Put simply, the bonds and trust exist between the CANZUK countries to do something far greater than what exists today. Indeed, the very survival of the United Kingdom itself as a single political unit is, looking shakier than it has at any time since its founding. Thinking of CANZUK as a sort of alternative to the EU is selling it short – it would be something new. more from this author'Global Britain' is in for a rude awakeningBy Aris Roussinos, As the political scientists Duncan Bell and Srdjan Vucetic note in a 2019 paper on the CANZUK project, sober analysis of the geographic facts underwriting trade patterns reveals “why Australian exports to Britain have for decades hovered below two percent of its total outgoing trade and why only for New Zealand would a CANZUK pact count as ‘the most important’” This, they note, partly “explains why during the Brexit campaign, the leaders of all of the CANZUK countries supported Britain remaining in the EU. More bold claims for a united CANZUK foreign policy have been offered recently by Matt Kilcoyne of the neoliberal Adam Smith Institute, who argues that “common language, common political systems, common history, common sense of purpose, translate into a sheer force of fact re-emergence of a global role that has eluded the mandarins in the Foreign Office for far too long.” Explicitly echoing the civilisation-state rhetoric of China, Russia and Turkey, Kilcoyne claims that the CANZUK nations are themselves a civilisation-state, with that civilisation being globalised capitalism. More bold claims for a united CANZUK foreign policy have been offered recently by Matt Kilcoyne of the neoliberal Adam Smith Institute, that “common language, common political systems, common history, common sense of purpose, translate into a sheer force of fact re-emergence of a global role that has eluded the mandarins in the Foreign Office for far too long.” Explicitly echoing. more from this authorCovid has exposed America as a failed stateBy Aris Roussinos. "Together, CANZUK would have the economic, diplomatic, and maybe even military power to rival the EU and possibly even China and the U.S." In the 19th century, after the Napoleonic wars, Britain distanced itself from European affairs to focus on its empire, which was the largest empire in the world, comprising roughly 25 per cent of the world. Here are four countries – Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK – which share a language (Quebec aside), head of state and legal system. Meet CANZUK. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Not personally having any beef with FOM per se, I'd say the CANZUK idea is superior as it would bring the economic benefits (which we can take or leave in any case) without imposing an unwelcome federal political/legal structure or a CANZUK travelling circus parliament that moves between Toronto and Wellington because "solidarity". , has described CANZUK as “utter bollocks” and “the nuttiest of the many nutty arguments that have emerged from the Land of Hope and Glory set now masquerading as the authentic standard-bearers of British patriotism”. Interesting but they're our cousins not our neighbours. “Our civilisation needs champions to save it from opponents and challengers abroad, but also nationalists at home,” he asserts (presumably referring to the voters who brought Johnson’s government to power), vowing that “we must defend the gains of globalisation for the whole of the world”. how can we have control if we are part of another union? Far from an Anglospheric superpower, a CANZUK along these lines would be simply a transcontinental suicide pact. As for what a united CANZUK foreign policy of confronting China would mean in practice, Kilcoyne cites the fact that “Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom joined the USA in condemning moves to shut down free and fair elections in Hong Kong this autumn”, as indeed they did; and if foreign policy were simply a question of co-signing petulant letters, no doubt CANZUK would indeed be a superpower. But as a useful thought experiment in this mooted superpower’s foreign policy, what would the CANZUK position on invading Iraq have been anyway? Where is the popular demand to rework Britain’s constitutional order around neoliberal economics? Canada is enmeshed in the greater North American trading sphere, as are we with Europe, whatever Brexiteers may wish. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Whilst many would argue that none of this is official, nor is it officially supported by any of the nations involved (altho… “A narrative of derring-do and imperial nostalgia derived from Ladybird’s Adventures From History series may make a subset of middle-aged Brexiteers go weak at the knees”. In any case, as Pearce and Kenny observe, generally speaking “the other core countries of the Anglosphere … remain indifferent to — or simply perplexed by — calls for some kind of formalised Anglosphere alliance.”