Playing defence

The UK’s contributions to European defence will play a role in Brexit negotiations. But both sides should keep the long-term objective of close co-operation in mind.

• Primary Source

United Kingdom: House of Lords: Library: Library Note LLN 2016/51 (13.10.16): Leaving the European Union: Foreign and Security Policy Cooperation http://www.europeansources.info/record/leaving-the-european-union-foreign-and-security-policy-cooperation/

National Institute Economic Review No.238, November 2016: The UK and EU foreign, security and defence policy after Brexit: integrated, associated or detached http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-uk-and-eu-foreign-security-and-defence-policy-after-brexit-integrated-associated-or-detached/

IFG: Brexit Brief, December 2016: UK–EU defence and security cooperation https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/brexit/brexit-brief-uk-eu-defence-and-security-cooperation

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