Brexit UK should aim to be a global broker, not a great power, says report

Chatham House director general says UK must not seek to be rival to EU on foreign policy

Britain will fail if it seeks to reincarnate itself after Brexit as a mini-great power, and should focus instead on being a global broker for solutions to specific challenges such as climate change, cybersecurity, global health and human rights, a major report has proposed.

The report by Robin Niblett, the director general of Britain's leading foreign policy thinktank Chatham House, coincides with the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the UN general assembly in London.