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Recommendation 20
20
Accepted
The UK must be prepared to take on more of the cost for its and...
Recommendation
The UK must be prepared to take on more of the cost for its and Europe’s security through investing in partnerships and multilateral dialogues with other ‘middle powers’, for example Canada, Australia and India, to avoid being squeezed by great power competition between the United States and China. UK long-term strategy should seek to ease the increasing tensions of great power competition between the United States and China, and the global diplomatic and economic decoupling this is resulting in. In turn, this will bolster both UK and global security. (Recommendation, Paragraph 80) 64
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation, stating it largely summarises what is already set out in the National Security Strategy 2025, which acknowledges radical uncertainty and adapts statecraft to a more competitive global environment.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Government agrees with the recommendation. This largely summarises what is set out in the strategy. The National Security Strategy 2025 acknowledges that the international order is undergoing radical uncertainty, driven by intensified great power competition, authoritarian aggression, and extremist ideologies. Many of the established rules of the international system are eroding. Consequently, our statecraft must adapt to a more competitive and transactional global environment, particularly concerning migration, defence, energy, technology, and raw materials.