The Ambassador; Inside the Life of a Working Diplomat

Sterling, VA: Capital Books, Inc, 2006. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xi, 188 p. Illustrations. Sources. Inscribed by author on half-title page. DJ has small crease in front flap. Foreword by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. How diplomats really shape world politics as seen through the working life of veteran diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly, and former Swedish Ambassador to the U.S., Jan Eliasson. The author is a senior correspondent and vice president for Market News International and a contributing reporter to the Washington Diplomat. John Shaw is a veteran congressional reporter who covered political and economic issues for the global news service. He has been a contributing writer for the monthly magazine The Washington Diplomat for over 20 years. Shaw's "People of World Influence" column profiled international affairs leaders including Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, James Baker, Sam Nunn and Zbigniew Brzezinski. The Ambassador: Inside the Life of a Working Diplomat (2006) describes the shrewd and strategic diplomacy of Jan Eliasson who served as Sweden's ambassador to the United States. Jan Kenneth Eliasson (born 17 September 1940) is a Swedish diplomat who was Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from July 2012 to December 2016. A member of the Social Democratic Party, Eliasson served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 24 April to 6 October 2006. Eliasson was appointed as Governing Board Chair of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in April 2017 and assumed his role as of 1 June 2017. From 2000 to 2005 he served as Sweden's Ambassador to the United States. Using the life and work of one of the world s most accomplished diplomats, Sweden's Jan Eliasson, this provocative book offers a unique inside view of how modern diplomacy shapes world political debate and affects the outcome of major events and international relations. Ambassador Eliasson has provided diplomatic reporter John Shaw with up close access to his work for a year - his last in Washington as ambassador. Shaw has attended policy meetings with the Ambassador, watched him give speeches, host high-level receptions, and interact with other senior diplomats. Using Eliasson as the vehicle, "The Ambassador" delves into what modern diplomats really do and offers a unique, personal, behind-the-scenes glimpse of international statesmanship. Eliasson is of special interest because he was recently selected to be the president of United Nations General Assembly beginning in September, 2005. He will be in the news over the next several years. REVIEWS "Through John Shaw's eyes we are permitted a rare look at the many aspects of the life of a successful diplomat. It makes for wonderful reading, and sheds light upon a life that has given much to the world, and that has much more to give." Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (Ret), From the Foreword to "The Ambassador. This is a biography of a job rather than of an individual, this profile follows Jan Eliasson as he performs his duties as Sweden's ambassador to the US. After attending policy meetings with the ambassador and watching him give speeches, host receptions and interact with other diplomats, Shaw, senior correspondent and vice president for Market News International, explains the ways diplomacy shapes global political debates and influences international relations. BOOK NEWS, Inc., 2006/08/01"