The UK's in-out referendum
Subtitle: EU foreign and defence policy reform
By: David Owen
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9781910376546; 9781910376539
Subjects: Foreign relations; Military policy; LAW; International; Diplomatic relations
Description: The EU's attempts at conflict resolution have left much to be desired. In the Ukraine, the Baltic States, Turkey and much of the Middle East, there is a lack of coherent policy. This book argues that the renegotiations around the UK'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 EU in years to come. To allow them to do so would almost certainly see the policy of common defence advance at the expense of the United States' lasting commitment to NATO. Former Foreign Secretary David Owen argues that should Britain's reform negotiations with the EU fail there will be serious implications for our security, and that foreign policy and security belong at the heart of the reforms the EU so desperately needs.--