British foreign policy after Brexit: Hand in hand?
Since the attempted murder of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter on March 4 th , almost certainly at the hands of the Russian state, British ministers and officials at the EU, NATO and other international organisations have been working to secure allied support for the UK’s response to the attack. The incident has underlined that Britain needs reliable partners, and mechanisms to consult them in a crisis. The EU has provided both. Soon the UK will be trying to achieve the same impact from outside it.