Jonathan Powell (Labour adviser)

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  • Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts, The Bodley Head, 2014, ISBN   9781847922298; published in the United States with the title Terrorists at the Table: Why Negotiating Is the Only Way to Peace, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, ISBN   9781250069887. [21]
  • The Public Sector: Managing the Unmanageable, Kogan Page, 2013. ISBN   978-0-7494-6777-7. (Contributor). [22]
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    Jonathan Powell
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    Powell in 2011
    Downing Street Chief of Staff
    In office
    2 May 1997 27 June 2007
    Government offices
    Preceded by Downing Street Chief of Staff
    1997–2007
    Succeeded by