BREXIT STRENGTHENS OUR DEFENCES AND OUR STANDING IN THE WORLD
Summary:
A former advisor to the US President — ”Brexit probably makes Britain a more important country with a greater voice on strategic security matters, because it’s not about the fact that the EU is larger, it’s about the fact that the EU is way behind”.
Explanation:
During an interview for a long-form podcast on the geostrategic importance of Svalbard to western security, the economist and former Special Advisor to the US President, Pippa Malmgren, stated the following:
“I think the way the Americans think about Britain is, you are the only, you’re the only one of our allies that can actually keep up and work with us side to side. Everybody else can’t quite keep up, they’re not as technologically advanced, they don’t have the command structures, and so we just kinda view Britain as our closest of our Five Eyes partners, Five Eyes being the closest tightest security arrangement that exists in The West”.
“…Brexit probably makes Britain a more important country with a greater voice on strategic security matters, because it’s not about the fact that the EU is larger, it’s about the fact that the EU is way behind”.
“I do think in this modern era, this isn’t about how many aircraft carriers have you got, it’s about what’s your capacity to problem solve – and I would say on that front the British are cleverer than the Americans when dealing with the Russians”.
Reference: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0BParnQTGOheaXhLGBgf6D?si=iELHIDkMTv2p-dltJtKukw