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The path to Anglosphere. (Other Countries).(relations between the United States and the United Kingdom)(Brief Article)
Robin Harris, "The State of the Special Relationship," in Policy Review, (June/July 2002), 818 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006
A former top aide to Margaret Thatcher finds that the recent goodwill between the U.S. and the U.K. is threatened.
Robin Harris argues that Britain's role in the war on terror has been largely symbolic, because the country lacks the military resources necessary to provide a significant practical contribution. America outspends Britain on military research ten to one, implying that the gap will continue to grow.
These problems are exacerbated by Prime Minister Tony Blair's political choices. He has compromised on a variety of other issues in order to get his skeptical Labor party colleagues to back America. This uneasy settlement is not likely to remain solid.
Blair also faces the entrenched opposition of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The State Department has been a driving force in the move for British participation in half-baked plans for European integration. Harris ...
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