Correspondent in London
By breaking ties with the European Union, the United Kingdom showed its desire to turn to the open sea.
Sounded the hour of “Global Britain”, the country freed from its chains being able to find a world role.
But for now, the concept has mostly remained a slogan.
It was in an attempt to give it substance that the new head of the Foreign Office, James Cleverly, delivered his first major foreign policy speech on Monday.
By proposing to look beyond traditional allies to develop partnerships with emerging countries.
By charting the course for the next twenty years, the Minister of Foreign Affairs wants to break with traditional diplomacy, which is too focused on key allies or, conversely, on countries representing a threat such as China or Russia.
For him, “
rock-solid friendships
” with countries in North America and Europe are “
vital
” but not sufficient to “
sustain the international order
”.
In…
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