Britain s Post War International Situation - 1404 Words

Britain s post-war international situation expressed as â€Å"Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role,† by Dean Acheson. His arguments have seemed so accurate, explaining not only the ambiguity about Britain s role but the weakening in her international position. Though every country wants to be taken into consideration sincerely around the other countries, one country always takes the role of leadership. The leadership position was belonged to Britain for a long time ago, before the WWI , but today the United States assumes itself in the position. Moreover, the US is precise due to the fact that it has many leverages to use against the rest of the world and the others know that the actions of the US affect themselves†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬ËœÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ This empire had largely been granted independence by 1964, beginning with independence for India and Pakistan in 1947.’’ After that time decolonization started and Britain lost almost each colony, which brought together diminishing power and influence, subsequently it lost the leadership position in the world. After Britain lost its standing, it sought allies for itself and got a part of Europe and became the founder member of many international organizations such as The Security Council or The North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO). While Britain’s financial power had started to decline dramatically in war period, it did not want to lost its strategic policy making status in the world, especially in the middle east, so it intervened foreign policies of many countries before 1947. For instance, Britain’s military power was helping Greece against Turkey. However it had to withdraw in 1947 due to the financial troubles like the decrease in the balance of payments and the huge loans taken from US, then it was not possible to maintain the high military expenses in Greece. It is significant to highlight the withdrawal of Britain because it was the reas on for many subsequent events. It was one of the causes of the realization of the Truman Doctrine, which was also the starting point for the Cold War. 1947 and 1948 was a critical period for Britain owing to the fact that it lost India, Ceylon, Burma, Palestine and Greece (formally or informally),