THIS is an insightful and entertaining account of a lively British diplomatic career in the post-colonial period. Munro gives a flavour of the escapades and encounters which Sir Alan and his wife experienced in the course of thirty-five years in diplomacy in the Middle East, Africa and South America, and at home too.
The narrative ranges from the 1991 Gulf War, the Iranian Revolution and the running sore of Palestine through a gallery of African despots to the furore over the arrival of Ronald Biggs in Brazil. All this is set against a half-century of post-imperial adjustment in Britain’s foreign policy, in which withdrawal from a global role is offset by an overriding concern, shared with western partners, to counter the extension – political and economic as well as military – of Soviet/ Marxist influence across a fractious world.
Sir Alan Munro’s career has involved posts ranging from: Head of the Diplomatic Services’ East African and Middle Eastern Departments during the Iranian Revolution; being in charge of UK defence cooperation with Middle Eastern states; Ambassador to Algeria and later Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War. He is a Director of the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce.
A Q&A session will follow.
Sir Alan Munro: The Lighter Side of Diplomacy
Friday 24th March 20.30 – 21.45 (At The Blackledge Theatre,The Godolphin School)
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