2016: a landmark year for Wilton Park
News - 28 June, 2016
2016 is a significant year in our history, with several anniversaries being marked over the coming months.
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65 years of Wilton Park at Wiston House
News - 9 February, 2016
2016 marks not one, but two milestones for Wilton Park. Whilst we celebrate 70 years of existence as a diplomatic institution, we also mark our arrival at our green and pleasant home in Sussex. We are Wilton Park at Wiston House – many of our welcome participants and guests understandably get confused by the two […]
The UK leads the world in soft power
News - 17 July, 2015
We reflect upon the UK’s position at the top of the Soft Power 30 index of global soft power, and look at our ongoing contributions to that success. The UK is the world leader in soft power, according to a new annual ranking of the strength of national soft power assets. The Soft Power 30, […]
Commemorating 100 years since Britain entered the First World War
News - 1 August, 2014
Monday 4 August 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the day Britain entered one of the bloodiest conflicts in history – the First World War – which ended on 11 November 1918, Armistice Day. As a war unmatched to any seen before, World War One, also known as ‘the Great War’, marks one of the […]
Wilton Park and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office bring First World War diplomacy to life
News - 2 July, 2014
Wilton Park and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office launch a series of podcasts that focus on the diplomacy of the period leading up to the First World War from 28 June – 4 August 1914. The 28 June 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, the trigger which […]
Maximising soft power assets: towards prosperity
News - 24 June, 2014
“Soft power is not only something that countries do outwardly, but is also a way of being internally” Maximising soft power assets: towards prosperity Monday 19 – Wednesday 21 May 2014 (WP1289) In May, we ran the roundtable meeting, Maximising soft power assets: towards prosperity, in association with the British Embassy in Mexico and the […]
The Commonwealth celebrates its 65th anniversary
News - 28 April, 2014
Although the Commonwealth dates back to the mid-20th century with the decolonisation of the British Empire, it was formally constituted by the London Declaration on April 28, 1949, which established member states as ‘free and equal’ after India declared that although they wished to become republics they still wanted to remain within the Commonwealth. It now […]
2013: a year in review
News - 20 January, 2014
This timeline looks back at some of the major events that took place in 2013. February On February 4th, we opened The future of Europe conference. The conference analysed how a geometrically variable EU will develop and discussed whether European unity can be preserved in an increasingly diversified EU. …………………………………………………………………………………………. March Held in […]
Wilton Park in 2014 – what does power mean in the modern world?
News - 17 January, 2014
We start the year by considering the future of power and the challenges of modern diplomacy and policy planning – a theme which continues throughout our conferences in the first part of the year. We began by looking at how power is defined in the world today, how this concept is changing, and who will […]
Wilton Park World Radio is launched
News - 22 November, 2013
Today sees the launch of Wilton Park World Radio on which we will broadcast a selection of our podcasts covering a range of issues and interviews with key opinion formers from the worlds of politics, diplomacy, academia, business, civil society, the military and media. Wilton Park World Radio will be streaming 24 hours a day […]