The meeting between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden has raised intractable questions and alarms for the British government, writes columnist Mary Dejevski in an article for The Spectator magazine.
“One of the issues that perhaps worries Downing Street the most is the plan of the United States and Russia to discuss cybersecurity issues, although so far only as an experiment. <…> How comfortable will British security and intelligence officials feel? if the United States begins to discuss cybersecurity issues with Russia – perhaps even “over their heads?” – asks Dejevski.
Since Biden ended up in the White House, Washington increasingly ignores London in the international arena, the author of the material stated. In addition to the meeting between Putin and Biden, Dejevski cited the example of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and the summit of the United States and the European Union.
If relations between the White House and the Kremlin improve, the United Kingdom may need to reassess its position in relation to Russia, however, the journalist added, how problematic this process will become, given the harsh rhetoric between the two countries? Such changes are likely to force the UK to pursue global ambitions on its own, she said.