Bill Clinton's Influence on Tony Blair
Bill Clinton’s Influence on Tony Blair
The cooperation of America and Britain has had thousands of years’ antiquity that started with America as the colony of Britain. Historical studies prove that the relationship between the United States and United Kingdom stem from their coalition in the Second World War. Britain’s premiership and the United States’ presidency have often ruled hand in hand. Throughout the years presidents and prime ministers have borrowed ideas from other politicians. The United States and the United Kingdom have collaborated for decade’s international affairs. This coalition was clearly visible in different issues like Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. Blair, in regards to Iraq was “Like his American counterpart, Bill Clinton, Blair favored innovative solutions over rigorous ideology, and he counted among his successes a revived economy, a reasonably sturdy peace in Northern Ireland, and a successful military campaign against Slobodan Milosevic in Kosovo.”1
The words of Clinton are explanatory when he wrote about Blair, “Tony listened to my advice graciously but ignored it completely by immediately accepting a new job as Middle East envoy for the Quartet.”2 Sometimes these ideas are based on party lines that are more Republican or more Democratic. Sometimes ideas are used to mesh together right-wing and left-wing thinking. In most cases these political leaders are using history to their advantage. They will analyze policies that have been successful in order to propel their term. The hope is to be reelected and served a second term, and to correct on hand problems that lie in the way of society from flourishing. In this paper I will be looking at domestic policies being implemented in foreign governments by investigating the adoption of Bill Clinton’s ideas and policies by Tony Blair for use in the U.K. Some of the political thinkers are of the view that during their rule the socialist concepts were totally ignored and the concepts
The cooperation of America and Britain has had thousands of years’ antiquity that started with America as the colony of Britain. Historical studies prove that the relationship between the United States and United Kingdom stem from their coalition in the Second World War. Britain’s premiership and the United States’ presidency have often ruled hand in hand. Throughout the years presidents and prime ministers have borrowed ideas from other politicians. The United States and the United Kingdom have collaborated for decade’s international affairs. This coalition was clearly visible in different issues like Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. Blair, in regards to Iraq was “Like his American counterpart, Bill Clinton, Blair favored innovative solutions over rigorous ideology, and he counted among his successes a revived economy, a reasonably sturdy peace in Northern Ireland, and a successful military campaign against Slobodan Milosevic in Kosovo.”1
The words of Clinton are explanatory when he wrote about Blair, “Tony listened to my advice graciously but ignored it completely by immediately accepting a new job as Middle East envoy for the Quartet.”2 Sometimes these ideas are based on party lines that are more Republican or more Democratic. Sometimes ideas are used to mesh together right-wing and left-wing thinking. In most cases these political leaders are using history to their advantage. They will analyze policies that have been successful in order to propel their term. The hope is to be reelected and served a second term, and to correct on hand problems that lie in the way of society from flourishing. In this paper I will be looking at domestic policies being implemented in foreign governments by investigating the adoption of Bill Clinton’s ideas and policies by Tony Blair for use in the U.K. Some of the political thinkers are of the view that during their rule the socialist concepts were totally ignored and the concepts
Bibliography: Applebaum, Anne. Tony Blair and the New Left. 1997. On Foreign Relations, 1999. Dionne, E.J. 2007. “Blair’s Influence to Ourlast His Iraq Stand” Foley, Michael. The British Presidency. Manchester University Press, 2000. [1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918… 6 Anne Applebaum, “Tony Blair and the New Left,” (Mar-Apr., 1997), 46. 7 Ralf Dahrendorf, “The Third Way and Liberty: An Authoritarian Streak in Europe’s New Center,” Council on Foreign Relations, (Sep.-Oct., 1999), 13. 9 Foley, Michael. “The British Presidency”,(Manchester University Press, 2000), 5.