Imperial Nostalgia and Bitter Reality

The United Kingdom, the United States and Brexit, Implications for Regional Integration

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12980928
AutoresAbelardo Rodríguez (0000-0002-7948-5324, Ibero American University, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume13
Fascículo2
Páginas19-47
Data de publicação2020-06-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Strategic Security (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1944-0464 • E-ISSN: 1944-0472
EditoraUniversity of South Florida Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5038/1944-0472.13.2.1779
OpenAlexW3035518083
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas6

Brexit and America First are undeniable examples of a return to state-based politics. This article examines the dichotomy of identity and the state, which has given rise to imperial nostalgia. Nevertheless, the decisions of the elites and the dominant majorities may lead to the fragmentation of the United Kingdom. London has shown itself to be weak in the face of China, Russia, and India and it is not clear if, over the long term, it will be influential in the global political struggles in which the latter countries are challenging the power of the United States. There are even doubts as to whether the United Kingdom can articulate a strategic alliance with the United States, due to their respective differences over relations with China and Russia. The dispute for world hegemony is also being challenged by the forces of surveillance capitalism, which not only threatens regional cooperation and immigration, but also the ecosystem and the very future of the species

Alliance · Brexit · Capitalism · China · Economics · European union · Face (sociological concept · Hegemony · Immigration · International trade · Kingdom · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US