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3 parts Not so special relationship: facing US unreliability, UK scrambles for intelligence Plan Bs
London’s huge challenge.© Stéphane Oiry

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Not so special relationship: facing US unreliability, UK scrambles for intelligence Plan Bs

The Falklands, Iran, Ukraine, the Middle East, Diego Garcia... the UK is watching with dismay as the White House abandons British security foundations that have existed since the Second World War. Having started in the political arena, the most taboo question of all since 1945 is now seeping into Britain's intelligence apparatus: how can the country break free from - or at least disminish - its dependence on Washington? Three people in the British government find themselves having to urgently reinvent the country's entire security architecture, and on a shoestring budget.

3 partsNot so special relationship: facing US unreliability, UK scrambles for intelligence Plan Bs
London’s huge challenge.© Stéphane Oiry

Louise Sandher-Jones grapples with British military intelligence's US dependence

Britain's new armed forces minister is at the centre of the UK's greatest strategic dilemma since 1945. The end of alignment with US interests has forced the government to question its US military intelligence reliance.

Part 1 London’s huge challenge (1/3).
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Part 1 London’s huge challenge (1/3).

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