# An independent diplomat

- Institution: TED
- Department: Business Innovation Factory
- Speaker: Carne Ross
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/carne_ross_an_independent_diplomat)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

After 15 years in the British diplomatic corps, Carne Ross became a "freelance diplomat," running a bold nonprofit that gives small, developing and yet-unrecognized nations a voice in international relations. At the BIF-5 conference, he calls for a new kind of diplomacy that gives voice to small countries, that works with changing boundaries and that welcomes innovation.

## Lectures

1. [An independent diplomat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/carne_ross_an_independent_diplomat/b298a652ffa9), 21 min (TED's player)