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British foreign policy and the national interest: identity, strategy and security

[edited by] Timothy Edmunds professor of International Security, and director of the Global Insecurities Centre, University of Bristol, UK, Jamie Gaskarth associate professor, University of Plymouth, UK, and head, British Foreign Policy Working Group, British International Studies Association, Robin Porter visiting professor, University of Bristol, UK
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E-Book
Publication:
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
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Summary:
Scope and content: "For over a decade, British foreign policy has been criticised for lacking strategic thinking. Academics describe a 'strategy gap' and note that old ideas about Britain's role in the world continue to be recycled even today. This collection aims to address this issue by re-examining the ideas of Britain's national interest and their impact on strategy, to challenge current thinking and practice in the making of foreign policy. Applying interdisciplinary approaches to British foreign policy, this volume analyses a range of issues asking: Whose interests does British foreign policy serve? Is the national interest a useful explanatory tool for foreign policy analysts? How can policymakers reconnect with this idea to devise better strategies to cope with the complex policy environment of the twenty-first century? Drawing on links between academics, policymakers and other stakeholders, it provides a practical discussion of theories on global change, globalization, ethics, and security to enliven debate about how to forge a foreign policy that advances the interests of the UK whilst also holding policy-makers and officials to account for their actions"-- [Provided by publisher]
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction / Timothy Edmunds
  • pt. I Britain in the World
  • 2. Uncertain Merger of Values and Interests in UK Foreign Policy / Jonathan Gilmore
  • 3. National Interest and Britain's Role in the World / Jamie Gaskarth
  • 4. National Interest and the Falklands War / Helen Parr
  • pt. II Whose National Interest?
  • 5. Citizen's View of 'National Interest' / Nick Ritchie
  • 6. Critical Perspectives on the Concept of the 'National Interest': American Imperialism, British Foreign Policy and the Middle East / David Wearing
  • 7. Why America? / Robin Porter
  • pt. III Strategy and Planning
  • 8. Organising for British National Strategy / Alexander Evans
  • 9. UK Nuclear Interests: Security, Resilience and Trident / Jutta Weldes
  • 10. Complexity, Strategy and the National Interest / Timothy Edmunds
  • 11. National Interest and Strategy: An Ecologically Grounded Analysis / Max Taylor
  • 12. Britain's Strategic Culture in Context: A Typology of National Security Strategies / Austin Knuppe.
Contributors:
Edmunds, Timothy
Gaskarth, Jamie, 1976-
Porter, Robin
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Subjects:
Great Britain — Foreign relations — 21st century
National interest — Great Britain
Group identity — Political aspects — Great Britain
Strategic planning — Great Britain
Strategy
National security — Great Britain
Great Britain — Military policy
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Call Numbers:
JZ1572 .B75 2014eb
ISBNs:
9781137392350 (electronic bk.)
1137392355 (electronic bk.)
9781137392343 (hardback) [Invalid]
1137392347 (hardback) [Invalid]
OCLC Numbers:
894480465
Other Control Numbers:
EBC1880203 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp11810496