Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II greets Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Buckingham Palace in central London on March 7, 2018.
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To ensure its energy security and influence in the Gulf region, the United Kingdom will likely deepen its relations with GCC nations in a post-Brexit world.
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What the UK's main political parties have pledged on foreign policy in their manifestos.
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Countries may be forced to choose whether they side with the US or China when it comes to Huawei.
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British interests come first, but Leave voters don't necessarily want to retreat from international obligations.
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The battle for military power intensifies as Britain faces mounting threats alongside economic uncertainty.
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The UK has fallen victim to drones, chemical weapons and cyber-attacks in recent years. But at least it's got a really big boat.
Who keeps the drones in the divorce?
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Supporters and opponents to the withdrawal deal both say national security is under threat – but the truth is that neither side can guarantee anything at this stage.
On the periphery.
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The French president has a vision for a more integrated Europe – and Brexit feeds right into that.
The UK’s list of weapons buyers includes some dubious regimes.
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The UK has never ironed out the ethics of its role in the arms trade. Will the debate ever be resolved?
The breaks are on for BAE’s Eurofighter Typhoon production.
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We are witnessing the transformation of the existing defence business into one which embraces the new.
A heavyweight no more.
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A new position paper on co-operating with the EU on defence assumes a lot and suggests very little.
There’s principles, and then there’s policy.
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The way Corbyn's Labour has handled Trident and defence is perfectly in line with Labour's history since the 1960s.
HMS Vengeance, off and away.
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Reports of a failed Trident missile launch have all sorts of political and security implications – but they don't necessarily spell catastrophe.
Wait … they voted to leave?!
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Forecasts that Britain's withdrawal from the EU will send the world into a state of war are wildly overblown.
Yemenis have lived under the shadow of drones for years.
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The US has been mounting semi-secret drone strikes in Yemen for years – and it seems the UK has been deeply involved.
Going down?
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Laugh at Jeremy Corbyn all you like, but he's right: nuclear deterrence isn't a zero-sum game.
Fly the unfriendly skies.
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PM wants more unmanned intervention but he should be wary of putting all his eggs in one basket.
We’re just cleaning it, promise.
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The true scale of the war against IS has gone largely unremarked on – until now.
Mixed feelings.
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From the UK, to Canada, Australia and the states – our opinions about the military are usually wrong.
Where to?
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With austerity on the agenda, the upcoming strategic reviews will be critical to deciding the future of the UK's defence force.