Select Committee on International Relations
UK foreign policy in a shifting world order
5th Report of Session 2017-19 - published 18 December 2018 - HL Paper 250
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction and current situation
Box 1: The rules-based international order
Chapter 2: Disruption and change to the global balance of power
Figure 1: The Belt and Road Initiative
UK relations with India and other regional powers
Europe and other likeminded partners
Chapter 3: The transformative nature of new technologies
The proliferation of digital technologies
The nature of defence and security threats
Box 2: The NotPetya cyber-attack
The rising power of technology companies
The impact of technology on the balance of power
Technology’s impact on international relations
Technology’s impact on the conduct of diplomacy
The challenge of global cyber governance and regulation
Chapter 4: Multilateralism and the rules-based international order
Challenges facing established international organisations
Table 1: Vetoes at the UN Security Council 1990–present
Box 4: The NATO 2% spending commitment
Global trade and the Bretton Woods institutions
The Bretton Woods institutions
New non-Western regional organisations and groupings
Box 5: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank
The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation
Box 6: The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation
Responding to these challenges and changes
Chapter 5: UK foreign policy—future capabilities
Box 7: The National Security Council
UK influence in international organisations
Funding for outward-facing departments
FCO and wider-Whitehall skills
New technologies and UK diplomacy
Digital diplomacy and countering propaganda
Cyber capabilities, expertise and leadership
Domestic narrative on foreign policy
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Evidence is published online at https://www.parliament.uk/foreign-policy-changing-world/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.