What Britain’s ‘Future Soldier’ project means for MENA

Britain’s formal exit from the European Union (EU) on 31 December 2020 has seen it envision key foreign policy transformations. One of its major ambitions is to bolster its “Global Britain” vision, where it can project global power and promote greater human rights worldwide. On 25 November, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) unveiled its ‘Future Soldier’ plan, which it called its “most radical transformation in 20 years.” The plan aims to utilise a smaller army that will be “more productive,” with upgraded equipment and new experimentation that will make it more “lethal and deployable,” announce…

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