Despite their ‘Global Britain’ rhetoric, both the UK’s soft and hard power has diminished under 13 years of Conservative rule
. The revolving chaos at Number 10, which saw three prime ministers in one year, had our ambassadors trying to persuade the world that the UK was not turning into a banana republic with lousy weather. While Mr Sunak is regarded as a more reliable performer on the world stage than his immediate predecessors, he suffers from the widespread expectation that he will be booted off the cast list within a year or so.
His allies respond that the prime minister has demonstrated he can put himself and Britain at the heart of major global debates by convening an international summit on the. It will meet at Bletchley Park, the Buckinghamshire home of Second World War code breakers, in November. Number 10 would like this summit to be regarded as a singular coup, with the potential to position Britain at the centre of efforts to regulate AI.
The UK was an early mover in support for Ukraine and has made substantial contributions of arms and munitions, but the effort has underscored frailties in our hard power. Britain is running out of kit that meets the needs of the Ukrainians. The Britishsince the end of the Napoleonic wars.
As a cash-strapped, midsized power in a dangerously unstable world, the UK needs to be smart at keeping friends His friends depict Mr Sunak as a realist and a pragmatist who sees foreign policy through the prisms of problem-solving and relationship management. Number 10 is unapologetic about issuing an
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