Sunday 7 March 2010

Tamar Yonah talks with Robin Shepherd.

Israel and the EU.




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Signatories to the Statement of Principles

The eminent individuals listed below have signed The Henry Jackson Society’s Statement of Principles:

  1. Rt. Hon. Michael Ancram QC MP

    Conservative Member of Parliament for Devizes
  2. Gerard Baker

    Assistant Editor, The Times
  3. Paul Beaver

    Special Advisor to the Parliamentary Defence Committee
    Director, Beaver Westminster Ltd.
  4. Prof. Lord Paul Bew

    Queen’s University, Belfast
  5. Prof. Vernon Bogdanor

    Brasenose College, University of Oxford
  6. Nicholas Boles

    Director, Policy Exchange
  7. Chris Bryant MP

    Labour Member of Parliament for Rhondda
  8. Damian Collins

    Parliamentary Candidate, Folkestone and Hythe
  9. Colonel Tim Collins

    Commander, First Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, Iraq 2003
  10. Prof. Paul Cornish

    Carrington Professor of International Security, Chatham House
  11. Stephen Crabb MP

    Conservative Member of Parliament for Preseli Pembrokeshire
  12. Sir Richard Dearlove OBE

    Master of Pembroke College
    Head of MI6, 1999-2004
  13. Major-General John Drewienkiewicz

    Military Advisor to the High Representative for Bosnia
  14. Mark Etherington

    Civil Governor, Wasit (Kut) province, Iraq, 2003-2004
  15. The Rt. Hon. Dr. The Lord Gilbert

    Labour Member of Parliament for Dudley, 1970-1974
    Member of Parliament for Dudley East, 1974-1997
    Minister of State for Defence, 1976–1979 and 1997–1999
  16. Sir Philip Goodhart

    Conservative Member of Parliament for Beckenham, 1957-1992
  17. Lord Gordon of Strathblane CBE

    Former Chairman, Scottish Radio Holdings
  18. Michael Gove MP

    Conservative Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath
    Shadow Minister for Housing
  19. Jonny Gray

    Director and Head of Security and Crisis Management, Control Risks
    Commanding Officer, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Iraq 2003-2004
  20. Robert Halfon

    Political Director, Conservative Friends of Israel
  21. Fabian Hamilton MP

    Labour Member of Parliament for Leeds North East
  22. Stephen Hammond MP

    Conservative Member of Parliament for Wimbledon
    Shadow Minister for Transport
  23. Greg Hands MP

    Conservative Member of Parliament for Hammersmith & Fulham
  24. Oliver Kamm

    Columnist, The Times
  25. Jackie Lawrence

    Member of Parliament for Preseli Pembrokeshire, 1997-2005
  26. Prof. Andrew Lever

    University of Cambridge
  27. Dr. Denis MacShane MP

    Labour Member of Parliament for Rotherham
  28. Fionnuala Jay O'Boyle MBE

    Director, Jay Associates
  29. Stephen Pollard

    Columnist, The Times
  30. Greg Pope MP

    Labour Member of Parliament for Hyndburn
    Member of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee
  31. Lord Powell of Bayswater

    Personal Advisor to the Prime Minister for Defence and Security, 1984-1991
  32. Andrew Roberts

    Author, Journalist and Television Presenter
  33. David Ruffley MP

    Conservative Member of Parliament for Bury St. Edmunds, Stowmarket and Needham Market
  34. Dr. Jamie Shea

    Director of Policy Planning, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  35. Lord Soley of Hammersmith

    Labour Member of Parliament for North Hammersmith and successor seats, 1979-2005
    Campaign Director, Future Heathrow
  36. Dr. Irwin Stelzer

    Director of Economic Policy Studies, Hudson Institute
  37. Gisela Stuart MP

    Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Edgbaston
    Member of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee
  38. Rt. Hon. Lord Trimble

    Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Upper Bann, 1990-2005
    Winner of Nobel Peace Prize, 1998
  39. Edward Vaizey MP

    Conservative Member of Parliament for Wantage
  40. David Willetts MP

    Conservative Member of Parliament for Havant
    Shadow Education Secretary
  41. Prof. Alan Lee Williams OBE

    Director, Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

Robin Shepherd

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robin Shepherd (born 6 January 1968) is a prominent British-born political commentator and analyst. He is currently Director of International Affairs at the Henry Jackson Society.[1] Formerly a senior fellow at Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London, he has been associated with a number of leading think tanks in the United States and Europe.[2]

The early focus of his work was post-Communist transition in Eastern Europe and Russia, such as in his first book, Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Revolution and Beyond (Palgrave Macmillan/St. Martins Press, 2000)[3] which dealt with the post-communist reform process. His research and commentary have since branched out into transatlantic relations, European politics and the relationship between the Western world and the State of Israel. He regularly appears in the international print and broadcast media. Before entering the think tank world, he was a foreign correspondent for The Times in Moscow.

It has been suggested that he was forced out of Chatham House because of his pro-Israel views.[citation needed] His book A State Beyond the Pale: Europe's Problem with Israel was published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson in September 2009.

[edit]Books

  • A State Beyond the Pale: Europe's Problem With Israel (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2009)
  • Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Revolution and Beyond, (Palgrave Macmillan/St. Martins Press, 2000)

[edit]References

  1. ^ Another Vast Jewish Conspiracy British media and society are gripped by lies about a "secret" Israel lobby controlling foreign policy. Wall Street Journal, Nov. 18, 2009, [1]
  2. ^ "By invitation"The Economist. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  3. ^ "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Revolution and Beyond"Central Europe Review. 9 October 2000. Retrieved 2008-11-11.

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