Dearlove says EU membership does not significantly affect UK counter-terrorism cooperation quality.
“The idea that the quality of that cooperation depends in any significant way on our EU membership is misleading.”
Dearlove states the EU lacks military capability or power to balance Russia.
“The EU doesn't have the military capability or power to balance Russia. And what's interesting is,”
Dearlove argues Brexit gave UK flexibility to lead on Ukraine support without EU defense policy constraints.
“I think the fact that we're not constrained by European community membership, by common foreign and defense policy which the EU tries to promote, made a huge difference because we have much more flexibility.”