Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite

Drawing on episodes from his diplomatic career, Carne Ross reveals that many of our asssumptions about diplomacy are wrong. He argues that the institutions of contemporary diplomacy - foreign ministries, the UN, the EU, and the like - often exclude those they most affect. He exposes the very limited range of evidence upon which diplomats base their reports, and the closed and undemocratic nature of the world's diplomatic forums. --book jacket.