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In a piece in ''The Guardian'' in June 2010 he wrote that the government should "cut [defence], all £45 billion of it. ... With the end of the [[Cold War]] in the 1990s that threat [of global communism] vanished."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/jun/08/cuts-armed-services-fantasy-enemies |title=My once-in-a-generation cut? The armed forces. All of them
|first=Simon |last=Jenkins |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=8 June 2010 |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> In August 2016 he wrote in ''The Guardian'' in support of [[NATO]] membership, saying: "It is a real deterrent, and its plausibility rests on the assurance of collective response".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/19/jeremy-corbyn-dismissal-nato-trident |title=Jeremy
Jenkins voted for the UK to Remain within the European Union in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]], arguing in ''The Guardian'' that leaving would provide Germany with dominance over the remainder of the union: "It would leave Germany effectively alone at the head of Europe, alternately hesitant and bullying".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/16/german-dominance-remain-eu-referendum-britain-votes-stay|title=I fear German dominance.
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