Security in the age of austerity: You get what you pay for

The European Union is in a dangerous neighbourhood, but shrinking European defence budgets suggest that finance ministries either have not noticed or do not care. Britain needs to set a good example by reversing cuts to its defence spending.

ESO: Background information: Defence budgets: Europe's Maginot moment? http://www.europeansources.info/record/defence-budgets-europes-maginot-moment/

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