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After America?

Russia shipping arms to allies in its sphere of influence. Iran moving revolutionary guards to the eastern side of the Mediterranean.

If you want to know what parts of the world could look like if the United States decided to sit back, it might look a bit like Syria.

In my latest Telegraph blog post, I suggest that Britain and others, have long benefited from the Pax Americana. This means that we have been able to avoid doing everything we could do to ensure that we convert our financial muscle into military punch.

This is going to have to change.  A fundamental overhaul of UK defence procurement is now overdue.

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