The UK's in-Out Referendum: EU Foreign and Defence Policy Reform (Haus Curiosities) - Softcover

David Owen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910376531 ISBN 13: 9781910376539

Publisher: Haus Publishing Limited, 2015

Synopsis

As David Owen notes in The UK’s In-Out Referendum, the European Union’s attempts at conflict resolution have left much to be desired. In the Ukraine, Baltic States, Turkey, and much of the Middle East, a lack of coherent policy has dominated. This book argues that the negotiations around the United Kingdom’s referendum vote represent an opportunity to enact wide-scale reform, not least to ensure that the nations of an increasingly politically integrated Eurozone do not come to dominate the foreign and security policy of the European Union in the years to come. To allow them to do so, Owen argues, would almost certainly see the policy of “common defense” advance at the expense of a lasting US commitment to NATO. Ultimately, Owen contends, Britain’s continued membership of a largely unreformed European Union would have serious implications for the United Kingdom’s security, and that foreign policy and security belong at the heart of the reforms the European Union so desperately needs.

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About the Author

David Owen (Lord Owen) served as Foreign Secretary under James Callaghan from 1977 until 1979, and later co-founded and went on to lead the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Between 1992-95 Lord Owen served as EU peace negotiator in the former Yugoslavia, and he now sits as an Independent Social Democrat in the House of Lords. He is the author of many books, including In Sickness and In Power and The Hubris Syndrome and The Hidden Perspective.

Edition details

• Publisher: Haus Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1910376531
• ISBN 13: 9781910376539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80