A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it.***With Donald Trump now back in the White House, European leaders must determine how much support they will provide to Ukraine — and, more broadly, how to approach European security. Leaders in four key European states — the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Poland — have to balance domestic political interests with changing regional and global factors. We asked four experts to take a look at the extent to which these countries might aid Ukraine in 2025. Read more below.Emma Salisbury Research Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy, London Senior Staffer to a British Member of Parliament, LondonThe new Labour government in the United Kingdom is keeping up British leadership on supporting Ukraine. Visiting Kyiv on Jan. 16, Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a “100-year pact” between the two countries, formalizing military and economic support over the long term. Along with a new £225 million military aid package (including maritime drones, small boats, advanced air defense systems, and counter-drone technologies), the government has reinforced the U.K. commitment to expanding training for Ukrainian forces, enhancing bilateral defense-industrial partnerships, and boosting cooperation with allies.Support for aiding Ukraine is strong across the political spectrum in Parliament, including cross-party backing for the Financial Assistance to Ukraine Bill that will unlock U.K. contributions to the extraordinary revenue acceleration loans to Ukraine scheme. Starmer will not have to worry about domestic politics raising obstacles to continuing aid. The real question will be what will happen if American military aid is no longer forthcoming under the new Trump administration: Will the United Kingdom be able and willing
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A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it.***With Donald Trump now back in the White House, European leaders must determine how much support they will provide to Ukraine — and, more broadly, how to approach European security. Leaders in four key European states — the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Poland — have to balance domestic political interests with changing regional and global factors. We asked
