ISIS Europe - NATO Watch Occasional Paper, January 2013
By Philip Worré
Executive Director, ISIS Europe
Key points:
• Britain has always acted according to its national interest when dealing with European defence;
• Britain has much to lose from leaving the EU—such a move would go against its national interest;
• A British exit would have mixed consequences for the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).
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The views expressed in this paper are the authors’ own, and do not necessarily reflect those of ISIS Europe, NATO Watch or any other institution with which the author is associated.
Comments on this paper are invited and should be forwarded to: Philip Worré, Executive Director, International Security Information Service (ISIS Europe), Rue Archim de, 50, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, or via email to philip.worre@isis-europe.org
Acknowledgements
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This paper is a product of an ISIS Europe-NATO Watch partnership to address particular international security and defence debates within the EU and NATO. ISIS Europe and NATO Watch gratefully acknowledge the support of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, without which this work would not be possible.