Starmer’s New National Security Adviser: A Consequential Choice

“Trump could change tack on support to Ukraine and his position on Russia,” Ed Arnold, a European security analyst at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank in London, said. “Zelensky has said that he wouldn’t personally negotiate with Putin, but if there’s enough pressure he might change that policy. But given where Russia and Ukraine are, there’s very little that they could potentially negotiate on.”

Peter Layton, Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, noted that the J-35 was entering service nearly 10 years afyer the US F-35 and came as Washington was already working on next-generation aircraft.

The restored ties between Riyadh and Tehran have reshaped the diplomatic landscape, which Trump will have to reckon with when he takes office again next year, said H.A. Hellyer, Middle East expert at the Royal United Services Institute. "Clearly Riyadh and Tehran are warming their relationship, and this is a very different regional environment as compared to when Trump was last in office," Hellyer said. "Trump may want to expand the Abraham Accords when he takes office next year, but unless Israel changes tack drastically in the region, that's going to (be) fraught with many more challenges than last time."