Democracy is “in retreat” around the world, Dominic Raab will warn as he sets out why the UK still has to play a major role on the global stage.
The Foreign Secretary will use a speech to warn that democracies and the institutions that underpin them are facing the greatest threat since the end of the Cold War.
Mr Raab’s speech at the US Aspen Security Forum will set out the UK’s new foreign policy approach at a time when autocratic states are set to eclipse the gross domestic product (GDP) – a measure of the size of the economy – of democracies.
Looking east. Raab: we ought to look for areas of constructive engagement; obviously in business and trade CHINA is “here to stay”, Dominic Raab has declared as he defended the UK Government’s foreign policy shift towards the Indo-Pacific. The Foreign Secretary said Britain would not “hark back” to the frosty relations of the Cold War and would instead look for “constructive engagement” with China. His comments came after the publication of the Government’s Integrated Review of foreign and defence policy which sets out plans for a change in focus towards the Indo-Pacific region in response to the rise of China.
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LONDON: The UK has a central role to play on the world stage as an independent sovereign state, a leading member of the Western alliance, and an energetic and dependable partner in the growing prosperity of the Indo-Pacific region, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a major foreign policy speech on Wednesday.
Addressing the US Aspen Security Forum virtually a day after Britain released its flagship Integrated Review of foreign policy, the senior Cabinet minister warned that democracy is under threat around the world and therefore the policy document singles out like-minded nations, such as India, who will be key to upholding democratic values and interests.
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LONDON – Democracy is in retreat around the world, British foreign minister Dominic Raab will warn on Wednesday in a speech setting out the danger that autocratic regimes pose to global stability and prosperity.
Britain this week announced an overhaul of its foreign and defence policy to prioritise influence in the Indo-Pacific as a way to help moderate the expanding power and assertiveness of China’s Communist Party leadership.
Speaking to the U.S. Aspen Security Forum to project that new agenda beyond a domestic audience, Raab will sum up the foreign policy review as a mission to be a “force for good in the world”, saying that global democratic institutions are under their greatest threat since the end of the Cold War in 1989-90.
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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said most countries were trading with China as he defended the UK s changing foreign policy direction (Peter Summers/PA)
China is “here to stay”, the Foreign Secretary has said as he defended the Government’s foreign policy shift towards the Indo-Pacific.
Dominic Raab said Britain would not “hark back” to the frosty relations of the Cold War and would instead look for “constructive engagement” with China.
The Cabinet minister’s comments came after the publication of the Government’s Integrated Review of foreign and defence policy which sets out plans for a change in focus towards the Indo-Pacific region in response to the rise of China.