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New Labour and the 157 European Union Patrick Holden 10 Britain’s Relations with China Under New Labour: 170 Engagement and Repulsion? Kerry Brown 11 From Asset to Liability: Blair, Brown and the ‘Special 188 Relationship’ Mark Phythian 12 New Labour, Defence and the ‘War on Terror’ 205 Max Taylor 13 Conclusion 221 Oliver Daddow Bibliography 236 Index 263 Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to University of Groningen - PalgraveConnect - 2011-08-27 - PalgraveConnect of Groningen - licensed to University www.palgraveconnect.com material from Copyright 10.1057/9780230307315 - British Foreign Policy, Edited by Oliver Daddow and Jamie Gaskarth List of Figure and Tables Figure 1.1 Three ‘new’ circles of British foreign policy 17 Tables 4.1 The Blair and Brown identities 70 12.1 Proposed criteria for hubris syndrome, and their 218 correspondence to features of cluster B personality disorders in DSM-IV Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to University of Groningen - PalgraveConnect - 2011-08-27 - PalgraveConnect of Groningen - licensed to University www.palgraveconnect.com material from Copyright ix 10.1057/9780230307315 - British Foreign Policy, Edited by Oliver Daddow and Jamie Gaskarth List of Contributors Sir Stephen Wall is a former diplomat and special advisor to the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Oliver Daddow is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Loughborough University. Jamie Gaskarth is Lecturer in International Relations, University of Plymouth. David McCourt is Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for British Studies, University of California-Berkeley. Pauline Schnapper is Professeur de civilisation britannique contem- poraine, Université Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle. Stephen Benedict Dyson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Connecticut. Tara McCormack is Lecturer in International Politics, University of Leicester. Jason Ralph is Professor of International Relations at the University of Leeds. David Allen is Professor of European and International Politics, Loughborough University. Patrick Holden is Lecturer in International Relations, University of Plymouth. Kerry Brown is Senior Fellow, Asia Programme, Chatham House. Mark Phythian is Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations and Professor, University of Leicester. Max Taylor is Professor of International Relations, University of - 2011-08-27 - PalgraveConnect of Groningen - licensed to University www.palgraveconnect.com material from Copyright St Andrews. x 10.1057/9780230307315 - British Foreign Policy, Edited by Oliver Daddow and Jamie Gaskarth Acknowledgements This book originated from a BISA British foreign policy working group conference. The British Academy generously supported the project with a grant ref: CS090071 and we were hosted by the Foreign and Common- wealth Office. The authors would