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Drawing upon ideas from critical geopolitics, this paper compares the role that the British government plays within the contemporary transatlantic alliance with that played by Churchill's government during the Second World War. It argues that the Blair government's approach to foreign policy has parallels with Churchill's - that it should act as a bridge between the US and European governments. From this basis the paper reflects upon geopolitical change since 1945, re-evaluating the reasons for foreign policy failures during the Iraq War. Belying the assumption that these were caused by Blair's failures at diplomacy, it argues that failure was the result of an outdated geopolitical strategy. © Journal compilation © 2009 Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).
Author(s): Tate S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Area
Year: 2009
Volume: 41
Issue: 2
Pages: 207-218
ISSN (print): 0004-0894
ISSN (electronic): 1475-4762
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00861.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00861.x
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