The Foreign Office, Commerce, and British Foreign Policy

How has the Foreign Office supported British commerce? And how has commerce shaped British foreign policy?

At this book launch, historians discussed the changing attitudes of British diplomats to trade promotion during the Cold War, decolonisation, and the UK's relative economic decline.

Case studies from across the world illustrated how the Foreign Office supported UK firms, created markets, and continued Britain's ceaseless quest for trade.

Listen to the podcast: Commerce & British Foreign Policy

Download the podcast: Commerce & British Foreign Policy

Event recorded 29th November 2017

Biographies from time of event

James Ellisonis Reader in International History at Queen Mary University of London and Deputy Chair of the British International History Group.

John Fisheris Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of the West of England - Bristol.

Keith Hamiltonis Visiting Professor, King's College London, and former senior editor of Documents on British Policy Overseas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Effie Pedaliuis a Visiting Fellow at LSE IDEAS and Co-editor of the Palgrave Book Series Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World.

Richard Smith(@rsmith99) is Senior Historian at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Editor of Documents on British Policy Overseas.

Chair: Piers Ludlowis Deputy Head of Department and Director of Teaching Programmes at the LSE Department of International History.

Twitter

View the Twitter debate from this event on Storify

The Foreign Office, Commerce, and British Foreign Policy

Speakers

Twitter