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Bezig met laden... Stars and Strife: The Coming Conflicts Between the USA and the European Uniondoor John Redwood
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This dramatic new book looks ahead to the coming conflicts between the USA and the emerging United States of Europe. Should Britain become the fifteenth state of Euroland or the fifty-first state of America? John Redwood sets out four possible futures for Britain, concluding that joining the European political project would be bad for the UK and for the cause of free trade and democracy around the world. He explains why the USA has need of the special relationship with Britain and how the English-speaking world offers the best approach to peace and prosperity in a dot.com world. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Like most of Redwood's writings, Stars and Strife addresses the idea of what type of country Britain has been, is, and is becoming. Redwood often warns that Britain is turning into a more European or multicultural country and is, therefore, losing the unique British culture that made it a world power.
The primary focus of Stars and Strife is Redwood's opinion that not only is Britain's membership in the European Union eating away at its unique culture, but it is also placing it on the road to conflict with its most important ally: the United States. Many commentators on US-EU relations position Britain as a country ideally placed to smooth out the problems that might arise between the US and EU.
Redwood says that in fact what will happen is that Britain's voice will simply get drowned out by the more numerous voices in the EU that are skeptical about having a close relationship with the US. This will lead to a souring of relations between the US and EU and, by extension, between the US and UK. While I don't necessarily buy into Redwood's program, it's his discussion of what effect this souring of relations between the US and UK could have on the world, let alone on Britain, that provides the most intellectually stimulating part of the book. ( )