Writing in the FT Phillippe Sands (UCL/Harvard) suggests only when Britain accepts that international law & regulation are not something we do to others but is something we are subject to ourselves, will we be able to rebuild our global profile & reputation.

Indeed, the underlying argument that we need to understand how the global context has changed & how that has impacted on the country, reflects the desperate need for us (as a country) to move beyond a toxic nostalgia for Empire!

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