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UK Defence Policy After Ukraine: Revisiting the Integrated Review (2022)
Journal Article
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

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 t... Read More about UK Defence Policy After Ukraine: Revisiting the Integrated Review.

America and the special relationship: the impact of the Trump administration on relations with the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, R., & Rees, W. (2022). America and the special relationship: the impact of the Trump administration on relations with the UK. British Politics, 17(1), 62-80. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-021-00198-0

The article seeks to assess to what extent the Trump presidency damaged the Anglo-American special relationship. By drawing on a theoretical framework that is broader than much of the existing literature, this article argues that the Trump presidency... Read More about America and the special relationship: the impact of the Trump administration on relations with the UK.

The Anglo-American military relationship: Institutional rules, practices, and narratives (2019)
Journal Article
Rees, W., & Davies, L. (2019). The Anglo-American military relationship: Institutional rules, practices, and narratives. Contemporary Security Policy, 40(3), 312-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2019.1581973

The Anglo-American military relationship is a vital yet neglected area of study. This article argues that the British military have actively cultivated a relationship with the U.S. military that has contributed to the longevity of the broader so-call... Read More about The Anglo-American military relationship: Institutional rules, practices, and narratives.

America, Brexit and the security of Europe (2017)
Journal Article
Rees, W. (2017). America, Brexit and the security of Europe. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 19(3), 558-572. https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148117711400

The Obama administration played a surprisingly interventionist role in the UK referendum on membership of the European Union, arguing that a vote to leave would damage European security. Yet this article contends that US attitudes towards the EU as a... Read More about America, Brexit and the security of Europe.

Comparing the Anglo-American and Israeli-American Special Relationships in the Obama Era: An Alliance Persistence Perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Xu, R., & Rees, W. (2018). Comparing the Anglo-American and Israeli-American Special Relationships in the Obama Era: An Alliance Persistence Perspective. Journal of Strategic Studies, 41(4), 494-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2016.1184147

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The Anglo-American and Israeli-American special relationships have proved to be unusually close and have confounded expectations that they would wither away with the changing internation... Read More about Comparing the Anglo-American and Israeli-American Special Relationships in the Obama Era: An Alliance Persistence Perspective.