ABOUT INDEPENDENT DIPLOMAT:

INDEPENDENT DIPLOMAT (ID) is a unique non-profit advisory group in the field of diplomacy. Founded in 2004 by former British diplomat, Carne Ross, ID advises and assists democratic governments and political groups to navigate, and participate more effectively in, the complex diplomatic processes that affect them across the three pillars of modern diplomacy: political strategy, international law, public diplomacy. Staffed by a team of former diplomats, international lawyers and political experts, ID’s advice is impartial and ID staff maintains no allegiance or affiliation to other governments or institutions.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

 
CARNE ROSS resigned from the British Foreign Service after giving secret evidence to an official inquiry into the use of intelligence before the 2003 Iraq invasion. He then founded and now runs Independent Diplomat, a non-profit advisory group that assists democratic countries and political groups with diplomatic strategy including, among others, the moderate Syrian opposition, the Frente POLISARIO of the Western Sahara and the Marshall Islands, whom ID advises on negotiations for a new UN climate treaty. Carne is also a writer and commentator on world affairs. His most recent book “The Leaderless Revolution” argues that governments are failing to solve our most urgent problems and proposes that “gentle anarchism” may be the most effective method of political change in the 21st Century. A documentary film about Carne and his ideas, “The Accidental Anarchist”, is currently in production with backing from various international broadcasters.

Sponsor(s): Burkle Center for International Relations, International Comparative Law Program (ICLP) at UCLA School of Law