In the Ring
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In the Ring

A Commonwealth Memoir

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eBook - ePub

In the Ring

A Commonwealth Memoir

About this book

Welcome to a world of impossibly devious plots and characters—ambitious presidents and prime ministers from all corners of the world, some determined to hold onto power at any cost; a British government often with a misplaced sense of its own role in one of the world's oldest organizations; and an organization of 300 people, externally working to help the world, while inwardly struggling along racial and geo-political lines

For the first eight years of the 21st century, Don McKinnon was the Secretary General of the Commonwealth and this was the stuff of his day-to-day life, whether facing down armed coup leaders or soothing internal staff factions. Here for the first time he reveals what was going on behind the scenes during such major events as the suspension of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth. With fascinating background detail and his predictions for the future of the Commonwealth itself, this is a compelling account of the trials and tribulations of running an international organization in a complex world.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword by Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State 1997–2001
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 A Rather Unusual Route
  9. 2 A Gracious Presence
  10. 3 Facing the Challenges
  11. 4 Old Dominions with New Friends
  12. 5 An Intense Involvement
  13. 6 Suspended from the Councils
  14. 7 ‘Who Cares About the Commonwealth?’
  15. 8 Standing Up for Small States
  16. 9 Transforming the Political Culture
  17. 10 Friends, Coups and Suspensions
  18. 11 A Royal Challenge
  19. 12 Fine-tuning an International Organisation
  20. 13 The Non-Political Mandates
  21. Plate Section
  22. Epilogue
  23. Afterword by Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria 1999–2007
  24. Index