| Summary/Abstract |
Strategic health diplomacy (SHD) involves governments actively working to improve public health abroad and, at the same time, further their own foreign policy agenda. While military assets are often used in soft power roles that might enable such work (defence engagement), the contribution of Defence to SHD is not well articulated. Simon Horne and Laura McCrae draw on recent research to understand how defence assets can contribute to SHD, the mechanism by which health impacts deliver strategic security objectives and the most effective means to deliver those effects. They challenge approaches where SHD is considered primarily in terms of UK influence, showing how the real benefit to the UK depends on the delivery of large-scale, sustainable benefit to the partner country.
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