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THE OFFICIAL BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY OUTLOOK HAS CHANGED, HOWEVER, SINCE THE COLONIAL GIVE-AWAY YEARS OF THE 1970S AND EARLY 1980S. THERE IS NOW A MORE SELFCONFIDENT EDGE TO BRITAIN'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 5TH AIRBORNE BRIGADE FOR OUT-OF-NATO-AREA OPERATIONS AN EFFECTIVE MILITARY MEANS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY MEANS OF WHICH THE TERRITORIES CAN BE DEFENDED AGAINST EXTERNAL ATTACK. THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT IS UNRUFFLED BY HOSTILE INTERNATIONAL OPINION AND LARGELY UNCONCERNED AT BRITAIN'S LEVEL OF POPULARITY AT THE UNITED NATIONS. FURTHERMORE, THE PREVAILING INTELLECTUAL WIND AGAINST RESIDUAL COLONIES HAS WANED TO A ZEPHYR. THE UN HAS COME TO REALIZE THE DIFFICULTIES POSED BY THE SMALL STATES. ALTHOUGH BRITAIN'S REMAINING POSSESSIONS CERTAINLY PREDOMINATE IN THE UN'S LIST OF 18 COLONIAL TERRITORIES THE RHETORIC OF ANTIIMPERIALISM HAS BECOME RATHER PASSE.