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The decline of empires in South Asia (2023)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2023). The decline of empires in South Asia. Middle Eastern Studies, 59(3), 532-533. https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2023.2172247

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)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2021). Sir Arthur Hirtzel and the Pax Britannica in the Middle East. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 32(2), 263-288. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2021.1913356

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.

The forward view: Austen Henry Layard and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 (2020)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2020). The forward view: Austen Henry Layard and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. The Maghreb review. Majallat al-Maghrib, 45(3),

As British Ambassador at Constantinople during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, Austen Henry Layard was the proverbial ‘man on the spot’: an emissary, on the fringes of empire, entrusted to defend Britain’s informal empire in the Near East. Layard’s fo... Read More about The forward view: Austen Henry Layard and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877.

Our Man in Fez: James MacIver Macleod (2019)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2019). Our Man in Fez: James MacIver Macleod. The Maghreb review. Majallat al-Maghrib, 44(3), 291-324

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)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2012). The impact of military service on the British Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1914-8. International History Review, 34(3), 431-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2012.675211

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
Fisher, J. (2010). Keeping 'the Old Flag flying': The British community in Morocco and the British Morocco Merchants Association, 1914-24. Historical Research, 83(222), 719-746. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2009.00527.x

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.