Jones,Nathan

An explanation of the processes leading to the adoption of a pro-US foreign policy by José María Aznar and Tony Blair from a comparative perspective.

My research centres on identifying a series of shared salient factors which, taken together, form processes that explain the adoption of a pro-US foreign policy, particularly regarding the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq, by the former Spanish Prime Minister, José María Aznar, and former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. 

The investigation will focus on three time periods, punctuated by the critical junctures of 11th September and the war in Iraq, in order to show how the two leaders progressed along the path towards the adoption of a pro-US foreign policy, due to the influence and significance of the aforementioned factors over the three periods.

Research Supervisors

Professor Paul Heywood and Professor Steven Fielding

Primary Funding Source

Self funded 

Centre

Centre for the Study of European Governance (CSEG)

Research Interests

• Spanish foreign policy under the Aznar and Zapatero governments
• the foreign policy of Tony Blair
• the impact of the foreign policy of Aznar and Blair on the relations of their respective countries with other EU states
•  the foreign policy of the EU