cp
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« on: March 11, 2021, 02:00:03 PM » |
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« edited: March 11, 2021, 02:03:49 PM by cp »
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Certainly not. Britain lost the ability to independently project its military power beyond Europe after the 1950s (brief excursions like the Falklands War are too small to count). Economically, it isn't even at the top of the second-tier economies (1st tier: USA, China). Brexit and a sclerotic political system are only making it more marginalized diplomatically.
The only thing it really has going for it now beyond legacy power (nukes, security council seat) is its soft power, which may be the single justifiable argument for keeping the monarchy.
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