RUSI Journal, Feb 2014, Vol. 159, No. 1 By Doug Stokes and Paul Newton

Strategy is normally about choices and people made within the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review could have significant implications for the way forward for UK defence and wider national security. America has already made profound choices on this regard: it’s rebalancing to East Asia. The consequences for the united kingdom, both as a US partner and a serious European military power, include the opportunity of deeper engagement with the center East and North Africa. Doug Stokes and Paul Newton examine the UK’s nascent ‘east of Suez’ initiative, its key interests in addition to the geopolitical drivers, dangers and opportunities involved. Because the US seeks greater burden-sharing from its European allies, should the united kingdom bridge the Gulf?

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