By the Editor – Written before the announcement of the Integrated Review the author’s thoughts chime the review’s outcome. This article proposes that boosting the Royal Navy’s presence in the Middle East, which is sustainable and linked to Britain’s energy security, will free up US resources to service their strategy of containing a resurgent Russia and competitive China, enabling an allied approach to trade protection and securing Britain’s prosperity agenda. As the United Kingdom adjusts to its new and embryonic relationship with the European Union, and its economic security becomes more unc…
