The article critiques the UK's recent strategic defence review, which, while acknowledging multiple threats for the first time since the Cold War, demonstrates a cautious increase in military spending. At 2.5% of GDP by 2027, the budget hike lacks the urgency needed for true resilience against evolving dangers, such as cyber-attacks and military coercion. The review calls for multilateralism over militarism, warning against over-reliance on U.S. security amid its own instability. Overall, it reflects a technocratic modernization rather than an aggressive military resurgence, leaving crucial systemic changes unaddressed.
The strategic defence review is systematic and detailed, but it remains an exercise in tightly bounded ambition, signaling emergency while deferring real commitment for military financing.
It borrows the urgency of the past without inheriting its economic boldness, reviving Keynesianism in fatigues while also marking a shift in acknowledging multiple threats.
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