- The Round Table Journal
"The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs" is a policy matters journal relating to the
Commonwealth of Nations .History
The journal was established in 1910 as the journal of the
Round Table movement , established the previous year to promote closer union between England and its self-governing colonies. It was initially subtitled, "A Quarterly Review of the Politics of the British Empire". Its writers promotedImperial Federation , a proposal to create a federated union in place of the existingBritish Empire .It was founded by Lord Milner, former High Commissioner of
South Africa , and three others, who were associated with Milner through their work in the South African Civil Service:
*Lionel Curtis
*Philip Kerr - Liberal politician and, later, British Ambassador to Washington
*Geoffrey Dawson - "Times" journalistAll were members of '
Milner's Kindergarten ', an informal reference to a group of young civil servants under Milner.Post-
World War II , its subtitle was altered to "A Quarterly Review of British Commonwealth Affairs" to reflect the changing nature of the Commonwealth. Its current title dates from 1983.List of editors
* 1910 - 1917 Philip Kerr, later
British Ambassador to the United States
* 1917 - 1919Reginald Coupland , Beit Professor of History at Oxford
* 1919 - 1921Lionel Curtis ,RIIA founding secretary
* 1921 - 1934 John Dove
* 1934 - 1939Henry V Hodson , later editor of the Sunday Times
* 1939 - 1941 Reginald Coupland
* 1941 - 1944Geoffrey Dawson , former editor,The Times External links
* [http://www.moot.org.uk/history.asp "The Round Table:A Brief History"] at [http://www.moot.org.uk/ "The Round Table"] website.
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