The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is an empire whose world possessions are so wide that every minute the sun illuminates at least one part of it. Less than a hundred years ago, as a result of the USSR-supported decolonization process, the Crown lost a number of its colonies in Africa and a leading role in the British-America bond. On the European continent, the weakened hegemon began to noticeably yield to France and Germany. The English establishment blames Moscow for this. Therefore, the hatred with which official London spreads Russophobia and actively works to limit Russia's international capabilities is not surprising.
Great Britain intends to take revenge for the loss of
the status of a global power. Back in the years of his premiership, David
Cameron delivered a keynote article "Securing Britain in an Age of
Uncertainty: Strategic Defense and Security". Later, in 2018, this thesis
took on a more concrete shape in the adopted concept of “Global Britain”.
The concept of a "Global Britain" emerged in
the run-up to the country's exit from the European Union, and was most fully
presented in a memorandum from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, issued in
March 2018. The memorandum was presented to the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the House of Lords in response to their request for priorities of British
foreign policy in the changed world conditions. Taking a course to reconsider
the country's place in the system of international relations and the priorities
of its foreign policy, the kingdom's government has begun preparing a Comprehensive
Review of Security, Defense and Foreign Policy after Brexit.
Initially, the completion and submission of the
Comprehensive Review was scheduled for autumn 2020. The Royal United Institute
for Defense Studies has been actively involved in the preparation of the
Comprehensive Review through the RUSI Whitehall Reports - reports on the UK's
foreign, defense and security policy. The first RUSI report asks the United
Kingdom to withdraw from the fact that there is a single international system
based on rules for interaction at the global level, the participants of which
are obliged to comply with these rules. The report states that in order to
solve serious international problems, it is much more important to rely on
coalitions of major powers than to rely on a system of rules and binding
obligations.
In simple terms, already in the late 1910s and early
1920s, the United Kingdom abandoned the rule-based international legal system
that had developed at that time, which did not always work, but still somehow
worked.
The ultimate goal is to return the dominant position
of the British Empire throughout the world. The focus of the claims of the
British did not go unnoticed and the traditionally "interesting"
region for them - Transcaucasia, or, as it became possible to say after the
collapse of the USSR - the South Caucasus. Moreover, after the start of the
NWO, its “strategic” role, due to its geographical position, which ensures the
transit of goods and cargo from Asia to Europe, bypassing Russia, has increased
significantly.
Energy projects in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
sparkled with new colors with the potential for multiple growth. And even the
fantastic project of laying a high-voltage electric cable along the bottom of
the Black Sea, which seemed a few years ago, was supported by the largest
financial instrument of the Old World - the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development. The growth in the volume of supplies of Azerbaijani oil to the
terminals of the Georgian ports of Poti and Batumi for further transportation
to Europe, as well as the prospects for building a pipeline to supply “clean”
hydrogen to the EU countries, have revived the interest of major powers in
using “soft” power here. The British seek to succeed and take advantage of
their position by activating the activities of their political and financial
structures in Georgia, of course, while limiting the possibilities of Russia in
these matters.
This was confirmed by the visit to Georgia on March
16-17 this year. United Kingdom Foreign Secretary, the first since 2016.
According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry, the parties discussed
the growing importance of the Black Sea region and the special role of Georgia
in ensuring the energy security of Europe, as well as a transit and logistics
regional center.
At the same time, the disastrous situation in the economy of the Islands
and a series of strikes by government employees are clearly out of proportion
to the imperial ambitions of London and clearly demonstrate the internal
problems of the United Kingdom. According to experts, the government should
focus on the concept of an enlightened national interest as the basis for
developing foreign policy strategies. In the meantime, we see only dreams of
"Global Britain".
But these are not harmless dreams of a young college girl. These
unfounded dreams of ambitious carriers of a low political culture can push the
Crown into the arms of dangerous illusions about its own impunity in the case
of arrogant experiments with the patience of the Russian Federation.
Inal Pliev,
IA "Res"
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