Benjamin Martill, Associate Fellow in the UK in the World programme at think tank Chatham House, takes stock of where the UK is on security and defence.

Is the UK more secure now? Absolutely not.

We've seen a return of war on the European continent.

Europe itself is fragmented, but also fragmented.

torn between essentially competing powers in the international system whose democratic credentials are very much challenged and who in many cases have very aggressive positions towards the European Union, obviously some more so than others, but I think for Europe being caught between Putin's Russia and Trump's United States is a very difficult situation to be in.

It's very difficult for the special relationship because Trump doesn't seem to believe in special relationships.

Of course, Britain's still outside of the EU.

And in terms of UK goods export volumes to the EU 2025 is one of the worst years this century.