. Given the vast disparity between the economic and foreign policy realities and the grand claims of the CANZUK enthusiasts, what are we to make of this sudden reflorescence of ideas first proposed, and then swiftly abandoned as unrealistic, at the height of Britain’s Edwardian golden age? And a lot of traction at that! Before the Brexit Vote in 2016, the idea was generally frowned upon, not just by the nations involved, but also the international community as a whole. Italy is not to Germany what Australia is to Britain. CANZUK would be completely different – a global club of developed nations with a similar culture and outlook, already linked into their regions, and seeking trade deals on a global scale. , though again, Australia, the UK and Canada expect to fight wars in very different environments for very different goals, so even here a degree of scepticism must enter the conversation. Yet the flaws of this argument are obvious. A more limited argument in favour of enhanced cooperation among the CANZUK nations could reasonably be made — indeed, it is a common approach of the cheerleaders to elide support for their more realistic goals with that for their grander geostrategic fantasies. We welcome applications to contribute to UnHerd – please fill out the form below including examples of your previously published work. It is gaining traction. Everything about the EU that Red Wall voters hated, this would multiply. Regarding immigration, the CANZUK countries have comparable GDP per capita and standards of living, thus ruling out one-sided migration. As always, the simple matter of geography trumps the affective bonds between far-flung kith and kin, whatever their emotional appeal. According to the World Bank's 2019 estimates, CANZUK had a smaller combined nominal GDP in 2019 than Germany & France combined, let alone the EU as a whole. The subsequent attempt to remould Britain as a European power acting in concert with its continental neighbours through the European Union was an unhappy marriage, and has ended in a rancorous divorce whose final settlement is still to be determined. But as a useful thought experiment in this mooted superpower’s foreign policy, what would the CANZUK position on invading Iraq have been anyway? Similarly, Australia’s former leader Tony Abbott has expressed support for free trade and free movement among the CANZUK nations, and again, is silent on the wider geopolitical aspects. But on the matter of defence, again the stumbling block is not the individual fellow-feeling and affection shared between the Anglo-Saxon nations but the differing foreign policy goals of CANZUK’s constituent countries. The EU is looking more toothless than ever before. Yet the example of the EU already shows us the failure of economic union without political union; and of advancing a common foreign policy among nations with different interests. beloveds, i thought brexit was about taking back control? could reasonably be made — indeed, it is a common approach of the cheerleaders to elide support for their more realistic goals with that for their grander geostrategic fantasies. Brexit, Britain's Exit from the European Union (EU) in essence is a decision for the United Kingdom (UK) to loosen ties with an EU steadfast on its way to becoming further and further centralised. Press J to jump to the feed. , though again both are silent on the wider strategic aspirations of CANZUK’s true believers. At PPP, the World Bank puts it at marginally more than Germany & Spain combined, or significantly less than either Germany & France or Germany & Italy: just under a third of the EU. The historians Michael Kenny and Nick Pearce note in, that “it is advocates of a free market, neo-liberal future for the UK who remain its most enthusiastic champions”, and that. This is a vision of Anglo-Saxon civilisation purely reducible to swashbuckling free trade on the high seas previously made only by Napoleon or Oswald Spengler at their most cynical and dismissive, though here represented as a positive trait. On the strategic level, the MP Bob Seeley, in a report for the neoconservative Henry Jackson Society thinktank, proposes “a mutual defence clause, akin to NATO’s Article 5”. Here's their website: www.canzukinternational.com, I was wondering if some people found the prospect interesting as an Alternative to EU membership? CANZUK isn't an alternative to EU membership. , only a minuscule proportion of the CANZUK nations’ trade is with each other, save New Zealand, an economic satellite of Australia. I would imagine people think if borders were open people coming over from CANZUK would be mostly descendants of the British colonists, while in fact these countries have massive cultural