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UK Defence Policy After Ukraine: Revisiting the Integrated Review

Magill, Peter; Rees, Wyn

Authors

Peter Magill

WYN REES WYN.REES@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of International Security



Abstract

The 2021 Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy signified a major change in United Kingdom’s defence thinking because it identified China as the foremost threat to its long-term security interests. The resulting tilt to the Indo-Pacific region resurrected the prospect of a defence role that the UK had relinquished in the 1960s. Yet the UK can ill-afford to become a significant defence actor in the Indo-Pacific area. The optimal role for the UK is instead to encourage actors in the region to take the lead in countering China. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has reinforced the logic that the UK should concentrate its strength on bolstering the deterrent power of NATO within the Euro-Atlantic area.

Citation

Magill, P., & Rees, W. (2022). UK Defence Policy After Ukraine: Revisiting the Integrated Review. Survival, 64(3), 87-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/00396338.2022.2078048

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 9, 2022
Online Publication Date May 30, 2022
Publication Date May 4, 2022
Deposit Date May 24, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Survival
Print ISSN 0039-6338
Electronic ISSN 1468-2699
Publisher Informa UK Limited
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 64
Issue 3
Pages 87-102
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00396338.2022.2078048
Keywords Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/8220551
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00396338.2022.2078048
Additional Information This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Survival on 30 May 2022, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00396338.2022.2078048

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