British Statecraft Needs More Than Internationalist Legal Orthodoxy
The Government’s maximalist interpretation of public international law leaves Britain unprepared for the emerging world
When the British Foreign Secretary Lord Castlereagh arrived on a freezing European continent on New Year’s Day 1814, he carried with him instructions from the Cabinet about the peace he was tasked to negotiate. Napoleon was on the run after his disastrous march to Moscow and the Sixth Coalition was taking shape to finally bring an end to French dominance of Europe.
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