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Ian Proud
Ian Proud was a member of HM Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. From July 2014 to February 2019 Ian was posted to the British Embassy in Moscow. He was also Director of the Diplomatic Academy for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Anglo-American School of Moscow.
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Let’s do what we’ve been doing for a decade and hope for a different result
No one will be scared by the UK Strategic Defence Review but British people should be
Friedrich Merz won’t survive a single term in office and France will be the next country to exit the EU, triggering an implosion of the project.
Progress on return of 339 children might still be a helpful step in the right direction
Failure and being seen to fail on NATO will deliver a huge political blow to western leaders who will keep kicking the peace can down the road.
Perhaps Merz might consider a negotiated end to the conflict, rather than more empty sabre-rattling that he cannot deliver upon.
No wonder Russia is promoting an alternative, Ian Proud writes.
Perché Cina, Russia e persino Israele prevalgono sulle pressioni esterne e cosa significa questo per la politica estera occidentale
Left out in the cold by Trump on the Ukraine peace process
Sovereignty will always trump collective decision making, Ian Proud writes.