Description
Using the life and work of one of the world's most accomplished
diplomats, Sweden's Jan Eliasson, this provocative book offers a
unique inside view of how modern diplomacy shapes world political
debate and affects the outcome of major events and international
relations. Ambassador Eliasson has provided diplomatic reporter John
Shaw with up close access to his work for a year - his last in
Washington as ambassador. Shaw has attended policy meetings with the
Ambassador, watched him give speeches, host high-level receptions,
and interact with other senior diplomats. Using Eliasson as the
vehicle, "The Ambassador" delves into what modern diplomats really
do and offers a unique, personal, behind-the-scenes glimpse of
international statesmanship. Eliasson is of special interest because
he was recently selected to be the president of United Nations
General Assembly beginning in September, 2005. He will be in the
news over the next several years.
Author
John Shaw has been a senior reporter for Market News
International since 1991 and a vice president since 1998. He has
been a contributing reporter for the Washington Diplomat for the
past eight years, for which he has written profiles of more than 100
diplomats. He appears regularly on C-SPAN to discuss issues under
consideration by Congress, is frequently interviewed on the Canadian
Broadcast Corporation about diplomacy in Washington, and does a
weekly segment about Congress every Monday morning for KPCC, a
public radio station in Pasadena, California. John Shaw is the
author of Washington Diplomacy: Profiles of People of World
Influence (Algora Publishing, 2002). He was a Media Fellow with the
Hoover Institution in 2004 and 2005, and speaks frequently to
military and diplomatic organizations about world politics and
diplomacy. John lives in Washington, D.C. |