Progressive Foreign Policy

David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

In May 1997, the then UK Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, famously said that foreign policy should have 'an ethical dimension', and that the Labour Government would 'put human rights at the heart of foreign policy'. Although not described in these terms, these assertions were an attempt to articulate a 'progressive' conception of foreign policy for the UK.

* Acknowledgements * Preface * Introduction * David Held & David Mepham * Chapter 1 - Rethinking security and power * Michael Clarke * Chapter 2 - Deepening democracy * Mary Kaldor * Chapter 3 - Human rights, justice and security * David Mepham * Chapter 4 - Development and equity * Kevin Watkins * Chapter 5 - Sustainability and foreign policy * Nick Mabey * Chapter 6 - Recasting the special relationship * Andrew Gamble & Ian Kearns * Chapter 7 - Europe's global role * Charles Grant * Chapter 8 - The Middle East: a new agenda for UK policy * David Mepham * Chapter 9 - Looking East: the rise of China * Steve Tsang * Chapter 10 - Multilateralism and Global Governance: accountability and effectiveness * David Held * Chapter 11 - Global economic governance: a programme for reform * Ngaire Woods * Chapter 12 - Redesigning UK foreign policy * Leni Wild & Paul D. Williams