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Ullman: The X-Gen Men at 1600 and Number 10

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

Ullman: The X-Gen Men at 1600 and Number 10

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

Ullman: The X-Gen Men at 1600 and Number 10

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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Jul 22, 2014

Ullman: The X-Gen Men at 1600 and Number 10

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for UPI on similarities between President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron: 

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Jul 17, 2014

Hansen: You are Not an Island, David Cameron

By Ian Hansen

Atlantic Council Program Assistant Ian Hansen writes for EurActive on why Prime Minister David Cameron must begin to demonstrate a long-term vision for the United Kingdom’s role in Europe that resists myopic domestic pressures:

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen presents the new NATO Strategic Concept to the media, Nov. 19, 2010

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Jul 14, 2014

NATO Leaders Prepare Response to Russia’s Information Warfare

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Nato has been shaken by the effectiveness of Russia’s online information war during the Ukraine conflict and is now looking for ways to counter the country’s aggressive propaganda campaigns

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General Sir Richard Shirreff (ret.), Feb. 18, 2014

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Jul 10, 2014

Former NATO Military Leader Calls for Permanent Basing of NATO Troops in the Baltics

By Steven Swinford, Telegraph

[O]ne of Britain’s most senior generals said that British troops should be permanently stationed in the Baltic States as part of a Nato task force to deter an invasion by Russia.

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Northern Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk

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Jun 17, 2014

Putin Has Exposed Divisions in Europe

By Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal

To the east Russia is on the march. After a spike in violence over the weekend in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin on Monday cut gas exports to the country, using an economic cudgel to go with the military one.

Central Europe
France

Webcasts

Jun 9, 2014

The Rt. Honorable David Lidington: The Ukraine Crisis and NATO as We Move Toward the Fall Summit

UPDATE: The Atlantic Council regrets that a change in Mr. Lidington’s schedule has made it necessary to cancel this event. As a result, we will be unable to offer the webcast described below. Please join us on June 18 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for conversation with The Hon. David Lidington, UK Minister of […]

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In the News

Jun 5, 2014

Brattberg: Britain Outside Europe? The Swedish View

By Erik Brattberg

IP Journal, published by the German Council on Foreign Relations, features an op-ed by Scowcroft Center Fellow Erik Brattberg on the rift in relations that could arise between Great Britain and Sweden should Britain decide to exit the European Union:

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Challenger tanks of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, January 21, 2003

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Jun 4, 2014

Britain Offers Tanks and 1,000 Troops for NATO Show of Strength Against Putin

By Ben Farmer, Telegraph

Britain has offered Nato an armoured battle group including up to 25 tanks to join exercises in Poland as a show of force against Vladimir Putin.

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Russia

Article

May 29, 2014

A Tale of Two Countries: The European Elections, Britain and France

By Nicholas Dungan

On the surface, the European Parliament election results in France and the United Kingdom look quite similar. In both, a maverick right-wing Euroskeptic party won a comfortable quarter of the votes, polling ahead of the leading opposition party and leaving the party in power in third place. In both, gains by those nationalist protest parties […]

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Ukraine election in 2012

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May 23, 2014

UK Minister: We Should Trust Ukrainians to Make the Right Choice

By David Lidington, Guardian

Trust in the ability of people to make decisions about their own future is a fundamental tenet of democracy. On Sunday, the citizens of Ukraine go to the polls to elect a new president in one of the most important elections of their history.

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