Affiliation:
1. Defence Studies Department, King's College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, UK
Abstract
Tony Blair's New Labour government came to power in 1997, promising a new attitude towards Europe, distinct from the ‘Euroscepticism’ associated with its predecessors, the Conservative party. Analysts were keen to highlight this as a significant shift in British politics, pointing in particular to Blair's instrumental role in the development of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) as evidence of the change. This article examines Labour attitudes towards both the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the ESDP in comparison with those of its Conservative predecessors to argue that Blair's actions represented more a policy of adaptation than a momentous change in UK policy.
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Political Science and International Relations
Cited by
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