Alastair Kocho-Williams earned his PhD in Russian History from the University of Manchester in 2006. He has taught History at the University of Leeds and the University of the West of England, where he is Senior Lecturer in International and Soviet History. 
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Subscribe To My ArticlesWhile there may be an policy aspect concerned with deterring aggression from these states, Russia is the key to all of this. They are the named partner for the discussions in Obama’s speech, and it is them that the missile shield is primarily to deter
The British Embassy’s Iranian staff are caught in a tricky position. They remain Iranian citizens living in Iran, yet serving a foreign government, leading to suspicion about their loyalty, and as they are not diplomats they enjoy none of the immunity that such a status would afford them
