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Allies Worried About Britain’s Drift From Global Stage

New Atlanticist
Sep 19, 2025

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

By
Deborah Cheverton

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

Defense Industry
Defense Policy

Allies Worried About Britain’s Drift From Global Stage

New Atlanticist
Jul 17, 2025

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

By
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.

Defense Industry
France

Allies Worried About Britain’s Drift From Global Stage

New Atlanticist
Jun 4, 2025

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

By
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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Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama, Sept. 4, 2014

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Apr 28, 2015

Allies Worried About Britain’s Drift From Global Stage

By Steven Erlanger, New York Times

Its military reach has diminished. It has played little role in confronting Russia over Ukraine and strictly limited its response to crises in the Middle East and Africa.

NATO
Security & Defense
British Apache helicopter at RAF Fairford, July 13, 2014

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Mar 25, 2015

Parliament Report: World is More Dangerous and British Defense Strategy is ‘No Longer Adequate’

By Defense Committee, UK House of Commons

The world is more dangerous and unstable than at any time since the end of the Cold War. Is the UK ready to respond?

NATO
Security & Defense
Prime Minister David Cameron visits British Troops in Afghanistan, June 11, 2010

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Mar 11, 2015

UK Looks to Pad Defense Spending Data

By Elizabeth Rigby and Sam Jones, Financial Times

David Cameron has asked ministers to investigate if the intelligence agencies budget can be counted as “defence spending”, as Downing Street eyes creative accountancy to head off US criticism of military spending.

Intelligence
NATO
Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber as it approached UK airspace last year

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Mar 5, 2015

Russian Bombers Disrupted Civilian Planes in Irish Airspace

By AFP

One plane was diverted and another delayed to avoid two Russian bombers that flew through Irish-controlled airspace

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United Kingdom
Commander of US Army in Europe, Gen. Ben Hodges, Nov. 5, 2014

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Mar 4, 2015

Putin Wants to Destroy NATO, Says US General Ben Hodges

By Justin Huggler, Telegraph

The commander of the US army in Europe has spoken out in support of the military relationship with Britain, amid concerns it could be damaged by defence cuts.

Germany
NATO
Former head of UK Secret Intelligence Service John Sawers, April 13, 2009

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Mar 3, 2015

Former Chief of Intell Service: UK Needs More Defense Spending to Deal with New Threats

By BBC

Sir John Sawers, who recently retired after five years as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that Russia poses a “state to state threat.”

Intelligence
Russia
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK PM David Cameron, & President Barack Obama, June 25, 2009

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Feb 27, 2015

NATO Defense Spending Promises Largely Ignored

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Only two of Nato’s six biggest defence spenders — the US and France — will fulfil a pledge to protect military budgets made at the alliance’s summit five months ago.

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Germany
Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama, Sept. 4, 2014

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Feb 26, 2015

Report: Six European Members of NATO Will Cut Defense Spending and Break Agreement Made at Wales Summit

By Denitsa Raynova & Ian Kearns, ELN

Preliminary reports from fourteen countries examined for fiscal year 2015 suggest that only one (Estonia) will spend 2% of GDP on defence.

Germany
Hungary
British Defense Minister Michael Fallon, Aug. 16, 2014

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Feb 19, 2015

Putin Will Target Baltic Republics Next, UK Defense Minister Warns

By Ben Farmer, Telegraph

There is a “real and present danger” that Vladimir Putin will launch a campaign of undercover attacks to destabilise the Baltic states on Nato’s eastern flank, the Defence Secretary has warned.

NATO
Northern Europe
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and British Prime Minister David Cameron, Sept. 4, 2014

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Feb 17, 2015

David Cameron Will Encourage Britain’s Enemies If He Cuts Defense Spending, Warn Former NATO Chiefs

By Ben Riley-Smith, Telegraph

David Cameron will embolden Vladimir Putin and Islamic terrorists if he reneges on a commitment to spend two per cent of GDP on defence, two former Nato heads have warned.

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