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Understanding the UK's ‘Tilt’ Towards the Indo-Pacific The UK’s goal to be the European partner “with the broadest and most integrated presence” in the region within the next nine years appears ambitious. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly question time debate at the House of Commons in London, Britain March 10, 2021. Photo: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via Reuters World17/Mar/2021 The UK’s new foreign and security policy ‘tilt’ towards the Indo-Pacific remains firmly anchored within the Euro-Atlantic region, with the ...

EVER since Brexit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been at pains to tell a new story of the UK’s place in the world. Yesterday, Mr Johnson had what should have been his best opportunity yet to do just that when he outlined the Integrated Review of Britain’s defence, security and foreign policy, the biggest overhaul of its kind since the end of the Cold War. Not that anyone of course wants to hark back to those frosty days of international diplomacy. That much Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, was also at pains to make clear yesterday, when he warned against adopting a “Cold-War menta...

Australia won't be facing China's emerging power alone after the US and UK governments signalled their support and greater involvement in the Asia-Pacific. In separate developments, a top Biden Administration official has warned Beijing over trade sanctions against Australia, while the new UK global security review flagged China's power as a major challenge. US President Joe Biden's Asia-Pacific co-ordinator Kurt Campbell told The Sydney Morning Herald that China must ease its "economic coercion" against Australia before it can expect improved relations with Washington. READ MORE: President ...

It should seek to strengthen ties with countries including India, Japan and Australia as part of efforts to compete with the growing threat of China, which is the “biggest-state based threat” to the UK’s economic security and a “systemic challenge” to British interests. Despite these warnings, however, the review also emphasises the need to pursue a positive economic relationship with the Asian superpower, including “deeper trade links and more Chinese investment”, in order to preserve “space for cooperation where our interests align”.  The tone is more consistent when it...

Church leaders oppose UK Govt. move to increase nuclear weapons stockpile Following the UK government’s announcement of plans to increase its nuclear weapons stockpile, church leaders issue a joint statement denouncing the move as “immoral” and counterproductive to the gains of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. By Vatican News staff writer Church leaders in the United Kingdom have expressed their opposition to an announcement by the government to increase its nuclear weapons capacity by more than forty percent. The government’s decision was included in the policy paper titled “G...