英國(guó)外交關(guān)系

BritishForeignRelationsAftertheWWII,theBritishempirebegantodeclineasmoreandmoreformercoloniesdeclaredtheirpoliticalindependenceTodaytheageofBritishimperialismisgone.ButtheBritishforeignpolicyisstillinfluencedbyBritain’simperialpast.(why?)becausetheUKhadastrongmilitarypowerandprestige,ithadabiginfluenceonthepostwarinternationalorderSomeformercolonies—AustraliaandCanada—stilllookedtoBritainasthecenteroftheirpoliticalandculturalworld.)RelationswithothercountriesandorganizationsTheBritain’sforeignpolicyislargelyshapedbyitsparticipationinanumberofimportantinternationalinstitutions.BritainandtheUNBritainandtheEUBritainandtheCommonwealthBritainandNATOBritainandtheUNBritainisoneofthe5permanentmembersoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil(Russia,China,theUS,FranceandtheUK).

ItalsoisthesixthlargestcontributortotheUN’budget.AsaSecurityCouncilmember,BritainretainstheabilitytohavealargeinfluenceonworldaffairsTheEuropeanUnionFoundedin1958with6membercountries,France,WestGermany,Italy,andBenelux(Belgium、Holland、Luxembourg

)FlagPresidencyinsigniaBritainandEUEECwasacommonmarketareawhichfostercooperationandsharedinterestswitheachotherwithinEuropeanCountries.In1973theUnitedKingdomjoinedtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity.BritainandtheCommonwealthBritainisalsoamemberoftheCommonwealth,avoluntaryassociationofstateswhichismadeupmostlyofformerBritishcolonies.安提瓜和巴布達(dá)英國(guó)君主澳大利亞英國(guó)君主巴哈馬英國(guó)君主巴巴多斯英國(guó)君主伯利茲英國(guó)君主加拿大英國(guó)君主格林納達(dá)英國(guó)君主牙買加英國(guó)君主新西蘭英國(guó)君主巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞英國(guó)君主圣基茨和尼維斯英國(guó)君主圣盧西亞英國(guó)君主圣文森特和格林納丁斯英國(guó)君主所羅門群島英國(guó)君主圖瓦盧英國(guó)君主英國(guó)英國(guó)君主ElizabethIIisthe

reigningqueenandheadofstateof16independentsovereignstatesknownastheCommonwealthrealms:theUnitedKingdom,Canada,Australia,NewZealand,Jamaica,Barbados,theBahamas,Grenada,PapuaNewGuinea,theSolomonIslands,Tuvalu,SaintLucia,SaintVincentandtheGrenadines,Belize,AntiguaandBarbuda,andSaintKittsandNevisBritainandNATONATO?NATO=TheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization

ItisanintergovernmentalmilitaryalliancebasedontheNorthAtlantic