BritishForeignRelationsAftertheWWII,theBritishempirebegantodeclineasmoreandmoreformercoloniesdeclaredtheirpoliticalindependenceTodaytheageofBritishimperialismisgone.ButtheBritishforeignpolicyisstillinfluencedbyBritain’simperialpast.(why?)becausetheUKhadastrongmilitarypowerandprestige,ithadabiginfluenceonthepostwarinternationalorderSomeformercolonies—AustraliaandCanada—stilllookedtoBritainasthecenteroftheirpoliticalandculturalworld.)RelationswithothercountriesandorganizationsTheBritain’sforeignpolicyislargelyshapedbyitsparticipationinanumberofimportantinternationalinstitutions.BritainandtheUNBritainandtheEUBritainandtheCommonwealthBritainandNATOBritainandtheUNBritainisoneofthe5permanentmembersoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil(Russia,China,theUS,FranceandtheUK).

ItalsoisthesixthlargestcontributortotheUN’budget.AsaSecurityCouncilmember,BritainretainstheabilitytohavealargeinfluenceonworldaffairsTheEuropeanUnionFoundedin1958with6membercountries,France,WestGermany,Italy,andBenelux(Belgium、Holland、Luxembourg

)FlagPresidencyinsigniaBritainandEUEECwasacommonmarketareawhichfostercooperationandsharedinterestswitheachotherwithinEuropeanCountries.In1973theUnitedKingdomjoinedtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity.BritainandtheCommonwealthBritainisalsoamemberoftheCommonwealth,avoluntaryassociationofstateswhichismadeupmostlyofformerBritishcolonies.安提瓜和巴布達英國君主澳大利亞英國君主巴哈馬英國君主巴巴多斯英國君主伯利茲英國君主加拿大英國君主格林納達英國君主牙買加英國君主新西蘭英國君主巴布亞新幾內亞英國君主圣基茨和尼維斯英國君主圣盧西亞英國君主圣文森特和格林納丁斯英國君主所羅門群島英國君主圖瓦盧英國君主英國英國君主ElizabethIIisthe

reigningqueenandheadofstateof16independentsovereignstatesknownastheCommonwealthrealms:theUnitedKingdom,Canada,Australia,NewZealand,Jamaica,Barbados,theBahamas,Grenada,PapuaNewGuinea,theSolomonIslands,Tuvalu,SaintLucia,SaintVincentandtheGrenadines,Belize,AntiguaandBarbuda,andSaintKittsandNevisBritainandNATONATO?NATO=TheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization

ItisanintergovernmentalmilitaryalliancebasedontheNorthAtlantic