with Sir Peter Westmacott and Michael Beschloss on听听and听reflections on Sir Peter Westmacott's career in diplomacy.
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Sir Peter Westmacott
Michael Beschloss
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