Source · Select Committees · Defence Committee
Recommendation 19
19
The Integrated Review identifies Russia as “the most acute direct threat to the UK”.
Conclusion
The Integrated Review identifies Russia as “the most acute direct threat to the UK”. The UK Government should clarify how its global ambitions, in particular its proposed tilt to the Indo-Pacific, will be balanced with deterring the threat from Russia to UK security in the Euro-Atlantic region. (Paragraph 97) Lessons learnt
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The UK is not deprioritising any regions and will remain a strong and reliable ally to our international partners. Our traditional allies and interests are no less important. We are fully committed to Euro Atlantic security and as Global Britain will be more engaged than ever before, including in the Indo-Pacific region. In an era of constant competition, we will rebalance our force to provide a more proactive, forward deployed, persistent presence, whilst being ready for managing crises at scale. We will continue to compete with and campaign against our adversaries’ sub-threshold activities, and understand, shape and influence and global landscape. Defence will carefully manage its policy, processes and well-honed planning mechanisms designed to preclude over-stretch. The actions of the Russian State pose an acute and direct threat to the national security of the UK. We have shown in recent years that the UK takes the threat from the Russian State extremely seriously and have responded to and called out Russian aggression wherever it occurs.