is more committed than his rhetoric suggests when he says that nato is obsolete. he says that he wants to use nato to relieve pursue his key foreign policy agenda which is fighting islamic radical terrorism. at theresa may is also going over to say, we need america, to forge that relationship across a range of dimensions. security is essential. right now nato offers written the potential to have tremendous influence at a time when it is exuding the european union. this question of how important is a personal relationship between leaders to what is a much more complicated relationship between countries? clearly it was important with reagan and thatcher, it was also important with clinton and blair. this could be important, couldn't it? it could be. it is incredibly tricky of course. theresa may will have to navigate this to rain of dealing with the leader who is unpredictable and uncertain, who says things that are difficult to