Britain's Future

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This essay studies the old hesitation of the United Kingdom between its special relationship with America and its commitment towards European integration. It also tries to find what would be in the interest of Britain and if the concept of 'Transatlantic bridge' is still viable today. The challenge of the EU membership is also discussed.

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"For a long time, Britain's policy toward the foreign world has been the one of aloofness, thinking itself as a "Nation apart". Its fast industrial development and economic growth occurring during the 18th Century, coupled with the defeat of Napoleonic France in 1815 and the harmlessness of a still developing America, allowed Britain to play an unrivaled role on the world stage in the mid-nineteenth Century. The United Kingdom was then at the center of a world wide Empire covering a quarter of land area of the world and leading an even more extended trading network. Britain's position as a leading world power permitted thus to the country to stand alone by itself and rely neither on Europe nor on the United-States."

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