Jonathan Powell: Britain’s foreign-policy fixer
The influential intermediary faces perhaps his toughest challenge yet
IN RECENT WEEKS Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, has emerged as a crucial participant in negotiations over a possible Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. He is one of many senior advisers from the 1997-2007 Blair administration to have taken up government positions under today’s Labour prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer. Mr Powell served as Sir Tony Blair’s chief of staff throughout his ten years in office.
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