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Arab News
December 20, 2017
For reasons unforeseen at the time of writing, “Iraq the Cost of War” was not released in 2005 as planned. That same year, the British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw asked author Jeremy Greenstock to delay the publication until the ministers concerned left their posts.
London Review of Books
May 24, 2017
Jeremy Greenstock was the UK ambassador to the United Nations during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq and then the special envoy for Iraq, based in Baghdad during the occupation. Obviously he wrote his memoirs with a view to having them published. Mistakes had been made in Iraq and there wasÃÂ ...
Newsweek
November 30, 2016
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the U.K.'s special envoy for Iraq from 2003 to 2004, says he's not surprised that Iraq's security situation is still precarious. In his new book, Iraq: the Cost of War (ã14.99, available at Audible.co.uk), Greenstock catalogs several failures during the U.S.-led occupation, from lack ofà...
The Times
November 18, 2016
If only someone had briefed Her Majesty's representative at the United Nations, Jeremy Greenstock. In his memoir, Iraq: The Cost of War, Greenstock tells us that as late as the next spring he still did not believe the US would go to war, and Britain therefore too. “The reasoning seemed overblown,” he writes.
The Guardian
November 14, 2016
Jeremy Greenstock. Naivety over Vladimir Putin, scepticism on Nato, his stance on the Middle East – Trump is sowing uncertainty among governments around the world. Painted Matryoshka dolls bearing the faces Donald Trump and other western leaders. 'Donald Trump's references to Nato, unfortunately,ÃÂ ...
The Independent
November 3, 2016
Britain had no say on US policy on Iraq and was systematically excluded from post-war decision making, a former top diplomat has said. Sir Jeremy Greenstock has said the UK was subservient to the US when it came to the invasion of Iraq and the postwar cleanup as the White House saw it as anÃÂ ...
The Guardian
November 1, 2016
... in Iraq in 2004 has claimed. Giving a unique insight into the realities of the UK-US relationship at a time of stress, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, a former UK ambassador to the UN and one of Britain's most highly regarded diplomats, suggested that British influence over the US during the war was at the margins.
Huffington Post UK
July 7, 2016
The UK was pushed into war “too early” by the US, a former United Nations ambassador has claimed in the wake of the devastating Chilcot report. Sir Jeremy Greenstock, who was UK ambassador to the UN in 2003, told the BBC that then-prime minister Tony Blair seemed to want to wait longer beforeÃÂ ...
Newsweek
July 7, 2016
Jeremy Greenstock Sir Jeremy Greenstock leaves the Iraq Inquiry after giving evidence, London, November 27, 2009. Sir Jeremy Greenstock held the position of U.K. ambassador to the United Nations for five years, from 1998 to July 2003. Oli Scarff/Getty. Share. World Tony Blair Chilcot Report Iraq War.
The National
November 30, 2017
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, a former British ambassador to the United Nations, believes Mrs May had no choice but to speak out against promotion of hate-filled material from the far-Right. “Normally our differences with the US, and there are usually some, are conducted in private,” he said. “When it comes outÃÂ ...
London Review of Books
May 24, 2017
Jeremy Greenstock was the UK ambassador to the United Nations during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq and then the special envoy for Iraq, based in Baghdad during the occupation. Obviously he wrote his memoirs with a view to having them published. Mistakes had been made in Iraq and there wasÃÂ ...
Newsweek
November 30, 2016
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the U.K.'s special envoy for Iraq from 2003 to 2004, says he's not surprised that Iraq's security situation is still precarious. In his new book, Iraq: the Cost of War (ã14.99, available at Audible.co.uk), Greenstock catalogs several failures during the U.S.-led occupation, from lack ofà...
The Times
November 18, 2016
If only someone had briefed Her Majesty's representative at the United Nations, Jeremy Greenstock. In his memoir, Iraq: The Cost of War, Greenstock tells us that as late as the next spring he still did not believe the US would go to war, and Britain therefore too. “The reasoning seemed overblown,” he writes.
