Julian Lindley-French

A regular contributor to Aspenia online, Julian Lindley-French is co-author of “Future War and the Defence of Europe”. He is also Chairman of The Alphen Group, Senior Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft and Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

NATO, burden sharing and Mr. Trump

Julian Lindley-French Jul 22, 2018

“Two percent is a joke. Four percent is what we should be spending. We are being played for fools” President Donald J. Trump, Brussels NATO Summit, 12 July 2018 When is a pledge not a pledge? The NATO Brussels summit was all about…

Maggie May? – Downing Street and the new White House

Julian Lindley-French Nov 15, 2016

President-elect Donald J. Trump says that he wants his relationship with British Prime Minister Theresa May to be like that between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, when two kindred political souls briefly rekindled memories of…

Warsaw: NATO’s vital, lame duck summit

Julian Lindley-French Jul 12, 2016

US President Barack Obama said that NATO’s Warsaw Summit was the most important such gathering of Alliance heads of state and government since the end of the Cold War. It was also his last. This juxtaposition between importance and “lame…

Can Europe solve the Russian enigma?

Julian Lindley-French Nov 30, 2015

“I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest. It cannot be in accordance with the interest of the safety of Russia…

Britain and France: the 1930s revisited?

Julian Lindley-French May 12, 2015

It is as though nothing has changed in the world. On April 14th, Prime Minister David Cameron delivered his Conservative Party election manifesto and defense and the armed forces were not even mentioned. France is little better placed. In…

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