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AUKUS Defence Minister’s meeting reaffirmed shared commitment to the AUKUS partnership at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.
AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting Trilateral Joint Statement: Today, 10 December 2025, the Honourable Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of War, hosted the Honourable Richard Marles MP, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, and the Right Honourable John Healey MP, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. toContinue reading “AUKUS Defence Minister’s meeting reaffirmed shared commitment to the AUKUS partnership at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.”
Starmer Could Renege On Defence Spending Pledges
When Labour came to power in Westminster in July 2024, winning over 400 seats in the House of Commons with a crushing majority, the dire state of Britain’s armed forces was well known. Unloved and underfunded by previous administrations of both political hues, the Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force faced multipleContinue reading “Starmer Could Renege On Defence Spending Pledges”
Prince Harry – ‘He is making a big fuss because of his self-regard’
Lt Col Stuart Crawford is a defence analyst and former army officer. Sign up for his podcasts and newsletters at http://www.DefenceReview.uk Loading… Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available now http://www.DefenceReview.UK @peoplemattertv @509298
The mask has slipped. Brussels would rather guard its coffers than guard Europe.
Has the EU Finally Been Unmasked on Defence? For years we’ve heard grand claims from Brussels about “defending Europe,” “strategic autonomy,” and the need for a united front against Russian aggression. Fine words, all of them. But events of the past week have blown a hole clean through that rhetoric. The collapse ofContinue reading “The mask has slipped. Brussels would rather guard its coffers than guard Europe.”