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Falklands Victory 30th Anniversary Offers Lessons For Today’s Britain

New Atlanticist
Sep 19, 2025

Three things to note in the UK’s new Defence Industrial Strategy

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Deborah Cheverton

“Defence is an Engine for Growth,” according to an important new British military strategy published on September 8.

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Falklands Victory 30th Anniversary Offers Lessons For Today’s Britain

New Atlanticist
Jul 17, 2025

Macron and Starmer have a plan to reset Anglo-French relations. What’s in this ‘Entente Industrielle’?

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Philippe Dickinson

The French president’s three-day trip to the United Kingdom saw several notable and welcome announcements. But the real test will be what comes next.

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France

Falklands Victory 30th Anniversary Offers Lessons For Today’s Britain

New Atlanticist
Jun 4, 2025

The UK Strategic Defence Review lays out an ambitious roadmap for reform. Will the government deliver?

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AM Sir Christopher Harper, KBE, RAF (Ret.)

The review is a positive step toward revitalizing the United Kingdom’s defense posture, but its success will depend on funding and follow-through.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 6, 2012

Falklands Victory 30th Anniversary Offers Lessons For Today’s Britain

By Julian Lindley-French

“Be pleased to inform Her Majesty that the Union Jack once again flies over Stanley. God save the Queen.”

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New Atlanticist

Apr 2, 2012

Joint Strike Fighter II: The Best is the Enemy of the Good?

By Julian Lindley-French

Today is the thirtieth anniversary of the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falklands about which I will say more later in the week. Last week I wrote a piece about the spiraling out of control costs of the ‘Fifth Generation’ F-35 Lightning II all-singing, all-dancing multirole combat aircraft.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Apr 2, 2012

Experts suspect cyberattacks have taken major Al Qaeda websites offline

By Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick, the Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick, the Washington Post:  Al-Qaeda’s main Web forums have been offline for the past 11 days in what experts say is the longest sustained outage of the sites since they began operating eight years ago.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 30, 2012

Bradford: The Coming Crisis of European Democracy

By Julian Lindley-French

A political earthquake took place last night in the city of Bradford, in my home county of Yorkshire, that is relevant not only to Britain but could well signal a coming crisis of European democracy – the revolt of the people against the professional political caste. The defeat of the long-incumbent Labour Party by George […]

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Event Recap

Mar 26, 2012

A Private Roundtable Briefing with Commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command, Sir Stuart Peach

By Adrienne Chuck

On Monday, March 26, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative hosted a private briefing with Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, Commander of the new UK Joint Forces Command, who will officially begin his post on April 1, 2012.

Cybersecurity
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New Atlanticist

Mar 26, 2012

Joint Strike Fighter: How Not to Build an Aircraft

By Julian Lindley-French

F-35 Lightning II is a name to conjure with. Otherwise known as Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) ten countries are collaborating under US leadership to build a fifth generation multirole fighter that can apparently do everything and not be seen doing it – whatever it is it does. Last week BaE systems announced the opening of […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Mar 22, 2012

Hands Across the Pond

By Andrew Wilson, the New Atlanticist

From Andrew Wilson, the New Atlanticist:  Both Cameron and Obama, therefore, need friends; and friendship was, indeed, what the official visit was designed to project.

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United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 22, 2012

Europe’s lack of key defense capabilities raises doubts about NATO’s future

By Andrew Exum, World Politics Review

From Andrew Exum, World Politics Review:  Many Poles now worry the NATO alliance is but a shadow of its former self and wonder whether it can be counted upon for support in the future.

United Kingdom
United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Mar 22, 2012

Hands Across the Pond

By Andrew Wilson

To his base on the right, it was yet another slam-dunk for David Cameron. The British Prime Minister, fresh from delivering a black eye to those presumptuous Europeans, received the royal treatment in the United States last week, with an unprecedented trip on Air Force One, redcoats marching on the White House lawn and even—here […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Mar 22, 2012

Let’s Stop Exaggerating the Special Relationship With Britain

By Sarwar Kashmeri

In their joint March 12, 2012, Washington Post op-ed British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama write: “As leading world economies, we … stand with our European friends as they resolve their debt crisis…”

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