1st Edition
The Policies and Power of Public Diplomacy Wilton Park's Road
Introduction
Nick Hopkinson
Part 1 Origins, purpose, method and place
1. The many faces of Wilton Park
Holger Nehring and Gisela Stuart
2. Wilton Park: The establishment of purpose, method and place, 1946–1995
Richard Langhorne
3. Wilton Park: Evolving method, stakeholders and place
Nick Hopkinson
Part 2 The Cold War, NATO, Russia and global security
4. The Cold War, transatlantic security and East-West relations, 1946–1979
Nick Hopkinson and Richard Langhorne
5. The Cold War, transatlantic security and East-West relations, 1980–1991
Nick Hopkinson and Richard Langhorne
6. The collapse of Communism, the Russian Federation and countries of the Former Soviet Union
Nick Hopkinson
7. NATO and transatlantic security after 1991
Richard Latter
8. Arms control since the 1980s
Richard Latter
Part 3 Europe: The UK, EC/EU and enlargement
9. Wilton Park as a site for European debate from the 1940s to the 1980s
Lindsay Aqui
10. European integration from 1987 to 2000
Nick Hopkinson
11. The EU in the new millennium: Economic challenges, constitutional developments, public opinion and the road to Brexit
Nick Hopkinson
12. EU enlargement to Northern, Central and Southern Europe since 1989
Nick Hopkinson
Part 4 International partners
13. Turkey and the West Balkans
Nick Hopkinson
14. The Middle East and North Africa
Stephen Calleya and Nick Hopkinson
15. Africa: Facing the challenges
Roger Williamson
16. China and Asia
Kerry Brown
Part 5 The United Nations' three pillars
17. Humanitarian intervention, peacekeeping and peace-building
Paul Bowers
18. Human rights and international justice: Advancing the agenda
Isobelle Jaques
19. Global governance, financing development and the development goals
Nick Hopkinson
Part 6: Democratic and transnational challenges
20. Strengthening democracy and governance
Nick Hopkinson
21. The media, the digital revolution and new challenges to democracy
Nick Hopkinson
22. Trade and the global economy
Stephen Woolcock
23. Climate change, the environment, energy and disaster preparation/response
John F. Dunn and Robin Hart
24. Global health: From disease eradication to global pandemic
Robin Hart
25. The policies and power of public diplomacy at Wilton Park
Nick Hopkinson
Biography
Nick Hopkinson is a writer and chair of the Sir Heinz Koeppler Trust. He was acting chief executive, director, report editor, and programme director (EU, global economy and democracy) at Wilton Park, the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s policy forum, between 1987 and 2010.
“This detailed history of Wilton Park deserves attention beyond just the diplomatic community for two main reasons: for the inspiring story of its German-born founder, Sir Heinz Koeppler, who fought to establish and then sustain an institution to revivify Anglo-German relations after the Second World War; and for the account of the struggle for high-quality debate in the British foreign policy system, when the Treasury saw no need to spend even small amounts of money on it. Both themes bring out the best of the British tradition, rarely matched elsewhere, to argue out the substance of important issues without the constraint of hierarchy or national subjectivism. This is what Wilton Park will always stand for.”
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, i.a. former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
“I am delighted a serious history of Wilton Park’s discussions has been written. The sort of events it offers, with privacy giving participants the confidence to step out of their official roles, can make a considerable contribution to the solution of problems, international or domestic.”
Juliet Campbell CMG, i.a. former British Ambassador to Luxembourg; former Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University
“With Digital Diplomacy, AI and Fake News wanting to play ever greater roles in shaping thinking and attitudes, this book persuasively shows why Wilton Park and the Wilton Park approach will continue to matter”
James Dauris, former British Ambassador to Panama and Peru, Inside Out Magazine
