15 – Germany and UK: Military Cooperation – Different Roles, Common Needs. [Part 2]

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In this second of a two-part series, Ben and Aaron look at Germany’s relationship with Ben’s native UK – and how Russia’s war against Ukraine has necessitated a move-on from the tension around Brexit to new ways of cooperating – particularly on security issues. Together with retired Air Marshal Edward Stringer Ben and Aaron look at the respective capabilities and posture, as well as the potentially complementary roles of the UK and Germany – in light of their common and urgent need to step up on defence. That need is only heightened by the possibility of a Trump presidency in the US – and by faltering support for Ukraine, which emboldens rather than deters Russia.

Guests:

• Air Marshal Edward Stringer (Ret’d.) CB, CBE is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer and Director-General of the Defence Academy. He also served as Director-General of Joint Force Development, Strategic Command from April 2018 to March 2021. He served as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff from April 2013 to January 2015, and as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations) from March 2015 to 2018. He is currently a senior fellow at Policy Exchange. (@edwardstrngr)

Resources:

• Germany Needs to Finish the Job – and Think Bigger, Benjamin Tallis, DGAP Commentary
• Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture: An Appraisal, Edward Stringer, Policy Exchange
• Preventing the Next War, Christian Mölling & Torben Schütz, DGAP
• The Future of the Zeitenwende – Scenario 3: Russian Troops Massing on the Latvian Border, Aylin Matlé, IPQ, DGAP
• The War in Ukraine Is Not a Stalemate, Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs
• Europe Must Ramp Up Its Support to Ukraine, Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs
• To defeat Putin in a long war, Ukraine must switch to active defense in 2024, Mykola Bielieskov, Atlantic Council
• Security Guarantees for Ukraine, Benjamin Tallis, DGAP
• Germany Needs a Strategy – Grand and Democratic, Benjamin Tallis, Florence Schimmel, Roderick Parkes, Leonie Stamm, Jacob Ross, Jan Stoeckmann, Julian Stoeckle, Jannik Hartmann, Niklas Hintermayer, Aylin Matle & Nicolas Teterchen, DGAP Grand Strategy Group, IPQ
• Germany Should Create a New Stereotype for Itself, Roderick Parkes and Benjamin Tallis, Atlantic Council

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