British soft power in Asia: a (post-)imperial project?

In March 2021, the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy of the United Kingdom government stated that one of its core foreign policy goals in the post-Brexit era was to become “a soft power superpower”. At a time when the successive Conservative governments of There...

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Auteurs principaux: Simony, Lauriane, Torrent, Mélanie
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Udgivet: Revue française de civilisation britannique 2024
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Summary:In March 2021, the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy of the United Kingdom government stated that one of its core foreign policy goals in the post-Brexit era was to become “a soft power superpower”. At a time when the successive Conservative governments of Theresa May and Boris Johnson were trying to give substance to the concept of “Global Britain”, used to refer to the UK’s revised international ambitions since 2016, the appeal of “soft power” was not i...