在欧债危机这一大背景下,英国为保持其“全球影响力”,防务政策正表现出几个较鲜明的调整趋势:军队建设更加注重“减量增质”;在坚持“英美特殊关系”和“政府间主义”合作原则的基点上,加大对欧洲防务一体化的参与力度,落实英法双边防务合作则是重点;各类海外军事行动的规模和范围都将“缩水”,且愈发侧重与盟友开展联合行动。
<<Due to the European sovereign debt crisis,as a so-called“global actor”,Britain has to adjust its defence policy with some special features. Firstly,Britain’s armed force tends to reduce its quantity,while improving its quality. Secondly,although Britain still sticks to Anglo-American Special Relationship and intergovernmentalism,it has to involve into European defence integration more deeply,especially paying more attention to implement its defence cooperation agreement with France. Thirdly,both scale and scope of Britain’s overseas military operations will shrink;therefore,Britain may incline to depend more upon joint actions with its allies.
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