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Thinking Ahead: David Cameron, the Henry Jackson Society and the British Neoconservatives

Dodds, K.; Elden, S.

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Authors

K. Dodds

S. Elden



Abstract

The Conservative party under David Cameron's leadership has embarked on a series of foreign policy initiatives which appear to revise the political right's traditional reluctance to interfere in third-party conflicts with no obvious British interest. This article looks at whether this shift is substantial through an examination of Cameron's and William Hague's foreign policy pronouncements. Its particular focus is to discuss whether the Henry Jackson Society, a group of academics, parliamentarians and journalists, is exercising any influence over Conservative party foreign policy discussion. Finally, we consider how critics including individuals associated with the Henry Jackson Society have evaluated Cameron's and Hague's tentative interventionist convictions. It is suggested that the notion that idealism in foreign policy has to be conditioned by realism is actually a reworking of Blair's foreign policy, especially when applied to overseas intervention.

Citation

Dodds, K., & Elden, S. (2008). Thinking Ahead: David Cameron, the Henry Jackson Society and the British Neoconservatives. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 10(3), 347-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856x.2008.00327.x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Aug 1, 2008
Deposit Date Oct 2, 2008
Publicly Available Date Oct 13, 2010
Journal British Journal of Politics and International Relations
Print ISSN 1369-1481
Electronic ISSN 1467-856X
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 3
Pages 347-363
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856x.2008.00327.x
Keywords Conservative party, Foreign policy, David Cameron, William Hague.
Publisher URL http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-856X.2008.00327.x

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