Old Links and New Ties Power and Persuasion in an Age of Networks

CONTENTS
PART ONE - Britain in a New Landscape
Introduction

Prospects for an Island in the Digital Age
The purposes of this book described. Britain's Re-positioning

Chapter 1: Riding Two Horses
False Choices and How to Stay in the Circus

Chapter 2: The Sixth Phase
Power Passes to the Network

Chapter 3: The View from the Watchtower and the Last Day
A Pathway through the Mist

Chapter 4. Old Links and New Ties
The Commonwealth and connectivity. The new model

PART TWO - Lifting the Barriers

Chapter 5: The Age of Delusions
The Myths ,Misconceptions and Muddled Thoughts holding
Britain back

Chapter 6: Europe 1: How Tomorrow Never Came
Britain's global role abandoned in 1972; how the retreat
into Europe occurred

Chapter 7: Europe 2: The Party of January Twenty Three.
Europe Re-united and Reformed: the New Agenda

Chapter 8: The Onward March of Folly
Resetting Trans-Atlantic relations . Partnership, not leadership

Chapter 9: The Economists' Handicap
How misguided economic theories trap us and
block Britain's progress

Chapter 10: The Energy Imbroglio
The unnecessary energy crisis amidst energy plenty

PART THREE - Power and Persuasion
Chapter 11: The Instruments of Soft Power
Influence and persuasion in the Digital and Real worlds

Chapter 12 : The Face of the Future
The Commonwealth's Dual Network;
The Virtual and Real Worlds Combined

Chapter 13. Drifting No More
Conclusions , Gateways and a Role Recovered .

Epilogue. Heroes, Destinies and the Coming Freedom
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Annex A. A Departure Note in Advance
A note on leaving the Foreign and Commonwealth Office - putting the 'C' back into FCO

Annex B. New Tasks and Tones for the Exercise of Authority
Some thoughts on retaining power and legitimacy in the new era.

Annex C The EU's climate and energy policy
Holding Britain back; a note on the EU's misguided and growth-strangling measures