Britain takes a fresh look at its foreign policy
A new review sets out an ambitious if gloomy vision
IN MARCH 2021 the British government published a sweeping review of foreign, defence, development and security policies dubbed the “Integrated Review”. The world was becoming more competitive and fragmented, it warned. Just how much so it could not have guessed. That summer Kabul fell to the Taliban. A few months later Russia invaded Ukraine. Sino-American relations appear to be in free fall. On March 13th the government accordingly gave the review an update.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “What place in the world? ”
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