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5. Moving Beyond Brexit: Scenarios for the Future

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Abstract

Brexit is often looked at in terms of how it will impact British interests but without apparently acknowledging that it is the UK, not the EU, that is the demandeur in these negotiations. This chapter therefore presents five possible benchmarks against which the UK’s demand for a unique relationship with the EU in security and defence might be measured against. It concludes by observing that the UK is important to the EU’s security and defence, but not as important as it thinks. It also observes that the UK needs the EU for aspects of its own security and it is not therefore a matter of only considering British interests but also of appealing to the security interests of the EU and its members as well. Finally, the idea that the UK can exert more influence through NATO, as a quasi-proxy for any influence it may lose via the EU on security and defence matters, is flawed. The UK is likely to lose influence in both the EU and NATO. A bespoke relationship with the EU does not mean an agreement that will privilege the UK beyond any other non-EU partners. It is in the interests of both parties to find an equitable agreement since it is not in the interests of the EU to have an enfeebled and introverted UK on its doorstep. Nor, by the same token, is it in the interests of the UK to obstruct closer security and defence cooperation at the European level.

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Fußnoten
1
The SPA with Canada was signed 2016 but has yet to be ratified by all EU members. A similar agreement has been reached with Japan and one is under negotiation with Azerbaijan.
 
2
The non-EU European Economic Area countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) are all entitled to become Seconded National Experts in the EU’s institutions.
 
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MDBA is a multi-national group with the chief shareholders being Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Moving Beyond Brexit: Scenarios for the Future
verfasst von
Simon Duke
Copyright-Jahr
2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96107-1_5