Brexit and the Decline of British Foreign Policy / Post-Brexit diplomacy: Can the UK hope to exert leverage at the UN without recourse to the EU?

When Britain leaves the European Union, the country will suffer its biggest loss of foreign policy influence in centuries.

[See also the related url hyperlink to the LSE EuroppBlog article Post-Brexit diplomacy: Can the UK hope to exert leverage at the UN without recourse to the EU?

The UK is generally recognised as a major player in international diplomacy, and is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. But how might Brexit impact on its status at the UN, and will the country be a stronger or weaker force on the international stage after leaving the EU? Megan Dee and Karen E. Smith outline the challenges and opportunities that exist for the UK as it seeks to reshape its role in international affairs after Brexit].

• Primary Source

Chatham House: Expert Comment, May 2017: Planning for Post-Brexit Britain’s Place on the Global Stage http://www.europeansources.info/record/planning-for-post-brexit-britains-place-on-the-global-stage/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

Chatham House, 2016: Event, 02.12.16: Global Britain: UK Foreign Policy in the Era of Brexit http://www.europeansources.info/record/global-britain-uk-foreign-policy-in-the-era-of-brexit/

National Institute Economic Review No.238, November 2016: The UK and EU foreign, security and defence policy after Brexit: integrated, associated or detached http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-uk-and-eu-foreign-security-and-defence-policy-after-brexit-integrated-associated-or-detached/

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 07.08.17: Post-Brexit diplomacy: Can the UK hope to exert leverage at the UN without recourse to the EU? http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/08/07/post-brexit-diplomacy-can-the-uk-hope-to-exert-leverage-at-the-un-without-recourse-to-the-eu/

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