Keir Starmer’s Rules-Based Security Agenda Faces Test With Donald Trump
- Controversial deal over key UK-US base may test bilateral ties
- Allies to hold series of security meetings over coming week
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is about to find out if his lawyerly approach to international affairs can survive contact with a world led by Donald Trump.
Over the coming week, the human rights advocate-turned-premier will deploy his top national security team to hold high-level meetings with US counterparts, in order to find common ground on a range of foreign policy problems that threaten to weaken the so-called special relationship at a time when Britain’s economy can least afford it.