united kingdom

If the EU were to work better as unit on foreign policy, and use the Common Security and Defence Policy to promote it's interests and help resolve any conflicts, maybe even replacing NATO in some areas, would this help Europe, NATO and the European neighbourhood (middle east, north Africa...

This is a thread to discuss the (imaginatively named) 5 Power Defence Arrangement between the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore. I would like to check on the effectiveness of this arrangement. Does it even make sense? Is it a simply a knee-jerk arrangement as to...