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About Iain Orr

Iain Orr is the founder of BioDiplomacy. He worked in the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from 1968-2002.

Articles by Iain Orr

Monday 20th October

The Chagos islanders: Britain's historic injustice

An expelled people have lost their case to return. That leaves the court of history (archive)
Monday 20th November

'You are here: personal geographies and other maps of the imagination,' Katharine Harmon

I map, therefore I am: Iain Orr finds delight in Katharine Harmon's charting of the imagination.
Monday 17th July

Who defends British values? Craig Murray in Uzbekistan

A former British ambassador's account of the British government's complicity with human-rights abuses in Uzbekistan illuminates the misguided diplomacy behind the "war on terror", writes Iain Orr.
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