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Through an analysis of diplomatic relations between the two old allies in a critical period of the 20th century the author seeks to understand the resilience of the Portuguese Estado Novo in an Europe to which World War II had brought drastic change. Such changes were not sufficient to sway a regime that, having managed to remain removed from the conflict, now worked to appear as a lesser evil in a Europe in turmoil. The approach to the Allies made in the final phase of the war on the basis of the historical ties binding the country to Great Britain, paved the way for a new phase in the relations with the U.S.A., which would materialize with the invitation for Portugal to join the Atlantic Alliance. Adapted from the source document.

Tony Blair transformed radically the United Kingdom in different policy areas. However, the changes brought by Blair between 1997 & 2007 represent a deviation from social democratic values. This argument will be demonstrated with an analysis of New Labour's economic, social, constitutional foreign policies. Adapted from the source document.

Examines relations with the US and Great Britain in 1961, when a conspiracy was organized by the military against the government, a war began in Angola, and the colonial state of Goa in India was lost; Portugal. Partially based on 19 US Department of State documents reproduced in this issue, p. 163-216.

This is a discussion of the recent French rejection of the proposed European constitution, looking at the reasons some of the French voted in favor of it & others against it. The motives of the French middle class are assessed, with the conclusion that a nervousness about unemployment led these French voters to opt for protectionism rather than the constitution. The effects of the French vote are also analyzed, both in terms of domestic & European politics. Domestically, the negative vote meant political trouble for President Jacques Chirac, while internationally, the negative vote isolated France to a certain extent within the EU, though France continues to hold a central political & economic position within Europe. The article concludes with some thoughts on the effects of the vote on France's relations with the current British government of Tony Blair. R. Young