Middle Powers & Commercial Diplomacy

This study of the GATT system in the 1960s uses declassified British and American government documents to identify the key role British diplomats played at the Kennedy Round. Through the close ties that characterize the Anglo-American relationship, the British influenced American policy and strategy in the negotiations. The evidence of this study challenges realist theories of middle-power influence in the international political economy by demonstrating the determining role of state level factors such as diplomatic skill and policy expertise.

Author Biography

DONNA LEE is Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Leicester. She previously taught at Manchester Metropolitan University where she undertook her doctoral research. She has recently had articles published in the Review of International Studies, and the Review of International Political Economy.