An incoming Labour government will face a daunting array of foreign and defence policy challenges, many of which are beyond the ability of any one country to resolve. Willingness to engage in multilateral, cooperative approaches to common problems – and unstinting support for the UN charter – must be guiding principles.
Immediate challenges include the foreign and domestic ramifications of the wars in Ukraine and Palestine, and the prospect of a new rightwing US administration. If a re-elected Donald Trump broke with Europe and Nato and dissolved the “special relationship”, Britain could be dangerously isolated, considering it is already divorced from Europe.
