Ron Smith

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BAE Systems displaying the Typhoon fighter jet. EPA/Karel Prinsloo

December 19, 2016

Maria Garcia-Alonso, University of Kent; Quentin Michel, Université de Liège, and Ron Smith, Birkbeck, University of London

One of the UK’s biggest export industries depends heavily on cooperation with other EU member states.

The naming of the HMS Queen Elizabeth in November 2014. But how much does the UK spend on defence? Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

April 20, 2015

Keith Hartley, University of York

Plaid Cymru’s Leanne Wood has questioned whether the UK should spent 6% of its budget on defence. Has she got her numbers right?

The Trident-class nuclear submarine Vanguard. The Scottish National Party want the weapons system to be scrapped. PA/PA Wire

March 19, 2015

Simon J Smith, University of Bath

Nicola Sturgeon has set out her Scottish National Party’s opposition to renewing Britain’s nuclear deterrent. Will it cost that much?