FOREIGN POLICY AND ITS PRIORITIES FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM

foreign policy and its priorities for the United Kingdom

1)Where the UK is located and what implications this location has for such issues as security, trade and immigration? What borders are shared and if they are co operative or hostile. What shared geography, history and culture with respect to its neighbours and how this relates to foreign policy.

United Kingdom is located on the north-western coast of continental Europe, share border with France, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Faroe Islands, Ireland and Iceland. As UK is among the developed countries of the world and also play the most significant role regarding politics and other global affairs. UK comprises of four major countries that are England, Wales, Northern Island and Wales. It is located in the midst of North Atlantic Ocean and North Sea, and separated from the French coast. U.K is also surrounded with sea including English Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea, and Atlantic Ocean (F, 2004).

As United Kingdom rely more on its trade, it lies on rank as fifth largest trading country of the world. Due to relying more on trade UK has established an energetic and open trading system and now focus more on launching new trading system, in order to relax more the industrial, agriculture and services (F, 2004).

Furthermore United Kingdom has accorded to collaborate with other member states in accordance to import from and export to developing countries. These common interests are administered by the Community's common commercial policy (CCP). United Kingdom as the member of WTO has the right to own an efficacious and tenacious foreign policy (F, 2004).

The Kingdom of Great Britain was dissolved after the Act of Union of 1800 , which Ireland was annexed to the political unity, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , following the settling down of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 .

United Kingdom is based on localized security policies; this helps UK in providing risk management and internal protective security policy for government. The Security Council UN is the executive organ of the United Nations (UN). He has "primary responsibility for maintaining peace and international security" under the UN Charter and has for those specific powers such as peacekeeping, the establishment of international sanctions and military intervention. Some decisions, known resolutions of the Security Council are binding and "Members of the United Nations agree to accept and implement decisions of the Security Council (Little, 109)."

The United Kingdom has implemented in recent years of new programs, many in the direction of immigrants wishing to settle on its soil, or spend some time. One of the most popular programs is about highly skilled migrants, introduced in January 2002 and subsequently amended in November 2006: the HSMP program (Little, 109).

There are also numerous opportunities for investors , the students graduating in the UK , the descendants of British Commonwealth citizens , the residents want to live with their families , the active tourist (wishing to engage in an activity during their stay); ...