Defence and Security in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement : The Missing Piece
This working paper first assesses the UK’s pivotal place in European security and defence and its traditionally ambivalent approach towards the EU’s development of a security and defence policy. It goes on to explain the absence of any immediate EU-UK defence relationship post Brexit, its implications, and the medium-term prospects for such a relationship. It concludes by suggesting that both partners – while suffering a net loss because of Brexit – nonetheless have vital strategic interests in crafting such a bilateral partnership