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This paper analyzes the nature of the changes in the UK's approach to the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) after 1998. The author explains that ever since the beginning of the European integration process in 1951, the UK's approach to European security and defense cooperation has been characterized by anti-federalism and trans-Atlanticism. The paper discusses to what extent the UK's revised approach to the ESDP after 1998 can be explained as the result of a strategic adaptation, and to what extent it can be seen as a result of more profound changes in the British identity and security interests.