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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 Britain’s 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 Brown’s catastrophic stewardship of Britain’s finances is the diminishing of our economic power and by extension the effectiveness of our international role.
22 Jul 2009 - - Financial Times - UK opposition plans to downgrade EU ties Addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, he said a Conservative government would be "solid but not slavish" in relations with the US, but otherwise said the transatlantic alliance was "indispensable to the United Kingdom". He said relations with the British Commonwealth - which includes India and South Africa - had been "neglected and undervalued" under Britain's Labour government, adding that the Commonwealth was "a tool to be picked up and used more often" in British fore

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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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