British International Organization Diplomacy During The Two World Wars

Britain is the leader of the league of nations,the foundation of the commonwealth of nations,the founder of the United Nations and a permanent member of the security council.After the first world war,Britain led the establishment of the league of nations.The league of nations began in Britain still positioning themselves under the background of world domination,at this stage,the league of nations is the tool that the chip of being and the game,after the United States out of the league of nations,Britain,for maintaining the balance of France and Germany,using the method of the league of nations mitigate contradictions,but its main energy has already begun to shrink,focused on the domestic economic recovery.In the 1930 s,the commonwealth was a further decline in Britain’s power,Britain had to focus on its core interests in the economic field.Britain further shrank politically and formed the commonwealth.Economically,it gave up free trade,implemented imperial preferential policies within the commonwealth,and competed with the United States in the economic field,almost drawing a draw.At the end of the second world war,Britain’s strength was far less than that of the United States and the Soviet union,and its dominant position in the world has gone.At that time,Britain further shrank,and it no longer pursued the dominant position in the world,but in order to gain the leadership of post-war Europe and safeguard the interests of colonies.In the process of the establishment of the United Nations,although Britain was frustrated in the "British plan" proposed by it,it changed its strategy,continued to use its diplomatic means,reflected its will in the voting procedure of the United Nations security council,and made every effort to promote France to become a permanent member of the security council.During the two wars,the British empire was no longer able to maintain its global hegemony.Facing the challenges of the rising United States and other emerging countries,the impact of the economic crisis,and the resistance of the colonies,Britain inevitably went into decline.The decline of Britain is relative,gradual and moderate.British leaders are unwilling and will not give up the British hegemony.In the past two decades,they have used the league of nations,the commonwealth and the United Nations to realize diplomatic interests and slow down the decline of Britain.The article tries to answer how Britain USES international organizations to try to restore the balance of international system and slow down the decline under the change of world power structure.This paper holds that during the two wars,Britain’s international organization diplomacy has been running through two parallel themes:one is to adopt the contraction strategy,reduce Britain’s international obligations by international organizations,concentrate on the core areas,and allocate secondary interests to the core interests: namely,economic recovery and colonial interests.The second is to use international organizations to adhere to the diplomatic tradition,that is,balance of power diplomacy,and try to coordinate the power of the European powers through international organizations,establish the balance of power of the European continent,and maintain the status and influence of the powers in Europe.In the perspective of international organizations,diplomatic,analyzing the characteristics of international organizations,diplomatic Britain during the two wars and foreign policy,and to explore its decline under the background,how to use the league of nations,the commonwealth and the United Nations,is committed to maintaining the balance of the continent and colonial interests,in the international social contract obligation,cope with the crisis,slow decline.