The British government of Boris Johnson presented, on March 16, the first part of its integrated Strategic Review, which charts the defense trajectory of Great Britain for years to come. London has obviously chosen a voluntary strategy that breaks with that applied since the end of the Cold War, to face the strategic challenges that are emerging around the Globe. This first part deals with the main strategic axes which will be the pillars of the evolution of the objectives and the means allocated to the armed forces of His Majesty in the coming years. The second part, presented next week, will specify the technological and industrial trade-offs that will be made to give substance to this strategy.
This new strategic review is in fact a major departure from its predecessors, in more ways than one. In the first place, London now designates its potential adversaries by name, and builds its strategy to face them. Thus, Russia is clearly identified as the most likely military adversary, while China, if it is also qualified as a potential adversary, enjoys special consideration due to its major economic influence and its decisive role regarding issues of the fight against global warming, for example. However, the response that London intends to provide to these two threats differs significantly from that implemented in the past.
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