ScotIndyPod 35-Humanitarian Intervention

One of the major reasons the UK state does not want Scotland to leave, though it is not often spelled out in this way, is that the UK's ability to project its power worldwide would diminish. There are so many assumptions wrapped up in this idea that it is sometimes hard to know where to begin unpicking them. In what way is this power projected, and to what end? Why is it automatically considered by many, and usually by the media, that the UK is using this power for good? Those are good quest...