Carne Ross (born 1966) is the founder and executive director of Independent Diplomat, a diplomatic advisory group.[1]
Carne Ross | |
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.jpg) Carne Ross in February 2012 | |
| Born | 1966 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Exeter University |
| Employer | British Foreign Office |
| Known for | Independent diplomat |
Career edit
After graduating from Exeter University, Ross joined the British Foreign Office and worked at the UK embassy in Bonn, Germany before moving to the UK mission to the UN.[2]
He resigned from the Foreign Office after 15 years of service, citing his secret evidence to the Butler Review as the reason.[1] In 2007, he is a supporter of a UN Parliamentary Assembly.[3] In 2004, he founded the non-governmental organisation Independent Diplomat.[1]
Publications and documentary edit
Ross published a book called Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite in 2007[4] and a book called The Leaderless Revolution in 2011.[5] He wrote a play called The Fox.[6]
In the "Acknowledgements" section of his 2013 novel, A Delicate Truth, John le Carré thanks Ross for "his example demonstrat[ing] the perils of speaking a delicate truth to power."[7]
In 2017, BBC4 broadcast a documentary about Ross's life and ideas called The Accidental Anarchist. The documentary charts Ross's change from a civil servant in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to an anarchist. The linguist, cognitive scientist and political activist Noam Chomsky appears in the documentary. Ross explores the philosophy of democratic confederalism developed by Abdullah Öcalan and its influence on Kurdish groups in the Syrian Civil War such as the YPG and YPJ. Ross sees these groups as anarchist.[8]
Personal life edit
Ross is the grandson of linguist and academic Alan S. C. Ross.[9]
Selected works edit
- Ross, Carne (2007). Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4557-6.
- Ross, Carne (2012). The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the Twenty-First Century. Blue Rider Press. ISBN 978-0-399-15872-8.
- Ross, Carne (2019). "Chapter 29: The time is now". In Extinction Rebellion (ed.). This Is Not a Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook. Penguin Books. pp. 176–180. ISBN 9780141991443.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Carne Ross". Independent Diplomat. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ Moss, Stephen (20 June 2005). "Diplomat at large". The Guardian.
- ^ Palmer, John (26 March 2007). "The road from Rome". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007.
- ^ Ross, Carne (2007). Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4557-6.
- ^ Ross, Carne (2012). The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the Twenty-First Century. Blue Rider Press. ISBN 978-0-399-15872-8.
- ^ Sommer, Elyse (2001). "The Fox". Review. Curtain Up. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ le Carré, John (2013). "Acknowledgements". A Delicate Truth. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-1-101-61802-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ Anthony, Andrew (9 July 2017). "Ex-diplomat Carne Ross: the case for anarchism". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Rosie Gray (10 July 2013). "How Carne Ross Created a New Kind of Diplomacy". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
Further reading edit
- Ross, Carne (3 May 2012). "The 'Leaderless Revolution'". The Brooklyn Rail (Interview). Interviewed by Nikolas Kozloff.