In this report a range of contributors, all with long and distinguished careers in British foreign policy, consider Britain’s role in the world in the broadest sense.
Identifying our core interests and the most appropriate capacities to secure them.
Sir Robert Cooper, former Head of the Policy Planning Staff at the Foreign Office and UK's Special Representative in Afghanistan
Sir Mark Allen, former member of British Foreign Service
Sir Rodric Braithwaite, former British Ambassador in Moscow, Foreign Policy Adviser to Prime Minsiter Major, and Chairman of the Joint Intellgence Committee
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, former UK Ambassador to the United Nations
Sir Richard Mottram, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and for intelligence, security, and resilience in the Cabinet Office
Lord Charles Powell of Bayswater, crossbench peer and former member of the Diplomatic Service and Private Secretary to Thatcher and Major
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former Secretary of State for Defence and Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Dr Nick Kitchen, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in the United States Centre at LSE.