Atlantic Future Forum

[Yokel]

Are there any transcripts of the speches? Or any proper coverage beyond Twitter updates?

I thought the discussions were meant to go far beyond that. However, to take your comments and expand on them, Canada is a key contributor to NATO in the Atlantic theatre, which in many ways is NATO's centre of gravity.

Canada also has real scientific and industrial capabilities.

 

[hogstable]

I posted this on the possibility of a war with China thread . UK US cooperation

US, Royal Navy sign agreement on 'Integrated Warfighting'

The U.S. Navy and Royal Navy regularly operate together around the world.

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[Yokel]

I posted this on the possibility of a war with China thread . UK US cooperation

US, Royal Navy sign agreement on 'Integrated Warfighting'

The U.S. Navy and Royal Navy regularly operate together around the world.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

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Closer to home we have the Atlantic to worry about - and increased Russian maritime (including submarine) activity, and Chinese warships visit the Atlantic. Iran continues to threaten oil shipping.

Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran are allies - at least for the purposes of opposing the rules based international system.

See Fire and Ice: A New Maritime Strategy for NATO's Northern Flank

 

[Yokel]

The Twitter account for the Atlantic Future Forum is still active. An update was posted just today. Other updates are about news of business deals and things like cooperation with things like cyber security.

Atlantic Future Forum (@FutureAtlantic) on Twitter

Are we moving towards a trade deal with the United States? It would have benefits on both sides of the Atlantic.

 

[CivvyPete]

Is it time to build a new partnership of nations committed to playing by the rules?

Yes, but how would it deal with the Americans (or the British)?

 

[Yokel]

What does the change of American President mean for the transatlantic partnership and NATO? Am I right in thinking that it means changes in diplomatic personnel as Ambassadors are appointed by the President personally?

Ambassador Johnson was fully up to speed with Britain's commitment to NATO and in the Gulf.

 

[Yokel]

Despite all the talk of American interest shifting to the Pacific, the US is still committed to Atlantic security. This year there has been an exercise in which three ships carrying enough equipment for an armoured division were escorted over the ocean by a carrier strike group. This was the first duck exercise since 1986.

More recently a major ASW exercise was conducted by US forces in the Atlantic.

USS Eisenhower Leads Exercise To Clear Atlantic Shipping Lanes

The Navy is doing something it hasn't done since the 1980s -- test its abilities to win in a contested crossing of the Atlantic.

breakingdefense.com

Navy Sharpening Anti-Submarine Warfare Skills in Black Widow Exercise - USNI News

The Navy is expanding how it coordinates anti-submarine warfare missions in an exercise the service began in the Atlantic last week, as Russia continues to have a more active presence in waters off the U.S. coast. Now that the Navy’s recently reactivated U.S. 2nd Fleet is fully operational, the...

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