diversity. Neither Canada nor New Zealand took part in the war, which they strongly opposed, judging that the invasion was not in their national interests. This is a vision of Anglo-Saxon civilisation purely reducible to swashbuckling free trade on the high seas previously made only by Napoleon or Oswald Spengler at their most cynical and dismissive, though here represented as a positive trait. Instead, we are reassured, this would not be a centralising project like the hated EU; rather. Kevin Rudd, writing for The Guardian, has described CANZUK as “utter bollocks” and “the nuttiest of the many nutty arguments that have emerged from the Land of Hope and Glory set now masquerading as the authentic standard-bearers of British patriotism”. In this respect, whilst not a complete novelty, once the pre-existing agreements expand to include Canada and the U.K., they are likely to facilitate some interesting legal developments and perhaps encounter some logistical issues along the way. Our site uses cookies. “its program for a loose confederal state linking the Westminster democracies would be clearly enunciated right from the start.” Already, we see the harsh hand of reality ready to crush this initially appealing vision. Canada is enmeshed in the greater North American trading sphere, as are we with Europe, whatever Brexiteers may wish. Similarly to a CANZUK initiative, it would be unfair to criticise the European Union as a union of “white” countries, as member states are annexed under EU law providing they have positive economic and human rights records. Despite the overlap of personnel between these neoliberal ideologues and the Leave campaign, the campaign to exit the European Union consciously chose not to stand on a platform of Anglospheric neoliberalism. I posed the idea as hypothetical alternative so yes I would like the facts and figures that demonstrate how it would or wouldn't work in your mind. In a recent piece for the Wall Street Journal, the historian and Churchill biographer Andrew Roberts argued that the CANZUK nations — Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK — ought to establish “some form of federation among them” as a “second Anglospheric superpower” combining “free trade, free movement of people, a mutual defense organization and combined military capabilities” , which would “create a new global superpower and ally of the U.S., the great anchor of the Anglosphere”. Easier movement between the CANZUK nations may well be popular, though the significantly differing immigration policies of Canada, New Zealand and Australia would present a barrier, whatever the strength of fellow feeling between the mother country and the dwindling proportion of the former colonies’ citizens who claim descent from these islands. Would Australia send jets to defend the North Sea from Russian incursions? Would there be a shared tax mechanism to convert this notional $6 trillion GDP into something meaningful? Generally I think it’s a good thing but not nearly comparible to EU membership which is much much larger. How long the residual emotional pull of Britain’s political and cultural inheritance will survive the, changing demographics of the former dominions, Eager to shy away from accusations of racial discrimination in choosing Britian’s former white colonies for political union over the rest of the Commonwealth, CANZUK’s adherents seem to advance the notion that the people of Australia, Canada and New Zealand are, whatever their origin, somehow metaphysically British, like those of Hong Kong, due to their adherence to Westminster-style governance and free trade dogma. Wrapping neoliberal economic goals within a narrative of derring-do and imperial nostalgia derived from Ladybird’s. Perhaps it is for the best that they are distracted by such a fanciful project, as long as it prevents them from doing more damage to this country than their harmful economic dogma has already achieved. Maoris or Aborigines ? ”, and that “I wouldn’t want a CANZUK Human Rights court which would determine what Australia or New Zealand parliaments can legislate”, again shows the limitations of the idea’s appeal even to its own supporters. I think anyone who's finished school should quite easily understand that's not even close. On the one hand, CANZUK is a globe-spanning superpower ready to be born; on the other, it is merely a loose grouping of separate national governments, which would, like all national governments, act according to their own interests above all. Cooperation could well be considered on. The idea is lobbied by the advocacy group CANZUK International and supported by liberal think tanks such as the Adam Smith Institute, the Henry Jackson So… Director of CANZUK International Nigel is an Australian political writer and former senior analyst in the Australian Government. Instead, CANZUK will aim at somewhat replicating the Treaty of Rome which created the EU’s predecessor, the EEC. Having handed the world on a platter to China in pursuit of globalisation, we are now told to deepen globalisation to fight China. