SCOTTISH independence could end the UK's fragile commitment to a global military role, a leading defence expert predicts.
Professor Malcolm Chalmers, from the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) think-tank, said the vote could be the final nail in the coffin of interventionist foreign policy.
The public was increasingly disenchanted with the UK's role in countries like Afghanistan, he warned.
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