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<p>Global Britain in a Competitive Age, The Integrated Review of Security, Defence,
Development and Foreign Policy (IR 2021), set the UK’s overarching national security,
foreign, defence and other relevant policy. It was supported by a series of published
sub-strategies, including the 2021 Defence Command Paper and the Defence and Security
Industrial Strategy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The IR 2021 foreshadowed the global
turbulence of the last two years. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - to whom the
UK continues to provide a range of economic, humanitarian and defensive military assistance
- to imposing additional sanctions on Russia and Belarus and conflict in the Middle
East, the reality is that the world has become more dangerous, with far-reaching consequences
for the security and prosperity of the British people.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Integrated
Review Refresh 2023 Responding to a More Contested and Volatile World (IRR 2023) set
out how the UK will meet that challenge head-on.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>IRR
2023 concluded that the broad direction set by IR2021 - which includes the integration
of foreign and defence policy - was right and that HMG has made significant progress
in delivering against that direction. The Defence Command Paper 2023 provided details
on how the UK would respond to the changing context and deliver on the Integrated
Review Refresh within its resource envelope, increasing its productivity and focusing
on areas that will achieve impact.</p><p> </p>
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