Dr Rogelia Pastor-Castro

Delighted to announce, especially on #UKFRSummit day, that Peter Jackson, Rachel Utley and I have been awarded @ahrcpress research grant for our project on ‘The Weight of the Past in Franco-British Relations.’ We look forward to working with #twitterstorians and project partners.

This has been the most productive 🇬🇧🇫🇷 Summit since Lancaster House 2010. With next week’s 🇬🇧🇩🇪Treaty, it marks the final laying of the Brexit ghost, at least in terms of bilateral links with EU countries. The combination of Putin and Trump has made this essential. A 🧵

Au revoir @UKinFrance ! Dernières valises faites. Ce fut une expérience extraordinaire, exceptionnelle, inoubliable. Quelques souvenirs…. un🧵1/12

📣 New file release from MI5! Over 100 Security Service (MI5) files have been released today. In a new blog, our Records Specialist Mark Dunton summarises some of the fresh perspectives they contain on the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/confessions-fr…

Applications close this week for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to study MSc #Diplomacy and International Security. Read about Zoha's experience on the programme here: bit.ly/49yEOK4. #Politics #History #Law @RogeliaPC @DiploStrath

Applications open for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to study for the MSc Diplomacy and International Security @DiploStrath @UniStrathclyde Come and join me and the team in Glasgow! #Diplomacy #Politics #History #Law Application details: cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships/c…

Some thoughts on the prospects in France.

Huge honour to deliver the Inaugural Entente Cordiale Lecture today at the British Embassy in Paris alongside my friend and colleague Nicolas Lerner of DGSE. #EntenteAmicale

This was a first, and a great sign of 🇫🇷🇬🇧 cooperation: the heads of the British and French intelligence agencies, @ChiefMI6 and DGSE director Nicolas Lerner, in Paris sharing a public platform and insights into how they go about their jobs. Also, I got to ask the questions

🇬🇧🇫🇷A real honour to welcome @ChiefMI6 Sir Richard Moore to Paris for the inaugural Entente Cordiale lecture, covering the deep ties between our two countries’ intelligence services, as well as how we are working together to face up to the challenges of the modern world.

Sir Richard Moore, chief of the secret intelligence service delivered the inaugural Entente Cordiale lecture at the British embassy in Paris. We also heard from Nicholas Lerner, the head of France's foreign intelligence agency. Excellent event hosted by @MennaRawlings #EC120

The MSc Diplomacy & International Security has been awarded a Commonwealth Shared Scholarship for 2025-26. The scholarship will support the successful candidate with tuition fees, living costs & travel. Find out more: bit.ly/4eS2sC3 #diplomacy #politics @RogeliaPC

Congratulations MSc Diplomacy and International Security class of 2024! Really proud of you all! @DiploStrath @StrathHaSS

As always, it was a pleasure to be at Strathclyde University. Thank you, Dr Pastor-Castro, for the invitation and the opportunity to meet with your fantastic students! I’m sure there‘re some future diplomats among them.

It was a pleasure to welcome Christiane Hullmann @GermanCGEdin to @DiploStrath. Our students on the MSc Diplomacy and International Security were interested to hear about UK-German relations and a range of issues including security, the environment and cultural diplomacy.

Excellent engagement from our MSc Diplomacy and International Security students at @UniStrathclyde Diamond Jubilee events. Enjoyed attending fascinating talk by Professor Sir Harry Burns ‘Conflict or Compassion: How do we choose?’ @DiploStrath @StrathHaSS

Excellent lecture by Dr L’Hoest, German Ministry for Economics and Climate Action, on ‘Economics and Politics of Reconciling Economic Development and Decarbonisation’. Thanks to my colleagues @StrathPolIR @eprc_eu for organising. Great engagement from our @DiploStrath students!

Thrilled to receive copies of my first edited collection “Intelligence and Contemporary Conflict” @AJ_Institute Packed with insight from stars of intelligence history and beautifully produced by @forlaget_stolpe it will be useful for scholars, practitioners and enthusiasts alike

Delighted to welcome our new MSc Diplomacy and International Security students! Great to meet everyone and thank you to our alumni for coming in to share advice and tips for the year ahead. @DiploStrath @StrathHaSS @StrathHum

It was great participating at the @BIHGroup conference once again! Thanks to the organisers - fun connecting and meeting new and old colleagues! Go team @RogeliaPC @KarineVarley at @StrathHum for focusing on crisis diplomacy; thanks to @voxnialli for representing our phd cohort

Thank you to King's College London for hosting the British International History Group Conference 2024! Our @StrathHum panel on Diplomacy and Security with @KarineVarley and @nat_telepneva, and @voxnialli on Scotland and the Cold War. @BIHGroup @DiploStrath