A new Anglo-American relationship

by | Apr 16, 2008


Brown’s in the US and is promising a new Atlantic relationship. Unlike his predecessors Brown has not yet launched into a new Anglo-American security or defence deal instead he wants (t)his relationship to be firmly based around skills, science and  innovation.

This new relationship is based on 6 proposals

1 Cooperation between UK and US universities.

2. Cooperation on enterprise young business leaders in each country

3. Bringing British and U.S. charities together

4.  Cooperation in health research

5. Working together on climate change

6.  Bringing young people together

Author

  • Charlie Edwards is Director of National Security and Resilience Studies at the Royal United Services Institute. Prior to RUSI he was a Research Leader at the RAND Corporation focusing on Defence and Security where he conducted research and analysis on a broad range of subject areas including: the evaluation and implementation of counter-violent extremism programmes in Europe and Africa, UK cyber strategy, European emergency management, and the role of the internet in the process of radicalisation. He has undertaken fieldwork in Iraq, Somalia, and the wider Horn of Africa region.


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