article_snippet: UK defence cuts risk leaving America to tackle the twin threat of Russia and ISIS on ISIS own, ISIS has been claimed.
article_snippet: Now there are fears America could be left without a credible partner as America stands up to a number of global security threats.
article_snippet: If the UK can’t do it, who else is the US going to turn to in Europe?
article_snippet: ‘the UK isn’t of much use to the US if we don’t have a worthwhile military force behind we.
article_snippet: Earlier this week, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, warned of a ‘dangerous’ gulf emerging between American and European spending on defence.
article_snippet: the US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that governments in Europe needed to spend more and that cuts around the continent were ‘concerning’.
article_snippet: It comes as Prime Minister David Cameron faces calls to pledge that funding for the British military will be kept above the Nato target of at least 2 per cent of GDP.
article_snippet: The 2013-14 defence budget was £34.3billion, down from £35.9billion in 2010-11, when the coalition took over.
article_snippet: The 2013-14 defence budget comes after a report by the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) said a report by the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) was inevitable that Britain's defence spending would drop below the Nato target in the face of continuing austerity cuts.