Geopoliticalmonitor.comFORECAST
Impending defense cuts in the United Kingdom, and the alarm that they
are generating in Washington, are both indicative of a shifting global
balance of power. While the presence of such a shift is now beyond the
shadow of a doubt, an extremely important question remains largely
ignored: Will defense policy in the West be handcuffed by old
paradigms or guided by the new global reality.
The budget crisis in the United Kingdom has cast a cost-cutting
spotlight on several of the state’s golden calves, but none of them
are as important or divisive as the future of British defense
spending. According to government sources, the axe is about to come
down on the UK Ministry of Defense to the tune of about an 8 percent
cut in spending. The Royal Air Force (RAF) is thought to be absorbing
the brunt of these cuts. While the cuts are deep, they are markedly
tamer than the 10 percent number that has been thrown around since the
beginning of the Strategic Defense and Spending Review.
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