Thread by @RGWhitman, One aspect of EU-UK relations that will not make it into (any) [...]

Richard G Whitman

RGWhitman

One aspect of EU-UK relations that will not make it into (any) future partnership agreement is cooperation on foreign, security and defence policy.

The PD committed both sides to negotiations.

I explored why there have been no negotiations in this area in early July via @chathamhouse expert comment

Why the UK Has Taken Foreign Policy Out of Brexit Negotiations via @chathamhouse https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/why-uk-has-taken-foreign-policy-out-brexit-negotiations?CMP=share_btn_tw

Why the UK Has Taken Foreign Policy Out of Brexit Negotiations

The UK government is no longer pursuing agreement with the EU on foreign policy, development and defence because it thinks the stakes are low and better alternatives exist in pursuing its internati...

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/why-uk-has-taken-foreign-policy-out-brexit-negotiations?CMP=share_btn_tw

And also had a chance to discuss costs/benefits with @CommonsFREU oral evidence session https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/751/html/

Without an EU-UK formal agreement my view is that there will be a period of 'mudding through' - see my piece 'Missing in action: The EU–UK foreign, security and defence policy relationship after Brexit' for @MartensCentre https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1781685820975877

Missing in action: The EU–UK foreign, security and defence policy relationship after Brexit -...

Brexit has transformed the EU–UK relationship into a foreign-policy challenge for both sides. The negotiations on the EU–UK future relationship have been a proc...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1781685820975877

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