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The National
October 11, 2017
Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has given the Catalan government eight days to drop an independence bid, failing which he would suspend the region's political autonomy and rule the region directly. If he carries out his threat, Catalonia stands to lose all the autonomy it already has, which will onlyÃÂ ...
BBC News
August 1, 2017
In this Viewsnight, former British diplomat Carne Ross argues that representative democracy and capitalism are broken and that the only alternative is anarchism. He is author of Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite. Viewsnight is BBC Newsnight's place for ideas and debate.
CommonSpace
July 27, 2017
It's the situation Carne Ross found himself in. He became disillusioned with governmental politics after his time working in the British Foreign Office. At times it was ineffective, at times callous. Western handling of the middle east post-9/11 was the final straw, especially after the treatment a respectedÃÂ ...
The Guardian
July 23, 2017
Carne Ross's journey starts at Whitehall, working for the Foreign Office (that's kind of a public school, isn't it?). Then he's in New York, posted in 1997 to the UK mission to the UN, where his responsibility was mainly Iraq and its alleged weapons of mass destruction. He was one of the good guys, he thought,ÃÂ ...
The Guardian
July 18, 2017
I wrote Independent Diplomat shortly after resigning from the Foreign Office. I had worked on Iraq and WMD for more than four years at the UN security council, but resigned in 2004 after giving secret testimony to the Butler review on the Iraq war. It was a difficult time for me. My future was unclear; I hadÃÂ ...
WAMU 88.5
March 29, 2017
Carne Ross was an establishment high flyer. A career diplomat whose grandfather helped crack the Nazi code in the Second World War. He was part of the system, an insider who admits he was complicit in the case being made by the West to invade Iraq in 2003. It was the war in Iraq that led Ross to quitÃÂ ...
The Guardian
March 10, 2016
The UN is failing. Is it heading the way of the League of Nations? Carne Ross. The organisation was set up to mediate state-to-state crises. But, from Isis to Boko Haram, global conflicts have changed and it's no longer fit for purpose. The League of Nations' first meeting, 1920. 'If we're not careful, the UN willÃÂ ...
The Guardian
August 11, 2014
Carne Ross. It's right to take military action to protect Yazidi people. But the west's record on who gets saved and who doesn't is shameful. Kurdish soldiers near Kirkuk. Kurdish soldiers keep guard on the outskirts of Kirkuk. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Middle East and North Africa ÷ Opinionà...
The Independent
April 14, 2013
A former British diplomat who resigned over the Iraq war has been hired by Syrian rebels who want his advice on how to raise their voice on the world stage. Carne Ross, who left his post after accusing the Government of failing to consider alternatives to military action in Iraq, confirmed tonight that theÃÂ ...
Nigerian Observer
October 26, 2017
... adding it is more responsive and effective in modern environment little wonder, former British Diplomat Carne Ross strongly emphasized this ...
The Daily Star
October 11, 2017
Carne Ross, a former British diplomat and founder of the diplomatic consultancy Independent Diplomat has worked with Catalonia, Kosovo and ...
Newburgh Gazette
October 11, 2017
Carne Ross, who as founder of the diplomatic consultancy Independent Diplomat has worked with Kosovo, South Sudan, Western Sahara and ...
BBC News
August 1, 2017
In this Viewsnight, former British diplomat Carne Ross argues that representative democracy and capitalism are broken and that the only ...
CommonSpace
July 27, 2017
It's the situation Carne Ross found himself in. He became disillusioned with governmental politics after his time working in the British Foreign ...
The Guardian
July 23, 2017
Carne Ross's journey starts at Whitehall, working for the Foreign Office (that's kind of a public school, isn't it?). Then he's in New York, posted in ...
The Guardian
July 18, 2017
I wrote Independent Diplomat shortly after resigning from the Foreign Office. I had worked on Iraq and WMD for more than four years at the UNÂ ...
The Guardian
July 9, 2017
But that is the profile of Carne Ross, a former Middle East expert in the UK's delegation to the UN, who is said to be the inspiration for a ...
Independent Online
August 28, 2017
Carne Ross was the Iraq expert for the British delegation to the UN security council from 1998 to 2002. He has since resigned from the BritishÃÂ ...
BBC News
August 1, 2017
In this Viewsnight, former British diplomat Carne Ross argues that representative democracy and capitalism are broken and that the onlyÃÂ ...
CommonSpace
July 27, 2017
It's the situation Carne Ross found himself in. He became disillusioned with governmental politics after his time working in the British ForeignÃÂ ...
The Guardian
July 23, 2017
Carne Ross's journey starts at Whitehall, working for the Foreign Office (that's kind of a public school, isn't it?). Then he's in New York, posted inÃÂ ...
The Guardian
July 18, 2017
I wrote Independent Diplomat shortly after resigning from the Foreign Office. I had worked on Iraq and WMD for more than four years at the UNÃÂ ...
The Guardian
July 9, 2017
But that is the profile of Carne Ross, a former Middle East expert in the UK's delegation to the UN, who is said to be the inspiration for aÃÂ ...
RT
June 19, 2017
A vocal critic of the Iraq war, foreign office diplomat Carne Ross directly contradicted the official line that there was 'no alternative to war'.
New Republic
April 24, 2017
Carne Ross is the founder of Independent Diplomat, a nonprofit diplomatic group that advises the Polisario Front in Western Sahara.
WAMU 88.5
March 29, 2017
Carne Ross was an establishment high flyer. A career diplomat whose grandfather helped crack the Nazi code in the Second World War.
