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The decline of empires in South Asia (2023)
Journal Article

Heather Campbell’s book discusses British policies towards Persia and Afghanistan after the First World War. She maintains that in order to comprehend these policies, one must understand the persistence of Great Game mentalities among senior policy m... Read More about The decline of empires in South Asia.

Sir Arthur Hirtzel and the Pax Britannica in the Middle East (2021)
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Sir Arthur Hirtzel, the long-serving senior official in the India Office was an old–and a much respected–Middle Eastern hand. Few in Whitehall could rival him in his capacity ‘to get into the mind of the man at the other end of the line.’ Surprisingl... Read More about Sir Arthur Hirtzel and the Pax Britannica in the Middle East.

Our Man in Fez: James MacIver Macleod (2019)
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This article will illustrate several facets of MacLeod’s career. First, it will consider his appointment and the years immediately afterwards, when he struggled to gain recognition of his status from the Makhzen, the Moroccan government. Second, it w... Read More about Our Man in Fez: James MacIver Macleod.

The impact of military service on the British Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1914-8 (2012)
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This article examines the interface of military service and the Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services during the First World War. That convergence encompassed efforts by those institutions to respond in a patriotic spirit to demands for... Read More about The impact of military service on the British Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1914-8.

Keeping 'the Old Flag flying': The British community in Morocco and the British Morocco Merchants Association, 1914-24 (2010)
Journal Article

This article examines the British expatriate community in Morocco and specifically in Tangier at a formative time in the country's history. Growing French ascendancy in Morocco and the strains imposed by war exposed weaknesses in British prospects in... Read More about Keeping 'the Old Flag flying': The British community in Morocco and the British Morocco Merchants Association, 1914-24.

Gentleman spies in Asia (2010)
Journal Article

This article covers the gathering of intelligence in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Asia, particularly in Turkey, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Inevitably, the Great Game and concerns about Russian intentions loomed large. Initially... Read More about Gentleman spies in Asia.

‘“A call to action”: The Committee on British Communities Abroad, 1919-20 (2009)
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British consular representation in Morocco, 1912-1924: “A question of pounds, shillings and pence” (2009)
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Man on the spot: Captain George Gracey and British policy towards the Assyrians, 1917-45 (2008)
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Official responses to foreign travel at the british foreign andlndia offices before 1914 (2007)
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Lord Robert Cecil and the formation of a Middle East Department of the Foreign Office (2006)
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The Rabegh crisis, 1916-17: 'A comparatively trivial question' or 'a self-willed disaster' (2002)
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