Our foreign policy priority must be to transfer responsibility for Afghan security to their local army and police as quickly as possible. Our wider foreign policy must embrace stronger links and more diplomatic interest in the emerging powers. I welcome today’s change of emphasis in foreign policy. You could have read it here first. The

             I have written before that for centuries one of the main aims of UK foreign policy has been to avoid one single power dominating the continent of Europe. The question today is why has the modern Foreign Office changed its mind on this fundamental issue? Why is it now UK government policy to

Asked for the Prime Minister s thoughts on Lord West s comments regarding the Government s foreign policy, the PMS said that it was important that we properly explained our objectives in relation to foreign policy. It was important to make sure that moderate Muslim groups, for example, understood the rationale for the action we took. original source.

This site provides free access to a book by Olga Oliker, Keith Crane, Lowell H. Schwartz, Catherine Yusupov which was published by RAND in April 2009. ISBN 9780833046079. The 246 page text critically assesses the domestic and economic sources of Russian foreign and security policy. It then considers their possible evolution and the impact of Russian capabilities and policies upon American foreign ...

Gordon Brown is getting ready to write his third book in four years - on his pet subject of being British.

The BNPs’ foreign policy is quite simple: Neutrality. Fair enough, there’s both pros’ and cons to being an officially neutral nation, but when it’s worded… We would have no quarrel with any nation that does not threaten British interests. In this regard, a BNP government will: - Reach an accord with the Muslim world whereby they will

One of the BNP's little supporters has been leaving comments on recent blog posts. Like most BNP supporters, he or she, will not put their name on their comments. They are not brave enough. What they did remind me to do was write a piece about foreign affairs - or rather the BNP stand on foreign affairs, as the anonymous commenter published their policy. Here it is: Britain’s foreign re...

Iain Martin calls for a British foreign policy. Hear, hear. But what would such a foreign policy look like? How would it differ from the European one, which Britain is currently bound to uphold (in the words of the Treaties) "actively and unreservedly, in a spirit of loyalty and mutual solidarity"? Britain must take foreign policy back from Brussels A sovereign Britain should rediscover her sympat...

Martin Kettle dissects the Conservatives’ foreign policy, concluding that: “You can criticise Labour or Liberal Democrat foreign policy for believing in the wrong things or neglecting the big issues. But at least these parties make clear what they believe in – and make clear that they believe in something. The problem with Tory foreign policy

The election of Barack Obama as US president will "seriously narrow the policy differences" between Europe and the US, write Daniel Korski, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), et al. in a December paper.