Submission Statement: „The UK has subcontracted grand strategy to the US and NATO since the 1960s. Now it’s coming home and urgent work is needed to make it credible.“ James Fennell discusses the urgent need for the UK to reclaim its defense strategy as the reliability of the US defense umbrella diminishes. With the US pivoting away from Europe, the UK must develop an independent national defense strategy and forge new alliances to address emerging threats from adversaries like Russia and China, emphasizing the necessity of strategic leadership and military readiness.
D3st1n1 on
So we are back to the pre-world war arms race. This is peak stupidity.
Elthar_Nox on
Europe’s concession to America that it is the leader of the free world is entirely built upon America retaining the moral authority to act in accordance with international law and with respect to the global world order.
Unless the American public does something, soon, the US will have voided it’s position. This places Europe at the forefront. We as Europeans need to step up, we are the centre of liberal democracy and the grown ups of the world, it’s time to defend that.
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Old-Machine-8000 on
Leaving the EU and then getting on the bad side of Russia with Storm Shadows and such, whilst putting all your eggs into 1 basket („special relationship“ with the US) for defence, was probably a very bad idea. I reckon New York probably dropped down on Putins „where to nuke first“ list and London replaced it.
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“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun” to quote Mao in 1927. That’s as true now as it was then. Trump, Putin and Xi understand this. Unfortunately European leaders do not.
Starmer needs to rapidly develop a better defence policy that focuses on enhancing naval power and expeditionary capability.
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Submission Statement: „The UK has subcontracted grand strategy to the US and NATO since the 1960s. Now it’s coming home and urgent work is needed to make it credible.“ James Fennell discusses the urgent need for the UK to reclaim its defense strategy as the reliability of the US defense umbrella diminishes. With the US pivoting away from Europe, the UK must develop an independent national defense strategy and forge new alliances to address emerging threats from adversaries like Russia and China, emphasizing the necessity of strategic leadership and military readiness.
So we are back to the pre-world war arms race. This is peak stupidity.
Europe’s concession to America that it is the leader of the free world is entirely built upon America retaining the moral authority to act in accordance with international law and with respect to the global world order.
Unless the American public does something, soon, the US will have voided it’s position. This places Europe at the forefront. We as Europeans need to step up, we are the centre of liberal democracy and the grown ups of the world, it’s time to defend that.
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Leaving the EU and then getting on the bad side of Russia with Storm Shadows and such, whilst putting all your eggs into 1 basket („special relationship“ with the US) for defence, was probably a very bad idea. I reckon New York probably dropped down on Putins „where to nuke first“ list and London replaced it.
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun” to quote Mao in 1927. That’s as true now as it was then. Trump, Putin and Xi understand this. Unfortunately European leaders do not.
Starmer needs to rapidly develop a better defence policy that focuses on enhancing naval power and expeditionary capability.