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Carne Ross

Executive Director, Independent Diplomat

Skoll Awardee

Biography

Carne Ross founded and now runs Independent Diplomat, an award-winning international advisory group that advises democratic governments and political groups (such as the Syrian democratic opposition) on diplomatic strategy. An author of two books (most recently, “The Leaderless Revolution”), he is a frequent commentator on world affairs for the BBC, CNN, New York Times, Financial Times and other publications. He is the subject of the recent BBC4 documentary film, “Accidental Anarchist”. Carne is a former senior British diplomat and WMD expert who resigned after giving then-secret evidence to the first official inquiry into the Iraq war.

Regional Focus

Central and Southern Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, North America, Oceania, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa

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