Britain wants to expand its influence among democratic nations in the Indo-Pacific region while preserving strong ties with the United States, a document laying out the country's post-Brexit foreign policy priorities will say on Tuesday.
Putting Britain at odds with China, the biggest review of British foreign and defense policy since the end of the Cold War three decades ago will set out how Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to be at the forefront of a reinvigorated, rules-based international order based on cooperation and free trade.
Calling the Indo-Pacific "increasingly the geopolitical center of the world," the government highlighted a British aircraft carrier deployment to the region and announced a previously postponed visit to India will go ahead in April.