Global Britain or divided kingdom?: the United Kingdom’s foreign policy role post-Brexit and after the wars in Ukraine and GazaMölle, Dorothee (Avtor) Bojinović Fenko, Ana (Mentor) Brexitdevolved nationsforeign policynarrative analysisrole theoryBrexit and its impacts have been discussed by scholars of International Relations in many aspects, especially concerning the British identity and the change of Britain’s place in the world. The Tories had promised a new era of Global Britain but it seems that domestically there is rather growing division on the United Kingdom’s (UK) place in the world. This Master’s Thesis applies Role Theory as introduced by Holsti in order to analyse the UK’s foreign policy roles after Brexit. Using the method of narrative analysis the following research question is answered: How do external, structural conditions and domestic expectations shape the UK’s foreign policy role(s) post-Brexit? In including both outside-prescriptions by the US and the EU as well as the UK’s own self-perceptions, the Agent-Structure problem of Foreign Policy is tackled from a new perspective within Role Theory in empirical cases of UL’s positioning after three external shocks, i.e. Brexit, wars in Ukraine and in Gaza. The analysis finds that there are mismatches between external prescriptions of UK’s role and Westminster’s own conceptions. In terms of domestic contestation, it becomes clear that the devolved nations are divided over the handling of Brexit but come together after the external factor of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A third shock to the system – the war in Gaza – again causes contestation. The devolved nations speak with one voice to counter Westminster’s stance on foreign policy. These findings offer a comprehensive picture of the UK’s foreign policy roles after Brexit to answer the questions whether it is indeed a Global Britain or rather a Divided Kingdom.D. Mölle20252025-09-06 07:30:27Magistrsko delo/naloga172117UDK: 327(410)(043.2)VisID: 179222COBISS_ID: 253646339sl