Geopolitics and Identity in British Foreign Policy Discourse - The Island Race

This is the first book to examine Britain's geopolitical identity and how it is expressed in foreign policy discourse. It demonstrates how British imperial thought, related to its island status, has remained important for British Members of Parliament in their debates of contemporary issues.

List of contents

1. Introduction to the Island Race: Geopolitics and identity in British foreign policy
2. Understanding foreign policy, geopolitics and identity
3. A North Atlantic heritage and a Middle Eastern crisis: Island Race identity from the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty to the Suez Crisis
4. The insularity/universalism conundrum: Island Race identity and European integration, 1960-3
5. From the Heartlands of Eurasia to the South Atlantic: Thatcher and the reinvigoration of Island Race identity
6. International Communities and Island Stories: Geopolitics, globalisation and ontological security 1997-2015
7. Whose Island Story? Brexit, Global Britain and the geopolitics of belonging
8. Conclusion

About the author

Nick Whittaker is a Subject Lead in Social Sciences and Law and tutor of International Relations at the University of Sussex International Study Centre. His articles have appeared in Geopolitics and Political Geography.

Summary

This is the first book to examine Britain’s geopolitical identity and how it is expressed in foreign policy discourse. It demonstrates how British imperial thought, related to its island status, has remained important for British Members of Parliament in their debates of contemporary issues.

Product details

• Authors: Nick Whittaker, Whittaker Nick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032448114
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244811-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Routledge Geopolitics Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Politics and government, Human Geography, Development Studies, Regional Geography