Britain in the World: keynote speech - Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman

Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman (Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London) gave a keynote speech at our Britain in the World conference, organised in partnership with the Royal United Services Institute.
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[@hurri7720]

A few points.
Galileo is very important because if we in Europe stop building technology like that then we will lose that ability and drop behind. It's the same with 5G, Germany decided to give Nokia some more time to catch up with Huawei while Britain decided to be cheaper.
The rule maker/taker seems to pop up in Britain frequently. Every country is a rule maker domestically but the simple fact is that either you take part in writing the rules, if you are part of something, or you are a rule taker.
Britain will never become a rule maker alone, and the whole topic is balloony and a result of what I would call "the trauma of the lost empire".
At times I believe it's easier for an outsider to understand what is going on inside and I would warmly recommend Fintan O'Toole, "The Politics of Pain"
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There is also this question of how much Germany contributes to it's defence but
looking at the numbers from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute we have for 2018 in US$ bn spending:
UK 50.0
Germany 49.5
(France 63,8)
And I would consider the British aircraft carriers as status symbols for parading on "the seven seas" and rather worthless for the defence of Europe.
Sir Lawrence Freedman pointed out that there was an deliberate misunderstanding about the "EU army".
All EU countries have their own armies but the cooperation is not as good as it could be, procurement and similar. And I would agree with the former defence minister Radoslaw Sikorski that the EU might need a group for rapid employment rather in hours than in days
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[@Shub99]

"Imperial Amnesia" ... So that's still going on .. Apart from the England, not many of the erstwhile bits of the empire rely on England for much and have looked & acted beyond it for their futures for over 60-70 years .. there's little value in resurrecting a prior overlordship as a reason for trading with England .. no need to bring up railways etc .. or anything else for that matter ...