The Independent
November 3, 2016
Britain had no say on US policy on Iraq and was systematically excluded from post-war decision making, a former top diplomat has said. Sir Jeremy Greenstock has said the UK was subservient to the US when it came to the invasion of Iraq and the postwar cleanup as the White House saw it as anÃÂ ...
The Guardian
November 1, 2016
... in Iraq in 2004 has claimed. Giving a unique insight into the realities of the UK-US relationship at a time of stress, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, a former UK ambassador to the UN and one of Britain's most highly regarded diplomats, suggested that British influence over the US during the war was at the margins.
Huffington Post UK
July 7, 2016
The UK was pushed into war “too early” by the US, a former United Nations ambassador has claimed in the wake of the devastating Chilcot report. Sir Jeremy Greenstock, who was UK ambassador to the UN in 2003, told the BBC that then-prime minister Tony Blair seemed to want to wait longer beforeÃÂ ...
Newsweek
July 7, 2016
Jeremy Greenstock Sir Jeremy Greenstock leaves the Iraq Inquiry after giving evidence, London, November 27, 2009. Sir Jeremy Greenstock held the position of U.K. ambassador to the United Nations for five years, from 1998 to July 2003. Oli Scarff/Getty. Share. World Tony Blair Chilcot Report Iraq War.
The Guardian
January 16, 2016
As the UN security council celebrates its 70th birthday on Sunday, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, chair of the United Nations Association - UK and a former British ambassador to the UN, said this and the previous government had shown a worrying lack of concern for foreign affairs, which had hurt Britain'sÃÂ ...
Independent Online
September 13, 2017
... determined that no-one is going to back off their commitment under the Lusaka agreement," British UN ambassador Jeremy Greenstock said.
Independent Online
September 13, 2017
The British ambassador Jeremy Greenstock, said that in addition to troops, Unamsil required another 23 million dollars to finance theÃÂ ...
The Week UK
September 12, 2017
... action if you want to bring pressure upon a government,” says veteran diplomat Sir Jeremy Greenstock, a former UK ambassador to the UN.
Independent Online
September 12, 2017
The ambassador, Jeremy Greenstock, said he would revise a draft resolution which he had planned to put before the council in a last-minuteÃÂ ...
Independent Online
September 10, 2017
United Nations - The UN Security Council demanded on Friday that Sierra Leone's rebels allow UN peacekeepers into diamond-mine areasÃÂ ...
The Week Magazine
August 26, 2017
"Military action is increasingly unpopular, and words don't work with hard regimes," says Sir Jeremy Greenstock, a former British ambassador toÃÂ ...
Somerset Live
August 25, 2017
Wednesday 11th October - Sir Jeremy Greenstock: diplomat and author of 'Iraq - the Cost of War', written about his experiences as 'UK SpecialÃÂ ...
The Guardian
November 1, 2016
Sir Jeremy Greenstock's book has now been released with Whitehall consent after he abandoned plans to publish it in 2005. Photograph:ÃÂ ...
Varsity Online
February 16, 2017
In the lunch break of Cambridge's 'Borderlines' conference, my friend and I spoke to Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the former UK correspondent to the UN.
The Guardian
January 30, 2017
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, a former chair of the UN Security Council's counter-terrorism committee, is similarly sceptical.
Huffington Post UK
January 27, 2017
Even before take-off, Theresa May's historic trip to meet Donald Trump had hit some political turbulence. As she and her team arrived for the flight at Heathrow's VIP suite, the overnight news was the backlash over the new President's latest outburst ...
TotalPolitics.com
December 8, 2016
Jeremy Greenstock is a retired FCO mandarin who was our man at the UN before and during the Iraq War, and then sent as our representative to the US regime in Iraq.
Newsweek
December 1, 2016
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the U.K.'s special envoy for Iraq from 2003 to 2004, says he's not surprised that Iraq's security situation is still precarious.
