UK diplomacy at the UN after Brexit: challenges and opportunities

Dee, Megan and Smith, Karen E. ORCID: 0000-0002-2651-7193 (2017) UK diplomacy at the UN after Brexit: challenges and opportunities. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 19 (3). pp. 527-542. ISSN 1369-1481

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Abstract

The outcome of the UK’s EU referendum will have far-reaching implications for its foreign policy and diplomacy and raises fundamental questions of how ‘Brexit’ will impact its relationships with Europe and the world. This is even more pertinent when looked at from the perspective of the UN where the UK has benefited considerably from its membership of the EU. This article presents the challenges and opportunities of Brexit for the UK’s diplomacy, and influence, at the UN. First, we illustrate the importance of political and regional groups within the UN. Second, we analyse how the UK has worked within such groups, and above all the EU, in two cases: human rights and nuclear weapons issues. Finally, we reflect upon how Brexit is expected to impact UK diplomacy in a UN dominated by group politics, arguing that any rewiring of UK diplomatic channels must continue to account for EU positions.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/bpi
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Authors
Divisions:	International Relations
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JX International law
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2017 11:59
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2024 17:42
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/80730

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