TY - JOUR

T1 - Brexit's implications for EU-NATO cooperation

T2 - Transatlantic bridge no more?

AU - Ewers-Peters, Nele Marianne

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2020.

PY - 2021/11/1

Y1 - 2021/11/1

N2 - Since its accession to the European Union, the United Kingdom has played an important role in the design and development of the European Union’s foreign, security and defence policy. While it is among the founding members of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, it is also one of the main contributors to European security and played an active part in developing the relationship between both organisations. With the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union, questions concerning the implications of Brexit on European Union–North Atlantic Treaty Organization cooperation arise. As the transatlantic bridge between the two organisations, Britain also faces an uncertain position within the European security architecture. It therefore needs to redefine its relations with the European Union and its own position among other member states. Taking into account the development of national security interests and recent political events, this article develops three possible scenarios that may occur for the European Union–North Atlantic Treaty Organization relationship depending on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations.

AB - Since its accession to the European Union, the United Kingdom has played an important role in the design and development of the European Union’s foreign, security and defence policy. While it is among the founding members of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, it is also one of the main contributors to European security and played an active part in developing the relationship between both organisations. With the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union, questions concerning the implications of Brexit on European Union–North Atlantic Treaty Organization cooperation arise. As the transatlantic bridge between the two organisations, Britain also faces an uncertain position within the European security architecture. It therefore needs to redefine its relations with the European Union and its own position among other member states. Taking into account the development of national security interests and recent political events, this article develops three possible scenarios that may occur for the European Union–North Atlantic Treaty Organization relationship depending on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations.

KW - Brexit

KW - British foreign and security policy

KW - European Union–North Atlantic Treaty Organization relationship

KW - European security

KW - United Kingdom

KW - security cooperation

KW - Politics

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095795477&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/1369148120963814

DO - 10.1177/1369148120963814

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 23

SP - 576

EP - 592

JO - British Journal of Politics and International Relations

JF - British Journal of Politics and International Relations

SN - 1369-1481

IS - 4

ER -