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Recommendation 6
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Acknowledged
The Integrated Review was right to highlight the UK’s increasing interest in the Indo-Pacific.
Recommendation
The Integrated Review was right to highlight the UK’s increasing interest in the Indo-Pacific. However, this refresh presents an opportunity to reset and clarify the UK’s relationships beyond the Indo-Pacific and specifically in the Euro-Atlantic. The Government should explain if, and how, it expects the UK to contribute to European security while maintaining the Indo-Pacific tilt, particularly at a time of considerably constrained resources. The IR refresh should also explain in more detail what policy objective the Government hopes to deliver with the Indo-Pacific tilt, or work away from the term “tilt”, and set out what the benefits to the UK will be. (Paragraph 37) Filling the leadership vacuum in unstable regions
Government Response Summary
The government states that the Euro-Atlantic will remain the core priority and the security and prosperity of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific are inextricably linked. It recognizes that it has now delivered the 'tilt' to the Indo-Pacific, making it a permanent pillar of the UK's international policy.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
27. IR2023 sets out that the Euro-Atlantic will remain our core priority, bolstered by a reinvigoration of our European relationships, greater investment in our own defence, and a stronger military commitment to NATO. It is essential to our security, prosperity, and quality of life. 28. It also makes clear that the security and prosperity of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo- Pacific are inextricably linked. The UK’s policy objective for the Indo-Pacific is to support a free and open Indo-Pacific, a vision shared by many of our partners. IR2023 sets out our vision for the Indo-Pacific and how we will achieve it through strengthening our bilateral and institutional relationships, and delivering activity across our security, defence, climate, trade, investment, digital, science and technology priorities. 29. The Government recognises that we have now delivered our ambition for a ‘tilt’ to the Indo-Pacific, and puts our approach to the Indo-Pacific on a long-term strategic footing, making the ‘tilt’ a permanent pillar of the UK’s international policy. Filling the leadership vacuum in unstable regions Conclusion/