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The United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union has ramifications beyond the UK and the EU. This article analyses the impact of the Brexit referendum on the UK's political capital in the United Nations Security Council; a dimension of Brexit that has received little attention thus far. Drawing on extensive elite interviews we show that the UK has considerable political capital in the Council, where it is seen as one of the most effective actors, but the reputational costs of Brexit are tarnishing this image. With case-studies on the UK's role in Somalia and Yemen we show how the UK has been able to further its interests with dual roles in the EU and Security Council, and the risks posed by tensions between trade and human rights after Brexit. We also analyse what it takes to be influential within the Security Council and argue that more attention should be paid to the practices of diplomacy. Influence is gained via penholding, strong diplomatic skill and a well-regarded UN permanent representative. The UK accrues political capital as a leader on the humanitarian and human rights side of the Council's agenda, but this reputation is at risk as it exits the EU.

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The purpose of this study is to provide additional data and insight regarding the recent history of Barrow, Wade, Guthrie & Company (BWGC) by T. Flesher, D. Flesher, and Previts (2023). BWGC was a national public accountancy firms founded by British accountants in the U.S. in 1883. It merged with a global firm in 1950. The study provides information about 62 British accountants who had immigrated to the U.S. by the outbreak of World War I and subsequent employment with BWGC. The study includes additional data on the main BWGC founder and illustrates biographical discrepancy due to use of secondary sources.

The Palestine Exploration Fund, established in 1865, is the oldest organization created specifically for the study of the Levant. It helped to spur evangelical tourism to the region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries which in turn generated a huge array of literature which presented Palestine as a 'Holy Land', in which the Arab population and the Jewish minority were often portrayed as a simple appendix to well-known Biblical scenarios. In the first book focused on modern and contemporary Palestine to provide a top-down and a bottom-up perspective on the process of simplification of the region and its inhabitants under British influence, Lorenzo Kamel offers a comprehensive outlook that spans a variety of cultural and social boundaries, including local identities, land tenure, toponymy, religious charges, institutions and borders. By observing the process through which a region of different races, cultures and societies has historically been simplified, the author explores how perceptions of Palestine have been affected today.

BRITISH POLICIES AND PRACTICESPROFOUNDLY INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS IN IRAQ AND JORDON, 1920-58, BUT THESE BRITISH INFLUENCES PRODUCED TWO NATIONAL ARMIES WITH DISPARATE RECORDS OF MILITARY INTERVENTIONISM IN POLITICS. IN IRAQ, THE BRITISH FAILED TO IMPOSE PROFESSIONAL AND POLITICAL STANDARDS IN THE ARMY, DEVELOPED ANTI-COLONIALIST, ELITIST ATTITUDES.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Middle Power Influence in the International System -- 2 Background to the Kennedy Round -- 3 The Formative Stage, 1962-64 -- 4 Non-Grains Agriculture, 1964-66 -- 5 The IGA and Industrial Tariffs, 1964-66 -- 6 The Final Stage, 1967 -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.