European ambitions for a more assertive foreign policy amid increasing global instability have been boosted by a strong commitment from Britain to European defence, but constrained by lukewarm support for Trans-Atlantic co-operation from the Trump administration.
World leaders gathered in Munich for a major security conference on the weekend heard British Prime Minister Theresa May make an unequivocal commitment to European security, despite Brexit.
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Laura Tingle is The Australian Financial Review's former political editor. She is now chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. Connect with Laura on Facebook and Twitter.