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Ryan Gawn is a British diplomat, foreign affairs expert and former advisor to UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. As the youngest elected Council Member of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House)[1], he writes extensively on conflict and international affairs.

Currently Head of International Communications for ActionAid International.[2], he is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also Founder and Director of Belfast-based Stratagem International[3], an international political affairs consultancy working in fragile and conflict affected environments.

He previously worked as a British diplomat in Pakistan with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development, and was also Director of Penn Schoen Berland. He has also worked in Afghanistan, managing a private sector development development project, [4] and was part of the UN Secretary-General's policy team in 2005.

He has published extensively on foreign affairs, conflict, soft power and influence, including in The Guardian[5], Foreign Policy magazine[6], Global Dashboard[7], and the Foreign Policy Association[8]. He was a panelist at the 2010 NATO Summit in Lisbon[9], and also tweets regularly[10].

He has also acted as an advisor in peace negotiations (including Iraq[11]) and has been published on Northern Ireland's transition from war to peace[12] and political reconciliation[13].

Educated in Scotland[14], the US and Argentina, he was recognised in 2007 in The Observer / New Statesman’s “Top 50 in Public Life”[15], as one of the Diplomatic Courier's "Top 99 Most Influential International Professionals Under 33 in Foreign Affairs"(2011[16]) and has participated in Wilton Park’s “Emerging Leaders” programme (2012). He is listed in "Who’s Who” (2013 edition)[17].

  1. ^ Chatham House http://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/ryan-gawn. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Emergency Preparedness and Response Handbook". Emergency Preparedness and Response Handbook: A4. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite journal}}: External link in |ref= (help)
  3. ^ Stratagem International http://www.stratagemint.com/people.php. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ http://www.tricycle.co.uk/special-events/the-great-game-talks-and-discussions/. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/apr/05/development-campaigning-top-tips. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite news}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Foreign Policy Magazine http://foreignpolicy.com/author/ryan-gawn/. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite news}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ Global Dashoard http://www.globaldashboard.org/2012/07/27/alexanderinislamaba/. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite news}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Gawn, Ryan. ""In Larger Freedom" – an analysis of UN reform" (PDF). Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help)
  9. ^ http://www.nato.int/nato_static/assets/pdf/pdf_2010_11/2010_11_FD8A79D3304F4BF6883A61E04D31FEEE_101118-Youth_Summit_Programme-complete.pdf. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ https://twitter.com/ryangawn. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ http://iraqhelsinkiproject.org/helsinkikirkuk. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ Gawn, Ryan (17 June 2009). "Arms to Agreement: Northern Ireland's Move from War to Peace". Strategic Analysis. 33 (4): 516–527. doi:10.1080/09700160902907068. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite journal}}: External link in |ref= (help)
  13. ^ Gawn, Ryan (September 2007). "Truth Cohabitation: A Truth Commission for Northern Ireland?". Irish Political Studies. 22 (3): 339–361. doi:10.1080/07907180701527243. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite journal}}: External link in |ref= (help)
  14. ^ http://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/profiles/arts-humanities/ryan-gawn.html. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ http://www.newstatesman.com/node/158899. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ http://diplomaticourier.com/lists/top-99-under-33/2011/975-ryan-gawn. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ^ http://www.ukwhoswho.com/. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)