Foreign Policy (blog)
February 15, 2017
Breaking the big powers' hold on the senior jobs "is the only way he can truly ensure the independence of the U.N.'s policies or advice," argued Carne Ross, the founder of Independent Diplomat, a New York-based nongovernmental organization thatÃÂ ...
The National
February 7, 2017
In the wake of the WikiLeaks disclosure of 250,000 US embassy cables in 2010, many warned that this was "the end of diplomacy".
The Conversation UK
January 4, 2017
Exceptions in the last decade include the resignation of Craig Murray, the UK's ambassador to Uzbekistan in 2004 and the resignations of Foreign Office lawyer Elisabeth Wilmshurst and diplomat Carne Ross over decisions made during the 2002 Iraq War.
Middle East Eye
December 21, 2016
"The ECJ ruling is clear: EU member states and institutions must now immediately halt all agreements and projects with Morocco in Western Sahara," said Carne Ross, the founder of the consulting firm Independent Diplomat, which represents the Polisario.
Al-Monitor
December 8, 2016
As the people filling the large hall of the European Parliament building for a conference on the Middle East listened to responses by the panel featuring British writers Jonathan Steele and Carne Ross, I thought about what their co-panelist, Salih ...
Informare per resistere
November 7, 2016
L'ex funzionario del Ministero degli esteri britannico, Carne Ross, che era responsabile dell'attuazione delle sanzioni contro l'Iraq, mi ha detto: "Alimentavamo i giornalisti con fatti inventati di intelligence "ammorbidita", o li tagliavamo fuori ...
DeWereldMorgen.be
November 3, 2016
Voormalig vertegenwoordiger van het Britse ministerie van buitenlandse zaken Carne Ross was verantwoordelijk voor de uitvoering van de sancties tegen Irak. Hij zei me het volgende: "Wij voederden de journalisten met feitjes zonder context op basis vanÃÂ ...
Intifada Palestine
November 2, 2016
From that moment, the CIA planned to destroy the government of Syria with jihadist fanatics - the same fanatics currently holding the people of Mosul and eastern Aleppo hostage.
Come Don Chisciotte
October 31, 2016
Carne Ross, ex funzionario del Foreign Office britannico e allora responsabile per le sanzioni contro l'Iraq, mi disse: "Davamo in pasto ai giornalisti presunti fatti di intellligence edulcorata, oppure li tenevamo fuori, ecco come funzionava". Il ...
teleSUR English
October 29, 2016
The former British Foreign Office official Carne Ross, who was responsible for operating sanctions against Iraq, told me: "We would feed journalists factoids of sanitised intelligence, or we would freeze them out.
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
October 29, 2016
Complex cultural conflicts and an over-reliance on violence contribute to the prevalence of war in the world today, according to Carne Ross, the director of the Diplomatic Advisory Group. Ross spoke about the causes of international conflicts at the ...
RT
October 28, 2016
Journalist, film-maker and author, John Pilger is one of two to win British journalism's highest award twice. For his documentary films, he has won an Emmy and a British Academy Award, a BAFTA.
BBC News
October 5, 2016
Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is almost certain to become the next UN Secretary General after he secured the backing of the Security Council.
VICE News
July 7, 2016
Carne Ross, the UK's main representative to the UN, told the inquiry that "the nuanced judgements contained in the internal JIC assessments, for instance, were massaged into more robust and frightening statements about Iraq's WMD capability.
Just Security
July 7, 2016
For many, points out Carne Ross, who was the Iraq expert in Britain's delegation to the UN from 1997 to 2002 and who gave evidence to the inquiry, "this comes as confirmation of what they already believed.
New York Times
July 7, 2016
London - WEDNESDAY saw the publication, years overdue, of the official report into Britain's conduct of the 2003 Iraq war. The inquiry, led by a former senior civil servant, John Chilcot, reviewed thousands of documents and interviewed more than 100ÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
June 28, 2016
Carne Ross said Sir John Chilcot was running a "narrow" investigation, with the standard of questioning " pretty low".
Center for Research on Globalization
June 24, 2016
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair currently back in Britain, cast a dark shadow over those campaigning to stay in the European Union in the 23rd June referendum. Inflicting himself on the Britain Stronger in Europe group, he spoke at every opportunityÃÂ ...
WWD
May 27, 2016
A neighbor, Carne Ross, who worked for the British Foreign Service, wrote a book about anarchy, "The Leaderless Revolution.
Hyperallergic
April 30, 2016
In Speculations, Carne Ross, founder and director of the advisory group Independent Diplomat, makes the case, regarding Occupy Wall Street, for the cultural value of an aggregate of low-probability speculative ventures: "To be successful [as politicalÃÂ ...
The Guardian
April 29, 2016
Logue demurred initially on the very reasonable grounds that he didn't know a word of Greek, but the producer - Donald Carne-Ross - wasn't having any of it. He advised Logue instead to go away and "read translations by those who did. Follow the story.
Dubbo Photo News | Dubbo Weekender
April 16, 2016
"The Leaderless Revolution" looks at how the 21st century is being run and author Carne Ross takes different views of contemporary issues - economics, politics, the state of democracy, the environment and terrorism.
Inter Press Service
April 14, 2016
Carne Ross, the director of Independent Diplomat told IPS that the nationality or gender of the candidate is not the most important issue.
The Global Herald
April 13, 2016
Carne Ross - Former British Diplomat and Founder of the advisory group, Independent Diplomat. Sam Daws - UN Specialist at the University of Oxford and former first officer to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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