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is one of the staunchest opponents of the UK’s departure from the EU. Easier movement between the CANZUK nations may well be popular, though the significantly differing immigration policies of Canada, New Zealand and Australia would present a barrier, whatever the strength of fellow feeling between the mother country and the dwindling proportion of the former colonies’ citizens who claim descent from these islands. CANZUK could resemble the EU’s former arrangement as the European Economic Community (EEC). Australia is a great East Asian trading power, and will remain so. As always, the simple matter of geography trumps the affective bonds between far-flung kith and kin, whatever their emotional appeal. CANZUK — a theoretical new trade alliance between the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — has been described as everything from an “absurd fantasy” created by Brexiteers to a “truly modern, future-facing project” in the wake of Britain’s departure from the European Union. But this is a shaky foundation on which to build a political union. Roberts claims that “Churchill would have approved” the CANZUK scheme, but his previous attempts at viewing foreign policy through a Churchillian lens have not been successful. He claimed the union would have a combined GDP of more than £4.6 trillion. Adrift on the world stage, we are in need of good ideas. As the political scientists Duncan Bell and Srdjan Vucetic note, , sober analysis of the geographic facts underwriting trade patterns reveals “why Australian exports to Britain have for decades hovered below two percent of its total outgoing trade and why only for New Zealand would a CANZUK pact count as ‘the most important’” This, they note, partly “explains why during the Brexit campaign, the leaders of all of the CANZUK countries supported Britain remaining in the EU. As other critics have noted, only a minuscule proportion of the CANZUK nations’ trade is with each other, save New Zealand, an economic satellite of Australia. It correctly perceived that few in the Leave vote’s core areas share Kilcoyne’s perception of globalisation in which “the empirics of a world made richer, with more choice, happier, freer, more tolerant people, engaged in commerce with others right across the world would be obvious to all”. On trade, we hardly do any with them and wouldn't even if we had a closer relationship, it's not an alternative. when Iraq is successfully invaded and hundreds of weapons of mass destruction are unearthed from where they have been hidden by Saddam’s henchmen”. CANZUK is a golden opportunity for Scotland. As Pearce and Kenny note, “a neo-Thatcherite idea of Brexit, which involves stripping away tariff barriers, reducing labour market and product regulations, and trading at ‘world prices’ remains a potentially toxic position to present to a public weary of austerity, facing years of declining living standards, and increasingly jaded in the face of the economic liberalism associated with the last few decades of government.” Aware of the absolute unpopularity of their ideology with British voters, neoliberals have tweaked their offering by dressing it up in dashing Edwardian garb. After reading this bolloxy trope about Leavers I gave up. Would avowedly anti-nuclear New Zealand, an essentially pacifist state with barely any armed forces to speak of, demand a place under the UK’s nuclear umbrella, or raise an army to defend Canada’s oil exploration rights in the high Arctic? In the 1990s he wrote a civil libertarian defence of the Crown in the Westminster system, arguing against the Australian republican initiative. Would Australia send jets to defend the North Sea from Russian incursions? Support for free movement, free trade and an undefined “security coordination” among the CANZUK nations is now. But it is as a Trojan horse to smuggle in failed and wildly unpopular economic belief-systems under the banner of imperial nostalgia that CANZUK’s neoliberal fantasies will have to be rejected. Although most figures use international statistical concepts and definitions, there may be certain discrepancies in the methods used to compile the data; the reader should therefore But whether in the realm of economics or security, Canzuk is a no-brainer. “Politicians, commentators and think-tanks such as the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Adam Smith Institute, which had long-established transatlantic ties with Washington counterparts such as the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute and the American Enterprise Institute, began to publish pamphlets, speeches and blogs making the case for Brexit,” they note, which “reimagined Britain as a freewheeling, globally networked economy, striking trade deals with the USA, Canada and an expanded Asian and Australasian Anglosphere.”