By Euan Graham*
John Healey, the secretary of state for defence in Britain’s new Labour government, could be forgiven for not putting the country’s geostrategic presence in the Indo-Pacific at the top of his to-do list. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the capability shortfalls that the conflict has indirectly highlighted in Britain’s armed forces will be absorbing most of his attention, as well as Labour’s wider interest in repairing relations with the European Union. (The Australian Strategic Policy Institute. The Strategist.)
