Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: What Difference Do Governments Make?
- 1 Thirteen Wasted Years (1951–1964)?
- 2 External Shocks
- 3 The Economy
- 4 Foreign and Defence Policy
- 5 Health
- 6 Education
- 7 Environment
- 8 Parting the Unions
- 9 Society and Health Inequalities
- 10 Science
- 11 Culture
- 12 Government, Parliament and the Constitution
- 13 The Conservative Party
- 14 The Realigning Party System
- 15 Elections and Voting
- Conclusion: Fourteen Wasted Years? The Verdict
- Acknowledgements
- Index
4 - Foreign and Defence Policy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2024
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: What Difference Do Governments Make?
- 1 Thirteen Wasted Years (1951–1964)?
- 2 External Shocks
- 3 The Economy
- 4 Foreign and Defence Policy
- 5 Health
- 6 Education
- 7 Environment
- 8 Parting the Unions
- 9 Society and Health Inequalities
- 10 Science
- 11 Culture
- 12 Government, Parliament and the Constitution
- 13 The Conservative Party
- 14 The Realigning Party System
- 15 Elections and Voting
- Conclusion: Fourteen Wasted Years? The Verdict
- Acknowledgements
- Index
Summary
From Brexit to the rise of China, the deterioration of the special relationship with the United States and the return of war to Europe in Ukraine, this chapter will explore how the UK’s position in the world has faced both challenges and opportunities over the last fourteen years. The analysis will focus on how different Conservative premierships used or wasted these global changes, and how it has affected UK foreign policy and Britain as a whole (particularly Brexit’s influence on domestic policy and politics).
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- The Conservative Effect, 2010–202414 Wasted Years?, pp. 102 - 130Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024