Charles Crawford (diplomat)

[1] His diplomatic career featured extensive policy work in London and at Post on the transition in central and eastern Europe from communism to democratic pluralism.

Since leaving the FCO in 2007 he has written articles on diplomacy and current affairs for Radio Free Europe, The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, National Review as well as Total Politics and Diplomat magazines.

[citation needed] In April 2010 after the Smolensk air disaster he appeared on BBC, CNN and Sky TV describing his personal memories of President Lech Kaczynski.

[citation needed] Crawford has written for newspapers on current events, such as his piece on how the Helsinki Accords of 1975 impact the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.

[2] In an article published in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs on the subject of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Crawford compared it to Middle Eastern peace processes; "If openly or by implication one party in a conflict is challenging the other party’s core legitimacy, if not its very right to exist, what scope is there for meaningful discussion and hard but honest compromise around a negotiating table?