Ray Raymond, a former longtime political advisor to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, will examine the evolution of his former boss' relations with rogue regimes and terrorist groups on Friday, Jan. 13, at 12:30 p.m. in Humanities 115.
His talk, “The Evolution of an International Statesman: Tony Blair, Rogue Regimes and International Terrorism,” is free and open to the public.
Raymond, who teaches at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, spent more than 20 years in the British diplomatic service as a senior political officer. He has known Blair for 15 years and worked closely with the prime minister's political and policy team at 10 Downing Street.
He has written and lectured widely on Anglo-American, U.S.-European relations and international terrorism. His most recent work on U.N. reform was published by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and on U.K.-U.S. historical and economic relations by the U.S. Army War College.
Educated at the University of Dublin, the University of Kansas and Yale University, Raymond has been honored by Queen Elizabeth and elected a fellow of the British Royal Society of Arts and Manufactures in recognition of his contribution to Anglo-American relations.
He also serves as chairman of the Marshall Scholarships for the New York Region and is the chief executive of the City Fellowships in Financial Services, a U.K.-U.S. fellowship program for outstanding young minority financiers.