How Did Wilton Park Survive into the Twenty-First Century?

Author: Richard Langhorne

Source: Contemporary British History, Volume 18, Number 3, Autumn, 2004 , pp. 223-229(7)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Wilton Park from its inception at the end of the Second World War has been a part of or closely related to the Foreign (and Commonwealth) Office, but it has never in its various manifestations done FCO work in any direct way. Its value, which is and has been immense, has in fact been derived from this irregular situation. However, it has consequently been regularly open to the complaint that government and specifically FCO funding should not be used for such ill-defined purposes. This contribution explains how and why Wilton Park survived such threats into the twenty-first century and flourishes today.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1361946042000259404

Publication date: 2004-09-01