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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.

Gentleman spies in Asia (2010)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2010). Gentleman spies in Asia. Asian Affairs, 41(2), 202-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068371003747829

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)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2009). ‘“A call to action”: The Committee on British Communities Abroad, 1919-20. Annales canadiennes d'histoire / Canadian Journal of History, 44(2), 261-286

British consular representation in Morocco, 1912-1924: “A question of pounds, shillings and pence” (2009)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2009). British consular representation in Morocco, 1912-1924: “A question of pounds, shillings and pence”. The Maghreb review. Majallat al-Maghrib, 34(2-3), 131-158

Man on the spot: Captain George Gracey and British policy towards the Assyrians, 1917-45 (2008)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2008). Man on the spot: Captain George Gracey and British policy towards the Assyrians, 1917-45. Middle Eastern Studies, 44(2), 215-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/00263200701874875

Official responses to foreign travel at the british foreign andlndia offices before 1914 (2007)
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Fisher, J. (2007). Official responses to foreign travel at the british foreign andlndia offices before 1914. English Historical Review, 122(498), 937-964. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cem216

Lord Robert Cecil and the formation of a Middle East Department of the Foreign Office (2006)
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Fisher, J. (2006). Lord Robert Cecil and the formation of a Middle East Department of the Foreign Office. Middle Eastern Studies, 42(3), 365-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/00263200500521172

The Rabegh crisis, 1916-17: 'A comparatively trivial question' or 'a self-willed disaster' (2002)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2002). The Rabegh crisis, 1916-17: 'A comparatively trivial question' or 'a self-willed disaster'. Middle Eastern Studies, 38(3), 73-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/714004468