A attempt to take awayat least in words. Thus must be interpreted the declaration with which the British Labor Prime Minister, Keir Starmerleader of the country that historically is the closest Washington allyhe tried today to overcome the signs of an American radical turning point – to the limits of the release – on the fate of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
London and support for Kiev
A front that Stormer swears not to want to desert, in the name of the hard line ride against Fly From the beginning of the conflict, now three years ago they are under the Premiership Tory of Boris Johnson. As emerged from a conversation with the president Volodymyr Zelenskyin which he remarked that Kiev – in London’s vision – it remains walked on “in an irreversible path towards the Born». Path «agreed by the allies to the top of Washington»Of 2024, he pointed out, reiterating that the United Kingdom intends to continue to provide «concrete support toUkraine For all the time necessary »in terms of Aid, weapons, security guarantees. And not without rejecting any negotiation with Vladimir Putin overlooking Zelensky.
The contrast with Trump
Statements that do from counterpoint evident with respect to the liquidation of each perspective of Ukrainian adhesion to NATO as “unrealistic” by the President Donald Trump and its defense secretary, Pete Hegseth. A counterpoint not without elements of weakness and some ambiguitybeyond the parallel announcement of the Foreign Office of the umpteenth package of Anti-Russe penalties against figures of the “restricted circle of Putin», Symbolically launched on the anniversary of the death of Aleksei Navalny.
The challenge of Special Relationship
This certainly does not cancel the strategic effort to safeguard the Special Relationship with the vital Overseas ally and to mend some basic harmony in the relationship with The Donald: party on the wrong foot after the Trumpian accusations of pro-dem intrusion of the British Labor in the presidential campaign USA. To witness it is the phone call that Sir Keir he hastened to do a Trumpon the sidelines of a meeting a Downing Street with its emissary Mark Burnettto ask for audience as part of a “next visit to Washington».
The goal? Strengthen the Post-Brexit bilateral collaboration and parry independently the blow of the threat of the American duties (at a safe distance from the possible reactions EU); But also looking for a compromise on the dossier geopolitics more thorny.
The paper of the monarchy
In a context in which London the card of the soft power from the monarchyis being put in place as of now – to believe the rumors of the Daily Mirror – an official mission of Charles III by spring of 2026 in United States (as well as in CanadaCountry of which the king remains head of state for now). In the hope that the offensive charm home Windsor can breach the former colony once more.