英国外交关系

BritishForeignRelationsAftertheWWII,theBritishempirebegantodeclineasmoreandmoreformercoloniesdeclaredtheirpoliticalindependenceTodaytheageofBritishimperialismisgone.ButtheBritishforeignpolicyisstillinfluencedbyBritain’simperialpast.(why?)becausetheUKhadastrongmilitarypowerandprestige,ithadabiginfluenceonthepostwarinternationalorderSomeformercolonies—AustraliaandCanada—stilllookedtoBritainasthecenteroftheirpoliticalandculturalworld.)RelationswithothercountriesandorganizationsTheBritain’sforeignpolicyislargelyshapedbyitsparticipationinanumberofimportantinternationalinstitutions.BritainandtheUNBritainandtheEUBritainandtheCommonwealthBritainandNATOBritainandtheUNBritainisoneofthe5permanentmembersoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil(Russia,China,theUS,FranceandtheUK).

ItalsoisthesixthlargestcontributortotheUN’budget.AsaSecurityCouncilmember,BritainretainstheabilitytohavealargeinfluenceonworldaffairsTheEuropeanUnionFoundedin1958with6membercountries,France,WestGermany,Italy,andBenelux(Belgium、Holland、Luxembourg

)FlagPresidencyinsigniaBritainandEUEECwasacommonmarketareawhichfostercooperationandsharedinterestswitheachotherwithinEuropeanCountries.In1973theUnitedKingdomjoinedtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity.BritainandtheCommonwealthBritainisalsoamemberoftheCommonwealth,avoluntaryassociationofstateswhichismadeupmostlyofformerBritishcolonies.安提瓜和巴布达英国君主澳大利亚英国君主巴哈马英国君主巴巴多斯英国君主伯利兹英国君主加拿大英国君主格林纳达英国君主牙买加英国君主新西兰英国君主巴布亚新几内亚英国君主圣基茨和尼维斯英国君主圣卢西亚英国君主圣文森特和格林纳丁斯英国君主所罗门群岛英国君主图瓦卢英国君主英国英国君主ElizabethIIisthe

reigningqueenandheadofstateof16independentsovereignstatesknownastheCommonwealthrealms:theUnitedKingdom,Canada,Australia,NewZealand,Jamaica,Barbados,theBahamas,Grenada,PapuaNewGuinea,theSolomonIslands,Tuvalu,SaintLucia,SaintVincentandtheGrenadines,Belize,AntiguaandBarbuda,andSaintKittsandNevisBritainandNATONATO?NATO=TheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization

ItisanintergovernmentalmilitaryalliancebasedontheNorthAtlantic