Don’t discount Britain. Even after Brexit, the United Kingdom is still in the top tier of economies, militaries, aid donors, and innovators in science, scholarship, and the performing arts. It shares history, humane values, and close working relations with the United States in diplomacy, human rights promotion, peacekeeping, and deterrence of aggression around the world…for example, support of Ukraine. Despite turbulent relations with neighboring Ireland, France and the European Union, Britain remains not only an exemplar of democratic civility but also a beacon attracting investors, entrepreneurs, scholars, tourists, and ambitious migrants from afar. With illustrative slides, this session will explore Britain’s contributions to the United States, to Europe and the Asia-Pacific, and to the rules-based international order, and will welcome discussion of Britain’s future.
