2021~2022年,英国在安全防务领域的活动积极频繁。一是积极推行新的国家安全战略《竞争时代的“全球英国”》,并以该战略为指导,继续在战争、太空、网络等领域更新其战略方针。二是在欧洲地区应对俄乌冲突,主要手段为军事援助乌克兰、经济制裁俄罗斯、支持北约吸纳瑞典和芬兰两国、强化和波罗的海国家防务合作。三是积极开展“印太倾斜”,部署“伊丽莎白女王”号航母打击群到访南海,并签订英美澳三方安全合作协定、英日《相互准入协定》。四是在中东地区,劝说美国和伊朗重回《伊核协议》。
<<In the past year,Britain was active in the fields of security and defence. The first was to promote the new national security strategy “Global Britain in a competitive age”,and continue to update its strategic guidelines in the fields of war,space and cyber under the guidance of this strategy. Second,in Europe,the UK responded to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine through military aid to Ukraine,economic sanctions against Russia,support for NATO inclusion of Sweden and Finland,and defence cooperation with the Baltic states. Third,the UK implemented the “Indo-Pacific tilt” by deploying the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier strike group to the South China Sea,and signing the trilateral agreement on security cooperation between the UK,the US and Australia and the Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan. The fourth was in the Middle East,Britain persuaded the United States and Iran to return to the Iran nuclear agreement.
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