Foreign Policy Major and Blair- 1990-2007
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- Created on: 27-04-16 11:44
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- Foreign Policy under Major and Blair
- Northern Ireland
- Major
- Downing street agreement 1993
- Mitchell report 1996
- Blair
- Good Friday agreement 1998
- Official end of confilct- gov. formed
- St. Andrews agreement 2006
- Good Friday agreement 1998
- Relationship between Major and Reynolds "Mr NO" allowed progress to begin
- Blair continued where Major left off
- Historical argument: Did Blair just take credit for the work already done by Major?
- Major
- Balklands
- Blair gov sucess
- Persuaded Clinton to take more firm action
- Military intervention 1999
- Rowe: sucess in the Balklands mouleded Blair's thinking and did much to shape his later policies above all on Iraq
- Iraq war
- Hutton inquirey
- doseay "sexed-up"
- Weapons of mass distruction
- Death of Dr. Kelly
- decline in Blair popularity: anti-war protests
- Lack of UN and European support
- Iraq war
- Major's Failure
- Kosovo ethnic cleasning
- failure of diplomatic action
- Un peacekeepers failed- major's influence
- Ineffective pressure place by Europe- B.acting alone
- Blair gov sucess
- The Gulf War
- Key events
- UN resolution ignored
- operation desert storm- 17th feb
- quick victory in feb
- Causes
- World oil crisis- Saddam Hussian control 1/2 of oil
- Removal of Saddham Hussian
- Invasion of Kuwait
- Removal of Saddham Hussian
- World oil crisis- Saddam Hussian control 1/2 of oil
- Effects
- Boost B. impact on world stage
- start of war on terror
- Saddham still in power
- factor for Major's election win 1992
- Strengthen Special Realtionship
- creation of Al-queda
- Historical Interp.
- golden age;Hennessey against-imperial in attitude
- Thatcherite: good-boost special realtionship
- Key events
- The War on Terror
- Events
- 9/11
- 7/7
- Events
- 9/11
- 7/7
- 7/7
- Iraq war
- Hutton inquirey
- doseay "sexed-up"
- Weapons of mass distruction
- Death of Dr. Kelly
- decline in Blair popularity: anti-war protests
- Lack of UN and European support
- Blair docterine
- Blair's sence of moral right and wrong
- 9/11
- Events
- 7/7
- Blair docterine
- Blair's sence of moral right and wrong
- 9/11
- Historical agrument
- Objective Lynch: most contriversal war of all time
- Marr:"A rotten deal" over Iraq
- Events
- Northern Ireland
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