Jeremy Corbyn is "simply not up to the job" of being prime minister and a Labour government would result in economic chaos, Theresa May has said.
Speaking at Chatham House in London, Mr Corbyn said: "I see it as the next Labour Government's task, as my task, to make the case for Britain to advance a security and foreign policy with integrity and human rights at its core".
"That is our first duty and to achieve it I know we would have to work with other countries to solve problems, diffuse tensions and build collective security".
However, he also says the "bomb first, talk later" tactics of the "war on terror" have failed and Britain's national interest is best served by pursuing peaceful solutions to conflicts around the world.
Corbyn, a longtime anti-war activist who opposed the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, used a speech at the global affairs think tank Chatham House to outline his vision for defense and foreign policy.
Mr Corbyn criticised Theresa May for "pandering" to Donald Trump during her visit to Washington earlier this year and said there would be no "hand-holding" with the US President if he won power.
British voters head to the polls for a general election on June 8.
Last month, Mr Johnson signalled the United Kingdom could join any U.S. military action against Syria without parliamentary approval and when questioned by reporters on Friday he said he stuck by those comments.
"A Labour government will conduct a robust and independent foreign policy made in Britain".
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Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn sought to defuse Tory claims that he was weak on defence and security policy by insisting he was "not a pacifist".
Recent U.K. governments, both Conservative and Labour, have joined US -led military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and against the Islamic State group in Syria.
"I accept that military action, under worldwide law and as a genuine last resort, is in some circumstances necessary".
"I am often asked if as prime minister I would order the use of nuclear weapons".
" If circumstances arose where that was a real option, it would represent complete and cataclysmic failure. In fact, many would say, just the opposite", he said. It would mean world leaders had already triggered a spiral of catastrophe for humankind.
Mr Corbyn said Labour would retain the commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation target of spending 2% of GDP on defence, and strongly criticised the Conservatives' record on the armed forces.
Unsurprisingly, the Tories say that it all shows Mr Corbyn can not be trusted with the nation's defences - accusing him of undermining Trident and dithering over IS while tying the hands of Britain's intelligence services.
Defence was the word of the day with Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson dismissing Jeremy Corbyn as "a guy who has campaigned all his life to weaken the UK's defences".
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