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UK Prime Minister: Time for Allies to Step Up and Stop Outsourcing Their Security to the US

New Atlanticist
Jul 16, 2025

Reading between the lines of the new France-UK nuclear entente

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French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Kier Starmer released a “truly historic” declaration on nuclear planning on July 10.

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UK Prime Minister: Time for Allies to Step Up and Stop Outsourcing Their Security to the US

New Atlanticist
May 27, 2025

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

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Peter Mandelson

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 Prime Minister: Time for Allies to Step Up and Stop Outsourcing Their Security to the US

New Atlanticist
Jan 27, 2025

The case for a US-UK trade and investment agreement

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L. Daniel Mullaney

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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The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson on Britain in an enduring transatlantic relationship

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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NATOSource

Feb 8, 2017

UK Prime Minister: Time for Allies to Step Up and Stop Outsourcing Their Security to the US

By Theresa May, Spectator

For more than two centuries, the very idea of America – drawn from history and given written form in a small hall not far from here – has lit up the world….

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In the News

Jan 27, 2017

Dale Quoted by BBC on President Trump’s View of Britain and the EU

By Reginald Dale

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In the News

Jan 27, 2017

Castello-Catchot Quoted by El Pais on Teresa May’s Meeting with Trump:

By Carles Castelló-Catchot

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New Atlanticist

Jan 26, 2017

Can Trump’s Anti-EU Rhetoric Unite Europe?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator, sees a silver lining While US President Donald Trump’s predictions that other member states, besides the United Kingdom, will desert the European Union (EU) are unhelpful, they serve as a wake-up call for the EU to set its house in order, according to a senior European official. […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 25, 2017

Trump to Meet British Prime Minister May. Here’s What You Should Know.

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Interview with Sir Peter Westmacott, distinguished ambassadorial fellow at the Atlantic Council US President Donald Trump will meet British Prime Minister Theresa May—his first meeting with a head of state or government since his inauguration on January 20—at the White House on January 27. Sir Peter Westmacott, distinguished ambassadorial fellow at the Atlantic Council who […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 17, 2017

Transatlantic Relationship Forecast: Stormy Weather Ahead

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The transatlantic relationship is in for a rough ride over the course of Donald Trump’s presidency simply because there is no “correcting mechanism” among the incoming cabinet to counter the next US president’s rhetoric on the European Union, according to an Atlantic Council analyst. In an interview with the Times of London and Germany’s Bild […]

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In the News

Jan 8, 2017

Nordenman Quoted by Defense News on the Emerging Alliance between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway

By Magnus Nordenman

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NATOSource

Jan 5, 2017

10 Most Popular NATO Stories of 2016

By Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource

2016 was full of major developments in European security. Moscow’s campaign against the Western democracies went beyond the DNC hack and interference in the US elections.

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In the News

Jan 4, 2017

Hellyer in The National: The Separation of Church and State Isn’t Always Clean

By H.A. Hellyer

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MENASource

Dec 19, 2016

The Future of EU-Turkey Relations

By Tancrède Fulconis and Aaron Stein

Turkish-European relations have declined considerably in recent years, with little progress made on the accession of Turkey to the European Union (EU) since formal negotiations began in 2005. Turkey’s actions following the failed July coup attempt and the rise of right-wing nationalist populism in the west further damaged any prospects of improving relations. The matter […]

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