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12 May 2010 - - Politico - UK names foreign secretary, sets up American-style NSC The advent of the kind of international co-operation at least discussed at recent summits of the G20, and of a new United States administration with a multilateral approach to foreign policy that provides other nations with a fresh opportunity to respond positively, both give some cause for optimism in international relations," Hague said in a speech last year to the International Institute for Strategic Studies about what a Conservative UK foreign policy would look like.
25 Aug 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - The Army is too small to fight all of the battles facing Britain But how might the Tory vision differ? In a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in July, the shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, warned of "strategic shrinkage". Britain stands to lose significant ability to shape world affairs unless we take remedial action, he argued; a Tory SDR "must be focused not on whether Britain should be able to project military force elsewhere in the world but how it will do so".
27 Jul 2009 - - EurActiv - The UK Tories' European policy: The road to oblivion The tone of UK Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague's 21 July speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London "takes us back to Winston Churchill's image of Britain at the centre of three concentric circles: transatlantic, Commonwealth and European - a world that no longer exists," writes Stanley Crossick, founder of the European Policy Centre, in a July post on Blogactiv.
24 Jul 2009 - - Heritage Foundation - Will Britain Chose Strategic Shrinkage? In an important speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies this week, William Hague, the Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary, explicitly rejected what he described as strategic shrinkage. Hague said that Britain must seek to retain her influence wherever possible and, in some places, seek to extend it, adding that we must not disconsolately cease to make the effort. This is the right vision for Britain, for the U.S., and for NATO. The only problem is that Britains current 35 billio
23 Jul 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - Are the Tories ready to pay to keep Britain a power in the world? William Hague, who could be foreign secretary in less than a year, has given an emphatic answer to the question of Britain's future role. In a closely argued, 7,000-word speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies this week, he explicitly rejected "strategic shrinkage" along the lines of the "East of Suez" decision.
22 Jul 2009 - - Press Association - Hague warns Britain risks losing global authority Mr Hague, in a speech to the Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said: Britain stands to lose a good deal of its ability to shape world affairs unless we decide we will not accept that and are prepared to do what is needed. He went on: One of the damaging effects of Gordon Browns catastrophic stewardship of Britains finances is the diminishing of our economic power and by extension the effectiveness of our international role.

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The Future of British Foreign Policy with a Conservative Government

On Tuesday 21 July 2009 The Rt Hon William Hague, MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, delivered an address to the IISS on "The Future of British Foreign Policy with a Conservative Government”. Read More

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