Enduring Crown Commonwealth

Michael J. Smith is a senior civil servant and a former Royal Canadian Navy officer. He is Vice-Chair of the Queen Elizabeth II Statue Project working to install a dignified statue of Canada's beloved former head of state on the grounds of the Ontario Provincial Parliament in commemoration of the Platinum Jubilee. Smith, who personally spearheaded the successful effort to restore the historic titles Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force to the country's naval and air forces, is on the board of the Royal Military Colleges Museum Corporation and is based in the Toronto area.Stephen Klimczuk-Massion is a corporate and geopolitical strategist, scenario planner, former Oxford fellow, and current advisory board member of CANZUK International. He served as a principal of one of the world's largest management consultancies, and head of its CEO think tank. A Harvard MBA, he has also been head of strategy for late billionaire investor Sir John Templeton's main private foundation. Klimczuk-Massion has been the recipient of several Queen's appointments and honours and is based in the Vancouver area.

In this timely and insightful study, the authors explain how, after Brexit, Britain began to aggressively look for new alliance partners and establish special bonds with three English-speaking states: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These countries have more in common with one another than most other groups of countries do. Together, they constitute a significant bloc and could help strengthen not only the Commonwealth but also their American and European allies. The book provides an inspiring vision for a future where the strong ties between these Commonwealth states—including a common language, history, culture, and political systems—and concrete steps toward reestablishing cooperation will increase mutual benefits. This "CANZUK" alliance is reconverging on issues of trade, defense, foreign policy, freedom of movement, and other areas. Despite the many comprehensive trade deals struck between them, several things could still derail the reconvergence, including a possible breakup of the UK itself in the event of Scottish independence. However, their common history, tradition, culture, language, and political systems should quickly resolve any emerging hurdles. Their commonalities will prove much stronger than their differences. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.

• Foreword AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: The Enduring Crown & Commonwealth RealmsPART I. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CROWN COMMONWEALTHPrelude: Royal Salute at the Queen’s EnemiesA New Elizabethan Age?: The Storied 1950s “Indian Summer” of the Crown CommonwealthYou Say You Want a Revolution: Diverging Realms: The Upheavals and Realignments of the 1960s and 1970s and Their ImpactAttempts to “Finish the Job”: Efforts to Suppress or Phase Out and End the Monarchy in an Age of Neglect and Assertive NationalismPART II. THE ROYAL SUN RISES AGAIN: RESTORATION, REVIVAL AND RECONVERGENCEDemise of the “Chardonnay Republicans”: Coming to Terms with Wrecked Hopes and Dreams Down UnderCanada Comes Back to the Crown: Revitalising the Maple Crown—“Loyal She Began, Loyal She Remains”Britain Returns to the Commonwealth (Or, At Any Rate, the World): Rediscovering “Global Britain” in the Post-Brexit United KingdomPART III. LONG TO REIGN OVER US?CANZUK Rising: Strategic Cousins in a Multi-Polar World: From Post-Imperial Club to Potent International AllianceEmbracing the Paradox: Billions Mourn the Queen, yet the Monarchy is Considered Anachronistic?The Commonwealth Under Charles III: A Stirring Start to the Reign of King Charles, but Enormous Challenges Lay AheadConclusion: The Stone of Destiny: Will the Hereditary Principle Durably Last for Non-Residential Monarchies? AfterwordBibliographyIndexAbout the Authors