Description
Having inherited a national security and foreign policy framework set out in the 2021 Integrated Review undertaken under Boris Johnson, and Rishi Sunak’s Integrated Review Refresh in 2023, the past 12 months since the 2024 general election has seen a range of foreign and security policy reviews covering defence, development and international partnerships, plus conversations in the policy community about how to revive the UK's role in conflict prevention. Reflecting on these developments, this roundtable asks:
- How much security policy rethinking has been undertaken in the Labour Party's first year back in government?
- How well have perspectives from security scholars and practitioners been brought into these policy conversations and reflected in their outcomes?
- And what perspectives need to come onto the table for the new Government to navigate potentially stormy seas ahead?
