Vey interesting article which covers UK's changing defence priorities. These are the EU related elements. (As always, non-subscribers should Google the headline for access)
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Ukraine marks an end to Brexit illusions
The crisis hammers home the fact that the UK cannot escape its geography. Lofty dreams of reorienting British thinking with an Indo-Pacific tilt will now be subordinated as focus returns squarely to the overwhelming priority, which means recognising that the UK’s own security is inextricably linked with Europe’s....
The emergence over time of a newly militarily-equipped Germany as a major security power alongside France will change the calculations and could see Britain wielding less influence in Nato, if it cannot find a better way to work with the EU. This is even more true given the evidence of an EU ready to use its economic power for security ends. This is now a diplomatic imperative for the UK — and it also means repairing relations with France. Since the old E3 of France, Germany and the UK would be an E2+1, Britain might be better served by a quad which also includes a US, already working closely with Berlin and Paris.
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https://www.ft.com/content/76614c19-...0-c7951ba2ef68