UK’s Keir Starmer urges allies to hike defense spending

However, some British defense policy experts say Europe needs to become more self-sufficient whoever is president, as the U.S. is likely under both Democrat or Republican administrations to redirect more resources to the Asia-Pacific region. Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director general at London’s RUSI defense think tank, wrote in March: “Given the overstretch facing U.S. armed forces, the years ahead could see a greater division of labour among Western allies, in which European states do more for their own defense, and the U.S. focuses more of its effort in East Asia."