Boris Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’: Inspired Vision or Wishful Thinking? – The New York Times

This interesting article argues Boris Johnson’s government may not have the bandwidth to achieve it’s Global Britain aspirations.

 

Britain wants to go global at a time when globalization is in retreat. It has cast off from the world’s largest trading bloc when the world is more divided than ever into competing regions. And it is trying to carve out an overseas role just as the coronavirus pandemic has crippled its domestic economy.