The Victorian statesman Viscount Palmerston’s definition of undogmatic foreign policy remains as pertinent today as when first formulated in an 1840 speech. “Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.” Out of tact, Palmerston’s name will not have been on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s lips during his four-day courtesy call on Xi Jinping “to build a more sophisticated relationship,” but that’s still the name of the diplomatic game.
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Britain's China Engagement Is a Message to America
