British Defence Strategy: Importance for NATO’s Eastern Flank
British Defence Strategy: Importance for NATO’s Eastern Flank

Author(s): Artur Kacprzyk, Wojciech Lorenz
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: NATO; British Defence Strategy; Eastern Flank;
Summary/Abstract: The United Kingdom has announced that it will strengthen its ability to shape global security and respond to threats from Russia. It intends to thoroughly modernise its military, although it also will permanently reduce its land forces. These changes may, in the long run, allow Britain to gain a force more effective on the modern battlefield, but before that happens, it may weaken British combat capabilities. Poland should look for new opportunities for cooperation with the UK to strengthen the common potential. A mutually beneficial form of cooperation could be Poland’s joining the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF).

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