What next? : Britain's future in Europe / Peter Wilding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilding, Peter (Attorney), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--European Union countries.

Great Britain.

Diplomatic relations.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

x, 121 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017.

Summary:

As Britain braces for a hard-negotiated exit from the European Union, Peter Wilding spells out a bold new vision for British foreign relations. A vision in which Britain must reconfigure its place in the world but remain a forward-looking, central player in global affairs. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Pride: Churchill's Vision 7

Allies and influence: Churchill's three circles 8

Narrower still and narrower: The British dilemma 9

Forging the three circles: The road to Suez 13

Decline and fall: Suez, 1956 28

End of the three circles? 29

2 Prejudice: From Macmillan to Cameron 31

Forgetting the three circles: The road to 'In' 32

Churchill revisited: A new vision for Britain's relationship with Europe, the US and the Commonwealth 38

Smart power 40

The Bruges vision 50

The continental vision 52

The Blair vision 56

Decline and fall: Brexit 2016 60

3 Power: What Next? 65

The end of the beginning for Britain 66

The beginning of the end for the EU? 71

Britain, Europe and the world 73

The prize 75

A Smart Brexit 'grand strategy' 78

The grand strategy of a united Europe: the Councils of Europe 80

The three pillars 84

Prosperity in action 95

Conclusion 102.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-113) and index.

ISBN:

1784537594

9781784537593

OCLC:

962253361