Brexit Britain must repair relationship with EU in face of Ukraine crisis, says expert – Express

The head of the foreign policy think tank Chatham House has said that improved relations with the EU will help to strengthen European security as well as indirectly support economic trade between the UK and the EU.

According to the Guardian, Dr Robin Niblett has advised the UK to work more formally with Brussels on foreign policy and defence, including issues such as cyber, intelligence and disinformation.

Europe and other NATO countries have pulled together to impose harsh sanctions on Russia following Putins invasion of Ukraine, however, the impact of Brexit risks the UK being excluded from deeper defence, industrial and technological cooperation within the EU.

Dr Niblett said: The risk remains that allowing these areas of dispute and friction in the economic sphere to persist, and possibly fester, will undermine both sides desire to forge a closer relationship on foreign and security policy - as is now even more critical.

Dr Niblett has suggested the UK could embed itself, along with the US and Canada, in the parallel processes to develop a new NATO strategic concept and the EUs strategic compass.

He continued: A more specific UK-EU dialogue on security could also emerge from the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

That could include the establishment of a sanctions review group that would ensure alignment on the timing and targets of sanctions, as well as conditions for their lifting.

He noted that the UK had been at the forefront of arming and training the Ukrainians, but had lagged behind in terms of providing aid, moral hypocrisy, human rights and economic performance.

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There will be no more precious asset in the future for Britains influence in the world than a reputation for consistency.

A report recently released examines the implementation of the UKs year-old landmark integrated foreign and defence review.

It says that the Governments inconsistencies on policies such as human rights and climate change have opened the Government up to damaging accusations of hypocrisy and are out of step with the UKs role as a champion of liberal democratic governance.

It also says that the UK has stepped back from tackling global health and poverty challenges over the past year due to aid cuts.

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Brexit Britain must repair relationship with EU in face of Ukraine crisis, says expert - Express