Someone Else's EmpireSomeone Else's Empire coolly reassesses Britain's relationship with the United States. Elite descriptions of Britain's position in the world, such as 'punching above our weight', are untenable, Tom Stevenson argues. Yet there is a refusal, in most parts of society, to examine the assumptions behind them. Half a century after British withdrawal from 'east of Suez', why has the Indo Pacific tilt become a Whitehall priority? Why are newly opened Persian