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About Peter Jenkins

Peter Jenkins was a British career diplomat for 33 years, following studies at the Universities of Cambridge and Harvard. He served in Vienna (twice), Washington, Paris, Brasilia and Geneva. He specialized in global economic and security issues. His last assignment (2001-06) was that of UK Ambassador to the IAEA and UN (Vienna). Since 2006 he has represented the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, advised the Director of IIASA and set up a partnership, ADRgAmbassadors, with former diplomatic colleagues, to offer the corporate sector dispute resolution and solutions to cross-border problems. He was an associate fellow of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy from 2010 to 2012. He writes and speaks on nuclear and trade policy issues.



Author Archives: Peter Jenkins

Beware of G8 Statements on Iran

April 18th, 2013 | by Peter Jenkins

by Peter Jenkins The statement issued by G8 Foreign Ministers at the end of their meeting in London last week


A Curate’s Egg (Good in Parts)

March 28th, 2013 | by Peter Jenkins

by Peter Jenkins Last week, while visiting Israel and Jordan, President Barak Obama publicly emphasised that there is still time


A Strange Way to Build Trust

March 13th, 2013 | by Peter Jenkins

by Peter Jenkins Divining the Obama administration’s foreign policy intentions can be intellectually challenging. At the beginning of February the


Is Iran a Rogue State?

February 15th, 2013 | by Peter Jenkins

by Peter Jenkins Speaking on 12 February about the latest North Korean nuclear test, the outgoing US Defense Secretary said



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