All three counterfactuals retain the naval treaty system Britain accepted historically. The economic and security approaches remain treaty compliant, while the selective approach interprets the treaty wording as favourably as possible for British purposes. Some proposals expand policies Britain already followed in particular places. Comparing these approaches raises the question of which combination best describes Britain's actual policy.
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Three ways Britain could work within the naval treaties
The alternatives compare economic priorities, security priorities, and selective interpretations of naval treaty wording.