Inside Global Diplomacy: RT. Honourable Baroness Catherine Ashton

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🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Rt. Honourable Baroness Catherine Ashton, former Vice President of the European Commission and the European Union's first representative for foreign affairs and security policy, about her career and new book, "And Then What? Inside Stories of 21st Century Diplomacy." Ashton provides an insider's view of several high-stakes diplomatic engagements, including the early days of forging the Iran nuclear deal and the EU-brokered talks between Serbia and Kosovo. Morell and Ashton also discuss the nature of political leadership and share thoughts about some of the world leaders with whom they engaged personally.

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0:00.0	The right honorable Baroness Catherine Ashton served as the European Union's first high
0:07.2	representative for foreign affairs and security policy from 2009 to 2014.
0:13.9	Previously, Kathy served as the first woman commissioner for trade in the European Commission
0:19.4	and the first woman British European Commissioner.
0:22.3	A life peer in the British House of Lords, she is a former nominee for the Nobel Peace
0:27.1	Prize.
0:28.1	Kathy just published a memoir about her time as a diplomat titled,
0:32.2	And Then What, Inside Stories of 21st Century Diplomacy.
0:36.8	We'll be right back after a break.
0:38.8	I'm Michael Morrell and this is Intelligence Matters.
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0:52.6	A big house, fast car, two kids in a great career.
0:55.7	But Jill has a problem.
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1:17.7	It's thought the 42-year-old victim was killed after he opened fire on police.
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