The UK-2022: Change of Prime Ministers, Change of Monarch

Abstract

The edited monograph of Russian scholars is devoted to the political and economic changes in the UK in 2022 due to the sharp intensification of the confrontation between the West and Russia in the international arena, the global energy crisis. The authors analyze the strategy of «anglobalization», the peculiarities of the country’s foreign economic policy and the Bank of England’s credit and financeal regulation. The fall of the authority of the central government during the premiership of B. Johnson, L. Truss and R. Sunak caused by scandals in the political elite and ineffective management methods, the reasons for growth of separatism in the Celtic regions of the UK are studied. Special attention is paid to the transformation of the British political elite and the institute of monarchy. The monograph examines the multilevel forms of interaction between the UK and NATO member states in the context of the military conflict in Ukraine and the role of London in undermining European security; attempts to strengthen relations with countries outside the Euro-Atlantic.