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Tag Archives: foreign policy
Jun 23 2012
Diplomacy is the only real way forward in the Syrian conflict. Military intervention could make the situation even worse.
1 CommentTweet With the failure of the Annan Plan in Syria, the situation looks increasingly bleak. But Syria in 2012 is very different from Libya in 2011, and Western leaders should resist the temptation for military intervention writes Chris Brown. Instead of … Continue reading
Posted by: June 23, 2012
Tagged with: diplomacy, foreign policy, military interventions, Syria
Jun 13 2012
The political cost to any British government of giving way on the Falklands would be prohibitively high and there is no strong need to pay it
Leave a commentTweet George Philip argues that the war between the UK and Argentina changed the politics surrounding the Falkland Islands. Prior to 1982, the government was looking for a way to transfer authority. Now, since the memory of the war is still very … Continue reading
Posted by: June 13, 2012
Tagged with: defence, Falkland Islands, foreign policy, UK-Argentina relations
Jan 8 2012
Book Review: The Labour Party and the World: Labour’s Foreign Policy Since 1951
Leave a commentTweet Rhiannon Vickers should be congratulated for delivering a concise, balanced, and accessible account of how left of centre thinking on foreign policy has evolved over the last sixty years, writes Matthew Partridge. The Labour Party and the World: Volume 2: Labour’s Foreign … Continue reading
Posted by: January 8, 2012
Tagged with: Bill Clinton, cold war, defence, Europe, foreign aid, Foreign Office, foreign policy, George W Bush, Labour, nuclear deterrent, United Nations, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Jan 3 2012
A weak economy in 2012 threatens Britain’s ability to respond to the ‘knowns’ and ‘unknowns’ of foreign policy and defence
Leave a commentTweet At the close of 2011, British Politics and Policy at LSE asked our contributors for their thoughts and predictions for 2012. As part of this continuing series, Chris Brown looks at what 2012 may bring for the UK’s foreign … Continue reading
Posted by: January 3, 2012
Tagged with: afghanistan, cuts, defence, economy, foreign policy, iran, SDR, UK policy
Dec 31 2011
Book Review: British Foreign Policy: The New Labour Years
Leave a commentTweet Matthew Partridge finds that Oliver Daddow and Jamie Gaskarth’s strong collection of essays on Blair and Brown’s foreign policy highs and lows is strong enough to justify its place on reading-lists, covering the Iraq, Afghanistan, and the War on Terror. British … Continue reading
Posted by: December 31, 2011
Tagged with: afghanistan, America, Blair doctrine, Britain, devolution, foreign policy, France, Gaddafi, globalisation, Gordon Brown, government, human rights, Humanitarian Intervention, Iraq, Lisbon treaty, military, New Labour, policy-makers, Tony Blair, War on Terror
Dec 30 2011
Slumps, riots and springs: how we covered 2011
Leave a commentTweet Avery Hancock and Paul Rainford review British Politics and Policy’s coverage of 2011’s major political developments. Economy, Recovery and Growth The economic recovery continued its downward trend in 2011, with repeated warnings of a double dip recession if the … Continue reading
Posted by: December 30, 2011
Tagged with: Arab Spring, august riots, AV referendum, coalition, David Cameron, economy, Euro, Europe, foreign policy, Labour, news international, phone hacking
