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2012.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This article makes an original contribution to the ongoing debate about British security policy and strategy by investigating for the first time the conceptual 'gap' separating the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). It argues that there exists a genuine contrast in how the MoD and FCO conceive of the international system itself and Britain's place within it. The article analyses the indigenous worldviews of the departments - the assumptions, thought-processes, and conceptual paradigms employed by the MoD and FCO. Given the current determination to increase 'joined-up' Government, this problem needs to be acknowledged and discussed.
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