. When was the last time you heard anyone in Britain say “Oh dear, I feel so wretched not knowing what our role on the world stage is meant be!” Personally, I have never heard anyone express that sentiment, or indeed anything approximating to it. "Together, CANZUK would have the economic, diplomatic, and maybe even military power to rival the EU and possibly even China and the U.S." In the 19th century, after the Napoleonic wars, Britain distanced itself from European affairs to focus on its empire, which was the largest empire in the world, comprising roughly 25 per cent of the world. Eager to shy away from accusations of racial discrimination in choosing Britian’s former white colonies for political union over the rest of the Commonwealth, CANZUK’s adherents seem to advance the notion that the people of Australia, Canada and New Zealand are, whatever their origin, somehow metaphysically British, like those of Hong Kong, due to their adherence to Westminster-style governance and free trade dogma. Canzuk doesn't exist, so we can't compare any of it beyond the smaller size and much much greater distance. Opening sentence: “Since losing the empire, Britain has notoriously struggled to find a role on the world stage.” Often stated, but … is it true? Wrapping neoliberal economic goals within a narrative of derring-do and imperial nostalgia derived from Ladybird’s Adventures From History series may make a subset of middle-aged Brexiteers go weak at the knees, but a zealous adherence to free trade dogma does not make a civilisation, even if, as we are rapidly finding out, it may well break one. On the strategic level, the MP Bob Seeley, in a report for the neoconservative Henry Jackson Society thinktank. Perhaps a more useful Churchillian lesson would have been the. enhanced cooperation among the CANZUK nations. Neither Canada nor New Zealand took part in the war, which they strongly opposed, judging that the invasion was not in their national interests. The EU is an entity with 50 years of evolution, with a clear treaty based order and acquis. In any case, is there any meaningful support for CANZUK in its other mooted constituent nations? The historians Michael Kenny and Nick Pearce note in Shadows of Empire, their recent book on the Anglosphere, that “it is advocates of a free market, neo-liberal future for the UK who remain its most enthusiastic champions”, and that as the UK’s attachment to Europe soured, “the gravitational pull of the Anglosphere on the political imagination of neo-liberal Eurosceptics intensified”. CANZUK evangelists cite the Australian senator Eric Abetz as a supporter, but his explicit insistence that “this would absolutely not be a political union”, and that “I wouldn’t want a CANZUK Human Rights court which would determine what Australia or New Zealand parliaments can legislate”, again shows the limitations of the idea’s appeal even to its own supporters. That these wild dreams are even entertained by MPs of the governing party only highlights the irreconcilable tensions within the Brexit vote, and the fragility of the Conservative Party’s hold on power. This allows the potential for the UK to greatly strengthen ties and reconnect with the rest of the world. Similarly, Australia’s former leader Tony Abbott has. On the wisdom of invading Iraq, I suspect not even the objects of his adulation would agree with his previous assertions that “history will prove George Bush right”, nor that Tony Blair’s “apotheosis” will come “when Iraq is successfully invaded and hundreds of weapons of mass destruction are unearthed from where they have been hidden by Saddam’s henchmen”. The map was produced by count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, who devoted his life to European unity. for free trade and free movement among the CANZUK nations, and again, is silent on the wider geopolitical aspects. There has been much talk lately in the world of Geopolitics on the formation of one such uniting of nations: The CANZUK Agreement. A liberal approach to CANZUK departs from the belief that Canada, Australia, Britain and New Zealand have a single identity — and this is a good thing. New Zealand’s leader, Jacinda Ardern, has expressed no interest in the idea whatsoever, though her coalition partner in the rightwing populist New Zealand First party supports free trade and movement, as does the leader of New Zealand’s opposition. Will Canzuk just be FOM or will there be a single market? Australia is a great East Asian trading power, and will remain so. In February 2017, Skinner interviewed for TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin where it was emphasised that despite closer diplomatic cooperation, CANZUK International would not advocate closer political union between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom as seen within the EU, but that it would continue as a campaign "for free movement between four, independent, sovereign countries, and it will remain that way, to work together towards free trade and … It's a nice thing to have less barriers between countries but it isn't a replacement to EU in any sense. The CANZUK blogosphere asserts so, but — as is a recurring pattern here — this very much depends on which shifting definition is used. The EU is no longer an attractive option, showcasing its divisions for all the world to see. suggested readingThe return of every man for himselfBy James Barr. “Our civilisation needs champions to save it from opponents and challengers abroad, but also nationalists at home,” he asserts (presumably referring to the voters who brought Johnson’s government to power), vowing that “we must defend the gains of globalisation for the whole of the world”. If I had my way we'd have both; they aren't comparable. One cannot fault Roberts for the grandeur of his vision, even if the details of how this would actually work are left to others to fill in. Also in regards to FoM: half the UK would pack it's bags the moment such a thing came into being and I doubt the other countries would be interested in a sudden influx of Brits. The EU is an entity with 50 years of evolution, with a clear treaty based order and acquis. of Canada’s opposition Conservative party, but this is far from the federal superpower of Roberts’ imagining. TBH in an age where I can speak face to face with friends on the far side of the world, aren't the impracticalities somewhat mitigated by technology? of China, Russia and Turkey, Kilcoyne claims that the CANZUK nations are themselves a civilisation-state, with that civilisation being globalised capitalism. Mr Roberts said the alliance would be the fourth-largest economy in the world, ranking behind the US, China and the EU. Erin O’Toole, Leader of the Opposition in Canada, proposed ideas like free trade, visa-free flow of people, and intelligence cooperation across the bloc. How long the residual emotional pull of Britain’s political and cultural inheritance will survive the changing demographics of the former dominions is an open question. By totting up the different GDP figures of the various CANZUK nations, Roberts claims that his proposed Empire 2.0 “would have a combined GDP of more than $6 trillion, placing it behind only the U.S., China and the EU,” while “with a combined defense expenditure of over $100 billion, it would also be able to punch above its weight”. They do not see the huge benefits professed by CANZUKers.”. On the wisdom of invading Iraq, I suspect not even the objects of his adulation would agree with his previous assertions that “. Trade with the EU isn't going to end, canzuk isn't a replacement in that regard, although it would bring different opportunities for british people and business. , proposes “a mutual defence clause, akin to NATO’s Article 5”. ; This is what the group is proposing http://www.canzukinternational.com/our-mission, Free trade FoM Closer Political and FP cooperation. Australia doesn’t collect official statistics on race, but it’s estimated to be around 24% non-white. On free movement I would support that regardless, it's not an either/or. Whilst the organization is merely a theoretical one, with nothing set in stone as of yet. Fed up with it tbh. As long as the Antipodean and Canadian equivalents of Daniel Hannan or the other neoconservative and neoliberal occupants of the wilder fringes of British conservatism are in power, then the idea may seem viable, “but such alignments are ephemeral”. Initial attempts to piggyback on the power of our successor as global hegemon, the United States, by acting as a guiding force — a Greece to America’s Rome, in Harold Macmillan’s phrase — faltered due to the total absence of interest ever shown in this arrangement by any American administration. as the UK’s attachment to Europe soured, “the gravitational pull of the Anglosphere on the political imagination of neo-liberal Eurosceptics intensified”. The Scottish National Party leader complains vociferously about Scotland being taken out the EU against its will. New Zealand’s leader, Jacinda Ardern, has expressed no interest in the idea whatsoever, though her coalition partner in the rightwing populist New Zealand First party supports free trade and movement, as does the leader of New Zealand’s opposition New Zealand National party, though again both are silent on the wider strategic aspirations of CANZUK’s true believers.
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