Integrated Review

The Integrated Review, formally the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy[1], is a review currently underway by the British Government into the foreign policy, defence, security and international development of the United Kingdom.[2]

Background

The Integrated Review replaces previously separate reviews into foreign policy, defence, national security and international development, such as the National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review.[3] It combines the scope of these individual reviews, making it the largest such review carried out by the UK government since the Cold War.[2]

Set to be released five years since previous reviews, the Integrated Review comes after the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, its subsequent "Global Britain" ambition, the 2019–2020 Persian Gulf crisis, the rise in space warfare, the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent economic downturn, several terrorist attacks and the use of hybrid warfare, particularly by Russia and China.[4][5][6] It was announced by Boris Johnson that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development would merge in September 2020, before the complementing of the review .[7] The Defence Select Committee recently released a report titled 'In Search of Strategy — The 2020 Integrated Review'.[8]

Overview

Due to be released in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom caused it to be delayed.[9][10] A call for evidence was published on 13 August 2020 by the Cabinet Office.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy:Written statement - HCWS126". parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. "PM outlines new review to define Britain's place in the world". GOV.UK. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. "Planning for the Next Strategic Defence and Security Review – A Much-Needed Peg in the Ground". RUSI. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. "In an era of hybrid warfare, departments must work together to protect Britain". PoliticsHome. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. "Defence Secretary Ben Wallace vows to counter space threat from Russia and China". PoliticsHome. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. "The Integrated Review: The UK's Iran Policy in a Changing Global Security Environment". RUSI. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  7. "Global Britain". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. "In Search of Strategy — The 2020 Integrated Review". committees.parliament.uk. UK House of Commons Defence Committee. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  9. "UK Government sets the stage for sweeping defence review". Army Technology. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  10. "UK hits pause on defense review due to coronavirus". Defense News. 15 April 2020.
  11. "Integrated Review: call for evidence". gov.uk. UK Cabinet Office. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020. Submissions of evidence are invited to inform the government's Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.

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