Rudolf G. Adam was a diplomat for nearly forty years, serving e.g. in Singapore, Beijing and Moscow. His last posting was to London, where he ran the Embassy for a year as Chargé d'Affaires. He first visited England as a schoolboy when Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister. He studied at Oxford (Brasenose College), where he completed his D. Phil. He was also speechwriter for Federal President von Weizsäcker, Vice-President of the BND (Foreign Intelligence Service) and President of the Federal College for Security Studies. He is a regular contributor to Süddeutsche Zeitung, Cicero and other periodicals. He lectures frequently, holds a teaching assignment in Munich, and works as Senior Advisor for Berlin Global Advisors.