Michael Ancram is a Member of Parliament in the UK whose former appointments include serving as Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office and as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. He is chairman of the Global Strategy Forum.

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Accord Issue 19: Incentives, sanctions and conditionality

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