LONDON (UK) – As part of its post-Brexit foreign policy, Britain seeks to expand its influence among democratic nations in the Indo-Pacific region while preserving strong ties with the United States.
The policy will have a counterbalance impact. While the strategies put Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the forefront of a brand new, rules-based international order based on cooperation and free trade. However, the policy will also put Britain at odds with China.
Calling the Indo Pacific “increasingly the geopolitical centre of the world”, the government informed that the government is deploying a British aircraft carrier to the region. The previously announced but postponed visit to India has been scheduled for April.
In a statement to parliament, Johnson said, “I am profoundly optimistic about the UK’s place in the world and our ability to seize the opportunities ahead.”
But the 100-page document, will be closely scrutinised for concrete measures showing as it is crucial to understand how Johnson plans to execute these policies at a time when the country is struggling to come to terms with the realities of Brexit and has suffered more deaths than its peers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Relations with China, which is on course to become the world’s largest economy, have frayed badly over issues including Beijing’s handing of former British colony Hong Kong, increasingly vocal criticism of China state-subsidised industry and security concerns around Chinese investment in Britain.