As the UK navigates a dramatically shifting and turbulent geopolitical picture, the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee will join us at Chatham House to examine the future of UK–US relations in the era of Trump 2.0.
The committee is chaired by Lord Robertson, a former NATO secretary-general and UK defence secretary. A Labour peer, he wrote the government’s 2025 Strategic Defence Review.
With America adopting an increasingly transactional approach to alliances and long‑term political trends reshaping its global outlook, the inquiry assesses the implications of these developments for British foreign, defence and economic policy — and for the wider rules‑based international order.
This event brings Committee members to Chatham House to unpack their findings, explore the dilemmas facing UK policymakers, and assess how Washington and London can adapt to a more volatile strategic environment. The discussion will consider the implications of shifting US priorities, areas of both continuity and change in the bilateral relationship, and what the UK must prepare for as the transatlantic partnership enters a new and uncertain phase.
In-person places for this event are now closed.
