GLOBAL BRITAIN – BETWEEN “GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY” AND “SOFT POWER SUPERPOWER”

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the new foreign policy focus of the British Government in a post-Brexit world. While the new approach, presented in the Parliament in 2021, known as “Global Britain in a competitive age”, may seem somewhat distant from the globalized world of the 21st century and more appealing to the imperialist past of the island nation, the truth can be far from that. Relations with the European Union may be colder than what they used to be, but the world does not end with the Mediterranean or the Urals. In this paper, I will attempt to answer the question regarding Britain’s place in the world and whether or not it is capable of displaying power while taking advantage of its old network of allies.