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UK’s Cameron announces military austerity plan

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British ambassador to the US: The UK must ‘become less dependent on America, while remaining inseparably linked’

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In speaking at the Atlantic Council’s 2025 Christopher J. Makins Lecture, Peter Mandelson outlined how the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe can foster peace through military, economic, and technological strength.

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UK’s Cameron announces military austerity plan

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May 15, 2025

Can the EU-UK summit lead to a new post-Brexit partnership?

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With shared challenges at home and abroad, the United Kingdom and European Union have an opportunity to renew their trade and security ties.

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UK’s Cameron announces military austerity plan

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Jan 27, 2025

The case for a US-UK trade and investment agreement

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As US President Donald Trump begins his second term, the United Kingdom is the right partner for the United States, and now is the right time for a deal.

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British Ambassador to the United States The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson speaks at the 2025 Christopher J. Makins lecture to discuss the significance of the transatlantic relationship during this unprecedented geopolitical period.

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Oct 19, 2010

UK’s Cameron announces military austerity plan

By David Stringer, the AP

From David Stringer, the AP:  Britain will lose thousands of troops, slash weapons programs and likely delay a major project to upgrade its nuclear-armed submarine fleet following a once-in-a-decade defense review being published Tuesday

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Oct 18, 2010

International commission starts to investigate Kyrgyz interethnic clashes

By Interfax

From Interfax:  An international commission has started to investigate interethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan, which killed over 400 people in June 2010. The commission aims to find out the causes of the outbreak of violence, commission head, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative for Central Asia Kimmo Kiljunen said at […]

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Oct 16, 2010

British Intell Chief: “Cyberspace is contested every day, every hour, every minute, very second.”

By the International Institute for Strategic Studies

From the International Institute for Strategic Studies:  On 12 October 2010 Iain Lobban, Director of the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) urged greater awareness of the threats posed by cyber attacks in a speech at the IISS in London.

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Oct 15, 2010

Anglo-French defense co-operation

By the Economist

From the Economist:  Mr Cameron and Mr Sarkozy are determined to use next month’s summit to give new momentum to Anglo-French defence relations.

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Oct 15, 2010

Hillary Clinton’s warning to Britain over cuts in defence budget

By James Kirkup, the Telegraph

From James Kirkup, the Telegraph:  Barack Obama’s government has delivered a stark public warning against major cuts in the British defence budget, suggesting that they would undermine Nato and strain the Special Relationship.

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Oct 14, 2010

Ahead of NATO talks, Gates warns on defense cuts

By Phil Stewart, Reuters

From Phil Stewart, Reuters: U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said ahead of talks with NATO allies Thursday that he was concerned by defence spending cuts in Europe that threatened to put more pressure on an increasingly stretched U.S. military.

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Oct 9, 2010

Nato chief backs defence deal between Britain and France

By Ian Traynor, the Guardian

From Ian Traynor, the Guardian:  Anders Fogh Rasmussen threw his support behind suggestions that London and Paris were exploring a radical departure in defence policy, in seeking a deal under which French engineers maintain British nuclear warheads.

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Oct 9, 2010

France and Britain discussing nuclear cooperation

By James Blitz and Ben Hall, the Financial Times

From James Blitz and Ben Hall, the Financial Times:  An agreement being negotiated by the UK and France would see British nuclear warheads serviced by French scientists and break with half a century in which neither country has collaborated on its independent deterrent. Ahead of a summit in three weeks, the governments are close to […]

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Oct 7, 2010

Hague: British defense budget will fall below NATO minimum

By James Kirkup, the Telegraph

From James Kirkup, the Telegraph:  Britain’s defence budget is likely to fall below the Nato minimum as a result of spending cuts, budget will fall below Nato minimum has admitted. It could be less than 2 per cent of gross domestic product, the minimum that alliance members are asked to spend on their militaries, the […]

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Oct 6, 2010

Pentagon: The global cyberwar is just beginning

By Anna Mulrine, the Christian Science Monitor

From Anna Mulrine, the Christian Science Monitor:  The Pentagon is rapidly preparing for cyberwar in the face of alarming and growing threats, say senior defense officials, who add that sophisticated attacks have prompted them to take the striking step of investigating the feasibility of expanding NATO’s collective defense tenet to include cyberspace.

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