The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs is a policy matters journal relating to the British Commonwealth. Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of independent sovereign states, most of which were once governed by the United Kingdom and are its former colonies. ...

History

The journal was established in 1910, and was subtitled initially, A Quarterly Review of the Politics of the British Empire. Its writers promoted Imperial Federation, a proposal to create a federated union in place of the existing British Empire. 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Imperial Federation was a controversial proposal among British politicians in the mid-19th Century. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...

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: Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (23 March 1854 _ 13 May 1925), was British statesman and colonial administrator. ...

• Lionel Curtis
• Philip Kerr - Liberal politician and, later, British Ambassador to Washington
• Geoffrey Dawson - Times journalist

All were members of 'Milner's Kindergarten', an informal reference to a group of young civil servants under Milner. Lionel Curtis is the author of The Commonwealth of Nations (1916) and Civitas Dei: The Commonwealth of God (1938), arguing that the United States must rejoin the British commonwealth and that the commonwealth must evolve into a world government. ... Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882–1940) was a British politician and diplomat. ... George Geoffrey Dawson (October 25, 1874, Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire - November 7, 1944, London) was editor of The Times from 1912 to 1919 and again from 1923 until 1941. ... The masthead of The Times The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... Milners Kindergarten is an informal reference to a group of Britons who served in the South African Civil Service under High Commissioner Alfred, Lord Milner, between the Boer War and the founding of the Union of South Africa. ...

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. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ...

External Links

• The Round Table:A Brief History at The Round Table website.