| Author (Person) | Bond, Ian |
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| Publisher | Centre for European Reform (CER) |
| Series Title | CER Bulletin |
| Series Details | Number 149 |
| Publication Date | April/May 2023 |
| Content Type | Research Paper |
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Summary: This article critiques the UK Government's 2023 integrated review of national security and foreign policy. It argues that the UK cannot achieve everything it aspires to in the review within existing resource constraints, and least of all if it tries to do too much on its own rather than in partnership with other powers, including the EU. The government faces a painful choice: it can either keep spending at the current level, and see its hard power questioned and its soft power eroding; or it can invest enough to be taken seriously on the world stage. Neither allies nor adversaries will be impressed, however, by a strategy that is ‘all mouth and no trousers’ – or at best, uncomfortably tight trousers. |
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https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/bulletin-article/2023/best-national-security-no-money-can-buy
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations, Security and Defence |
| Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
