by Robert F. Kennedy » Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:56 pm
Foreign Secretary announces end of the "Open and Global Luthori" doctrine and new doctrine for Luthori.
The Foreign Secretary announced that Luthori was "to be given a new doctrine, for a new century", after years of fighting for a new doctrine more aligned with Luthori's current position within the diplomatic chessboard.
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Fort WIlliam, Principality of Orange, Luthori - Foreign Secretary Maximillian Bates has announced "a change" in the direction of current foreign policy put in place by the Imperial Government at Alchester University's annual meeting. The current foreign policy, determined by the "Open and Global Luthori" Doctrine, which was adopted during the Reynolds Ministry, and which turned its back on the "Reynolds Doctrine", which advocated caution in diplomatic affairs and present pragmatism in foreign policy, towards a policy considered at the time to be "more open" towards other nations, after criticism abroad on the conduct of Luthorian foreign policy, considered to be too "imperialist", since the The adoption of this policy, which was seen as a defeat by many hardliners within the Constitutional Democratic Union, at least within the Monday Club, probably helped in the defeat of John A. Reynolds, the incumbent Prime Minister facing Emily Harrington, who highlighted this "humiliation" in terms of foreign policy during her campaign, even if after her victory, she did not change the policy, to the great dismay of the hardliners who brought her to power . Over the past 80 years, successors to the post of Foreign Secretary have followed the policy established under Reynolds, continuing efforts to integrate Luthori into the global diplomatic system by developing the system of alliances between Luthori and various nations and deepen relations between certain nations and the Empire through joint military programs and economic agreements aimed at linking economies more deeply together, in bilateral agreements or within the framework of intergovernmental organizations, such as the Commonwealth.
But, today, something has to change, in fact, since the beginning of the century, Luthori has seen its internal and external policy being dramatically changed. Its domestic politics have become less unstable, especially with the new victory of the Constitutional Democratic Union in the last elections, granting them an absolute majority and absolute control of Parliament. The hardliners who were rejected and kept from the Foreign Ministry thanks to the total control of the National Liberals within this key ministry, meant that the much criticized doctrine of "Open and Global Luthori" was able to remain in place for decades, but with the appointment of Maximillan Bates to the coveted post of Foreign Secretary, this position was sure to change. Firstly, external policy quickly changed in Artania with the collapse of the Hosian-Conservative Alliance (Dundorfian: Hosian-Konservativ Allianz (HKA)), which plunged Dorvik, already for several years, isolated within the diplomatic scene and in a position of withdrawal for several decades, in an internal instability which does not give it any scope to intervene in Artania, therefore because of this instability, the radius of action moved from Haldor to Fort William, who appears as Dorvik's natural successor in these uncertain times, as other powers try to gain influence with the expectation of "weakness" on the part of the Kingdom of Dorvik. The recent crisis in Ikradon has shown that the Artanian Continent is far from stable and to adapt to the "new world" as the Foreign Secretary called it, he announced a new foreign policy, already named the "Bates Doctrine" or "Bates' Formula", this doctrine does not change from the last doctrine by calling for securing more links with the nations of the world through bilateral economic agreements or within a common organization, and military agreements more frequent between nations, with the organization of military exercises, but also called on Luthori to implement a policy of "protection" of the "Security Zone" of the Empire, and those by all means, whether economic or military, with a view to protecting the stability of the continent, this doctrine is also noted as being more pragmatic, wanting to protect Luthorian interests and those of its allies first in all conflicts, even if the emphasis is carried on the first.