How much are we prepared to invest in our protection and resilience in the interests of our collective defence, security and prosperity? I don’t just mean how much money the Treasury will allocate to our armed forces and security agencies, but how much thought and imagination politicians and public servants are prepared to give to the widening and changing security issue.
For Ukraine, the UK is now engaged with close allies the US, France and Germany in supporting the frontline of the country’s fight for survival. It highlights that Britain is under direct threat from Russia in the homeland and near-abroad. Our airspace, seaspace and underwater space are vulnerable, and under-protected. We are threatened in cyberspace — though the UK seems better prepared than most for this. Rightly, the Government and its agencies want to promote a public cyber health and awareness programme to face down new threats.
