What are the Implications of Brexit for European Security Co-operation?
Prof Alison Wakefield PhD CSyP FSyI
Co-Director, University of West London Cybersecurity and Criminology Centre
This article is co-authored by Dr Alison Wakefield FSyI, Chairman, Security Institute and Stephen Massey MSyI, Director of Member Services, Security Institute
Having started blogging on the implications of Brexit during the referendum campaign, in this latest article I wanted to provide a balanced, non-partisan analysis, writing in conjunction with my Security Institute colleague Steve Massey. It examines where we think the UK stands with respect to future security co-operation with the European Union, as we approach this aspect of the Brexit negotiations.
The heightened threat of terrorism is a pan-European problem and there is no question that our security co-operation with the EU will continue after Brexit. Giving evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee earlier this year, Europol’s British Director, Rob Wainwright, stressed that other EU nations were concerned to make sure “British expertise and leadership is not lost” because “the UK is a very important partner in the security field”.
Wainwright estimated that 40 per cent of all Europol cases have some level of British involvement, and Europol data indicate that in 2015 British authorities initiated 2,500 cases for cross-border investigation and operational support at Europol. Currently only EU member states are entitled to full Europol membership.
States outside the EU are able to negotiate ‘strategic agreements’ (limited to the exchange of general intelligence as well as strategic and technical information) and ‘operational agreements’ (which have been established with Norway, Switzerland and Iceland, for example, and allow for the exchange of information, including personal data).
Click here for the rest of the article, published in the winter 2017 issue of City Security Magazine.
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6 年Alison. You will appreciate, no doubt, that the UK Security Services take the lead on the majority of CT and AT investigations and operations throughout Europe and the British Commonwealth (BC). EUROPOL nor the UK can afford any significant changes to the current arrangement and I am sure the situation will more or less remain as close as it can be to what it is now - the value of Intelligence from BC countries should not be under-estimated. Consider the location of the two largest terrorist / serious organised crime groups at present Al Shabab and Boko Haram. EUROPOL and the UK will continue in a similar manner in my opinion.