The basis for balance

摘要

The next government will inherit an economic train wreck. Naturally, this will have an impact on how national defence structures are organised. Any future government will have the task of balancing defence priorities between the conflict we face today and wars of tomorrow, but will also have the challenge of putting back on track a decade of mismanagement and neglect of the MoD's finances.rnBut saying that we can only focus on 'the war' at the expense of 'a war' is not good enough for the British people, and would be an easy way out for any government whose first and foremost responsibility is the defence of the realm.