This week the Chancellor is due to freeze defence spending for the next two to three years, as the Prime Minister avoids directly confirming this, by reassuring reporters that the UK is still the second highest defence spender in NATO. This fact, however, is very likely to change considerably over the next two years – […]
Since leaving the EU, the United Kingdom has been confidently and assiduously seeking new partnership all over the world, including in the Middle East. As Anne-Elisabeth Moutet noted on CapX recently, September’s meeting in London between Boris Johnson and Abu Dhabi’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed, underlined the particular importance of British […]
The Government’s long-awaited Integrated Review is finally upon us. The first of various documents to be released this week is ‘Global Britain in a Competitive Age’, which aims to clarify some of the key threats to our national security and set out post-Brexit Britain’s role in the world. There are four key themes here: the […]
How should the British Government respond to the coup in Myanmar? Both the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary have condemned the military’s seizure of power from a civilian government holding a democratic mandate. The immediate priority for the UK government will be rightly ensuring the safety of UK citizens in the country. Once this […]
European defence is approaching something of a paradox – high on ambition, low on capability. As the recent antagonisms in the Persian Gulf give way to a renewed flurry of diplomacy, all eyes are on the French resort town of Biarritz where G7 leaders have their annual summit this weekend. Discussions on defence and security […]
