Foreign Policy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the current stage

Term Paper , 2022 , 43 Pages , Grade: A (ECTS)

Politics - Miscellaneous

The goal of the study is to provide a comprehensive description of the foreign policy of the United Kingdom on bilateral and multilateral levels.

As we slowly approach the end of the first quarter of the XXI century, multiple challenges of global and regional level emerge. Contemporary international architecture faces serious shifts in multiple areas, including regional and global security, the growing issue of climate change, the rise of new powers and authoritarianism, global pandemics, emergence of new technologies, increasing importance of space and cyber–environment and many more. All this turmoil in international relations increases pressure on the global community and forces it to adapt to the new reality, where states become more competitive and are forced to choose sides, while simultaneously trying to prevent the growing disasters of the future. In the realm of European politics, a new power emerged at the end of this decade – the United Kingdom, which was seeking a new role in the multilateral global system after leaving the European Union. As the nation decided on Brexit, it began to face the biggest identity crisis since the end of the Cold War. As a result, a new foreign policy vision by the name of “Global Britain” emerged, paving the way for new opportunities and new challenges at the same time. This vision aims to expand the influence of the United Kingdom all over the globe, strengthen its resilience at home and abroad, make use of the country’s leading Science and Tech sector, reassure its commitments to the principle of democracy, open and free trade, human rights and the rule of law, thus securing the county's position as a regional power with global ambitions and a true leader on the international stage.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. CONCEPTUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL BASIS OF FOREIGN POLICY
1.1. Conceptual and legal foundations of foreign policy
1.2. Subjects responsible for implementation of foreign policy

CHAPTER 2. FOREIGN POLICY: BILATERAL DIMENSIONS
2.1. Strategic dimension of bilateral cooperation
2.2. Security dimension of cooperation with other states
2.3. Economic dimension of bilateral cooperation

CHAPTER 3. COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
3.1. The United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations
3.2. The United Kingdom and the United Nations
3.3. The United Kingdom and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

CONCLUSIONS

LIST OF REFERENCES

• Course: Foreign policy of countries in the world
• Grade: A (ECTS)
• Author: Student Ihor Yeremenko (Author)
• Publication Year: 2022
• Pages: 43
• Catalog Number: V1303565
• ISBN (PDF): 9783346769817
• ISBN (Book): 9783346769824
• Language: English
• Tags: UK, United Kingdom, Britain, Foreign Policy, Policy, Global Britain, Politics, Foreign Affairs