The Guardian
November 14, 2016
Jeremy Greenstock. Naivety over Vladimir Putin, scepticism on Nato, his stance on the Middle East - Trump is sowing uncertainty among governments around the world.
RT
November 4, 2016
On Tuesday, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, a former UK ambassador to the UN, set out his view on the Iraq War in a lengthy interview with the Guardian.
Huffington Post UK
November 3, 2016
But in an interview with me today, another distinguished Knight of the realm, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, goes further and links the public backlash against Blair's conduct with Brexit.
The Independent
November 3, 2016
Britain had no say on US policy on Iraq and was systematically excluded from post-war decision making, a former top diplomat has said.
Huffington Post UK
November 3, 2016
Britain's Brexit vote was fuelled in part by the loss of trust in politicians caused by Tony Blair's war on Iraq, former UN ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock has suggested. In an interview with HuffPost UK, the ex-envoy to Iraq said that the way Blair ...
The Guardian
November 1, 2016
Giving a unique insight into the realities of the UK-US relationship at a time of stress, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, a former UK ambassador to the UN and one of Britain's most highly regarded diplomats, suggested that British influence over the US during ...
SomalilandPress
October 10, 2016
And one thing that we would expect Guterres to choose is to be a leader with moral authority who heeds the advice of Sir Jeremy Greenstock, former UN Representative of the UK, who talking to London's Daily Express said: "The next Secretary-GeneralÃÂ ...
Chatham House
September 29, 2016
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The Bookseller
September 28, 2016
The memoirs of former Iraq envoy Jeremy Greenstock, initially blocked in 2005 for his efforts to reveal "certain truths" about the conflict, are to be published by William Heinemann this November.
gulfnews.com
July 29, 2016
Stewart Wood (Lord Wood of Anfield) is shadow cabinet minister without portfolio and an adviser to Ed Miliband in the leader's office.
Trinidad Guardian
July 17, 2016
Senior British diplomat involved in the negotiations, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, denied on BBC's Hard Talk that oil was a motivation; but acknowledged that it became a tremendous benefit to the victors, British and American corporations.
Oxford Research Group
July 15, 2016
A group including former military commanders, former Defence Secretary Lord Des Browne and former UK Permanent Representative at the United Nations Sir Jeremy Greenstock, have today sent an open letter to the Prime Minister urging her to delay anyÃÂ ...
Just Security
July 11, 2016
He met with Sir Jeremy Greenstock, apparently at the behest of the Prime Minister's office. Greenstock argued that the French, Russians, and Chinese had all tried to place in the resolution an "explicit provision that it would be for the Security ...
The Guardian
July 11, 2016
Over $8bn of that Iraqi oil revenue was lost, unaccounted for in a process described thus by Blair's representative in the CPA, Sir Jeremy Greenstock: "A lot of cash was going round in suitcases to be dispensed to Iraqis, not all of which was accounted ...
Il Ponente
July 10, 2016
E' quanto ha affermato Jeremy Greenstock, che era nel 2003 ambasciatore britannico alle Nazioni Unite, ricordando, in un'intervista alla Bbc all'indomani della pubblicazione del rapporto Chilcot che ha stabilito che la guerra in Iraq non era ...
The Guardian
July 9, 2016
The process began on 23 January when he had a private meeting with Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's ambassador to the UN, who had evidently been sent to soften him up.
CounterPunch
July 8, 2016
For instance, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the British envoy posted to Baghdad in March 2004, concluded that "the preparations for the post-conflict stage were abject; wrong analysis, wrong people".
Herald Scotland
July 7, 2016
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's ambassador to the UN at the time of the invasion. Oli Scarff/Getty Images. Herald Scotland: "We are not interested in re-litigating the decisions that lead to the Iraq war in 2003.
Press TV
July 7, 2016
Jeremy Greenstock, UK ambassador to the UN in 2003, said on Wednesday that Blair had wanted a UN resolution for launching the military action, but senior US officials believed that it was a "waste of time.
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