Defence chief signals era of new military alliances

The British government's most senior defence and security policy advisers are finally facing up to a fundamental shift in the world's military and economic balance. More than two decades after the end of the cold war, they are acknowledging some harsh realities - Europe will no longer be able to rely on the US, Europe is getting progressively poorer, and the people of Europe want to spend less on weapons, not more.

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