Two Things Britain and the US Need to Do on Defense

Recognizing, and Averting, A Threat to the Special Relationship, Heritage Foundation Foundry, July 17, 2009. "Yesterday, the UK National Defence Association released the latest in a series of reports on Britain’s armed forces. Titled 'A Compelling Necessity,' it makes the case for an increase in British defense spending, in spite of the economic downturn, in order to restore and preserve Britain’s defenses. Of particular importance is the statement by economist Irwin Stelzer, who correctly notes in report’s foreword that, while the U.S. and Britain face the same threats – international terrorism and a nuclear-armed North Korea and Iran, among others – Britain needs to shore up its forces if the Special Relationship is to endure."