Thank you to King's College London for hosting the British International History Group Conference 2024! Our Department of Humanities, Uni Strathclyde panel on Diplomacy and Security with Karine Varley and Dr Natalia Telepneva, and Niall Gray on Scotland and the Cold War. BIHG DiploStrath

It was great participating at the BIHG conference once again! Thanks to the organisers - fun connecting and meeting new and old colleagues! Go team Dr Rogelia Pastor-Castro Karine Varley at Department of Humanities, Uni Strathclyde for focusing on crisis diplomacy; thanks to Niall Gray for representing our phd cohort

Delighted to welcome our new MSc Diplomacy and International Security students! Great to meet everyone and thank you to our alumni for coming in to share advice and tips for the year ahead. DiploStrath Strathclyde Humanities & Social Sciences Department of Humanities, Uni Strathclyde

Thrilled to receive copies of my first edited collection “Intelligence and Contemporary Conflict” The Ax:son Johnson Institute (AJI) Packed with insight from stars of intelligence history and beautifully produced by Bokförlaget Stolpe it will be useful for scholars, practitioners and enthusiasts alike

Excellent lecture by Dr L’Hoest, German Ministry for Economics and Climate Action, on ‘Economics and Politics of Reconciling Economic Development and Decarbonisation’. Thanks to my colleagues Strathclyde - Government and Public Policy European Policies Research Centre for organising. Great engagement from our DiploStrath students!

Excellent engagement from our MSc Diplomacy and International Security students at University of Strathclyde Diamond Jubilee events. Enjoyed attending fascinating talk by Professor Sir Harry Burns ‘Conflict or Compassion: How do we choose?’ DiploStrath Strathclyde Humanities & Social Sciences

It was a pleasure to welcome Christiane Hullmann Christiane Hullmann to DiploStrath. Our students on the MSc Diplomacy and International Security were interested to hear about UK-German relations and a range of issues including security, the environment and cultural diplomacy.

As always, it was a pleasure to be at Strathclyde University. Thank you, Dr Pastor-Castro, for the invitation and the opportunity to meet with your fantastic students! I’m sure there‘re some future diplomats among them.

Congratulations MSc Diplomacy and International Security class of 2024! Really proud of you all! DiploStrath Strathclyde Humanities & Social Sciences

🇬🇧🇫🇷A real honour to welcome Classified Sir Richard Moore to Paris for the inaugural Entente Cordiale lecture, covering the deep ties between our two countries’ intelligence services, as well as how we are working together to face up to the challenges of the modern world.

Huge honour to deliver the Inaugural Entente Cordiale Lecture today at the British Embassy in Paris alongside my friend and colleague Nicolas Lerner of DGSE. #EntenteAmicale

The MSc Diplomacy & International Security has been awarded a Commonwealth Shared Scholarship for 2025-26. The scholarship will support the successful candidate with tuition fees, living costs & travel. Find out more: bit.ly/4eS2sC3 #diplomacy #politics Dr Rogelia Pastor-Castro

This was a first, and a great sign of 🇫🇷🇬🇧 cooperation: the heads of the British and French intelligence agencies, Classified and DGSE director Nicolas Lerner, in Paris sharing a public platform and insights into how they go about their jobs. Also, I got to ask the questions

Sir Richard Moore, chief of the secret intelligence service delivered the inaugural Entente Cordiale lecture at the British embassy in Paris. We also heard from Nicholas Lerner, the head of France's foreign intelligence agency. Excellent event hosted by Menna Rawlings #EC120

Some thoughts on the prospects in France.

Applications open for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to study for the MSc Diplomacy and International Security DiploStrath University of Strathclyde Come and join me and the team in Glasgow! #Diplomacy #Politics #History #Law Application details: cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships/c…

Applications close this week for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to study MSc #Diplomacy and International Security. Read about Zoha's experience on the programme here: bit.ly/49yEOK4. #Politics #History #Law Dr Rogelia Pastor-Castro DiploStrath

📣 New file release from MI5! Over 100 Security Service (MI5) files have been released today. In a new blog, our Records Specialist Mark Dunton summarises some of the fresh perspectives they contain on the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/confessions-fr…

Au revoir UK in France ! Dernières valises faites. Ce fut une expérience extraordinaire, exceptionnelle, inoubliable. Quelques souvenirs…. un🧵1/12

This has been the most productive 🇬🇧🇫🇷 Summit since Lancaster House 2010. With next week’s 🇬🇧🇩🇪Treaty, it marks the final laying of the Brexit ghost, at least in terms of bilateral links with EU countries. The combination of Putin and Trump has made this essential. A 🧵