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Britain's Place in the New World Order - Part 2

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The Importance of Foreign Policy in the Middle East

British foreign policy has to be connected to domestic interest of public opinion, says Peter Bergen. The Iraq war and Afghanistan failures are starting to have huge consequences in the House of Commons, writes Bergen. "We can't even intervene in Libya together as two of the strongest military powers in Europe" Britain steps in a bit by reopening a permanent naval base in Bahrain, he adds.

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