Council on Geostrategy
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Dedicated to making Britain and other open nations stronger and greener. Co-founders: James Rogers and Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė
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🚨 NEW RESEARCH 🚨
Brig. (rtd.) Rory Copinger-Symes CBE explores the future of 🇬🇧 defence posture in the #IndoPacific in light of 🇨🇳 rise as a central strategic competitor
👇Read the full #Primer now 👇
#IndoPacificProject
Brig. (rtd.) Rory Copinger-Symes CBE explores the future of 🇬🇧 defence posture in the #IndoPacific in light of 🇨🇳 rise as a central strategic competitor
👇Read the full #Primer now 👇
#IndoPacificProject
The future of Britain’s defence posture in the Indo-Pacific – Council on Geostrategy
Rory Copinger-Symes CBE explains how Britain can enhance its defence posture in the Indo-Pacific in the aftermath of Operation HIGHMAST.
www.geostrategy.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨 NEW RESEARCH 🚨
Brig. (rtd.) Rory Copinger-Symes CBE explores the future of 🇬🇧 defence posture in the #IndoPacific in light of 🇨🇳 rise as a central strategic competitor
👇Read the full #Primer now 👇
#IndoPacificProject
Brig. (rtd.) Rory Copinger-Symes CBE explores the future of 🇬🇧 defence posture in the #IndoPacific in light of 🇨🇳 rise as a central strategic competitor
👇Read the full #Primer now 👇
#IndoPacificProject
Today, we hosted a #SeaPowerSeries event!
🌊 We were pleased to welcome R. Adm. Bret Grabbe, Commander, Submarines, #NATO and Deputy Chief of Staff, Submarines, at NATO MARCOM, to discuss securing the undersea environment and enhancing #maritime security in the #NorthAtlantic
🌊 We were pleased to welcome R. Adm. Bret Grabbe, Commander, Submarines, #NATO and Deputy Chief of Staff, Submarines, at NATO MARCOM, to discuss securing the undersea environment and enhancing #maritime security in the #NorthAtlantic
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today, we hosted a #SeaPowerSeries event!
🌊 We were pleased to welcome R. Adm. Bret Grabbe, Commander, Submarines, #NATO and Deputy Chief of Staff, Submarines, at NATO MARCOM, to discuss securing the undersea environment and enhancing #maritime security in the #NorthAtlantic
🌊 We were pleased to welcome R. Adm. Bret Grabbe, Commander, Submarines, #NATO and Deputy Chief of Staff, Submarines, at NATO MARCOM, to discuss securing the undersea environment and enhancing #maritime security in the #NorthAtlantic
Last week we hosted an event in partnership with the Embassy of 🇵🇱 on critical undersea infrastructure in the #BalticSea ⚓
🗣️ @elisabethbraw.bsky.social (Atlantic Council), @willfreer.bsky.social, @szymonkardas.bsky.social (@ecfr.eu), Benjamin Schmitt (@upenn.edu), @starychsam.bsky.social
🗣️ @elisabethbraw.bsky.social (Atlantic Council), @willfreer.bsky.social, @szymonkardas.bsky.social (@ecfr.eu), Benjamin Schmitt (@upenn.edu), @starychsam.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Last week we hosted an event in partnership with the Embassy of 🇵🇱 on critical undersea infrastructure in the #BalticSea ⚓
🗣️ @elisabethbraw.bsky.social (Atlantic Council), @willfreer.bsky.social, @szymonkardas.bsky.social (@ecfr.eu), Benjamin Schmitt (@upenn.edu), @starychsam.bsky.social
🗣️ @elisabethbraw.bsky.social (Atlantic Council), @willfreer.bsky.social, @szymonkardas.bsky.social (@ecfr.eu), Benjamin Schmitt (@upenn.edu), @starychsam.bsky.social
Read the #Cable — your weekly #defence roundup 👇
✍️ Defence Committee says 🇬🇧 ‘nowhere near’ ready to defend itself
🚨 HM Gov pledges £5.2 mil for 🇺🇦 critical infrastructure
🏭 MoD scopes disused oil refineries to turn into munitions factories
#BritainsWorld
✍️ Defence Committee says 🇬🇧 ‘nowhere near’ ready to defend itself
🚨 HM Gov pledges £5.2 mil for 🇺🇦 critical infrastructure
🏭 MoD scopes disused oil refineries to turn into munitions factories
#BritainsWorld
Ring the alarm: New report calls for Britain to enhance its readiness
The Cable | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Read the #Cable — your weekly #defence roundup 👇
✍️ Defence Committee says 🇬🇧 ‘nowhere near’ ready to defend itself
🚨 HM Gov pledges £5.2 mil for 🇺🇦 critical infrastructure
🏭 MoD scopes disused oil refineries to turn into munitions factories
#BritainsWorld
✍️ Defence Committee says 🇬🇧 ‘nowhere near’ ready to defend itself
🚨 HM Gov pledges £5.2 mil for 🇺🇦 critical infrastructure
🏭 MoD scopes disused oil refineries to turn into munitions factories
#BritainsWorld
Your weekly 🇨🇳 news roundup is out now!
🇬🇧 parliamentarians targets by CCP spies on LinkedIn
💻 HM Gov announces £170 mil for encrypted technology to counter 🇨🇳 interference
🇹🇼 to distribute civil defence handbook to citizens
#Tracker #ObservingChina
🇬🇧 parliamentarians targets by CCP spies on LinkedIn
💻 HM Gov announces £170 mil for encrypted technology to counter 🇨🇳 interference
🇹🇼 to distribute civil defence handbook to citizens
#Tracker #ObservingChina
Beijing attempts to pilfer our parliamentarians
Britain was China’s top destination for high-tech investment; Nexperia handed back to Chinese shareholders
www.observingchina.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Your weekly 🇨🇳 news roundup is out now!
🇬🇧 parliamentarians targets by CCP spies on LinkedIn
💻 HM Gov announces £170 mil for encrypted technology to counter 🇨🇳 interference
🇹🇼 to distribute civil defence handbook to citizens
#Tracker #ObservingChina
🇬🇧 parliamentarians targets by CCP spies on LinkedIn
💻 HM Gov announces £170 mil for encrypted technology to counter 🇨🇳 interference
🇹🇼 to distribute civil defence handbook to citizens
#Tracker #ObservingChina
Did you catch the latest episode of #DefenceTalks?
🎙️ Dr Tanya Suarez, IoT Tribe, and John Ridge, NATO Innovation Fund, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social to explore accelerating innovation across #NATO!
▶️ Watch now: www.britainsworld.or...
@baesystems.com
🎙️ Dr Tanya Suarez, IoT Tribe, and John Ridge, NATO Innovation Fund, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social to explore accelerating innovation across #NATO!
▶️ Watch now: www.britainsworld.or...
@baesystems.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Did you catch the latest episode of #DefenceTalks?
🎙️ Dr Tanya Suarez, IoT Tribe, and John Ridge, NATO Innovation Fund, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social to explore accelerating innovation across #NATO!
▶️ Watch now: www.britainsworld.or...
@baesystems.com
🎙️ Dr Tanya Suarez, IoT Tribe, and John Ridge, NATO Innovation Fund, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social to explore accelerating innovation across #NATO!
▶️ Watch now: www.britainsworld.or...
@baesystems.com
This morning, we were pleased to host Ollie Hamilton, Deputy Director for Strategy, National Security Secretariat, Cabinet Office, to discuss the development and implementation of the #NationalSecurityStrategy
#WhitehallBriefing #NSS
#WhitehallBriefing #NSS
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This morning, we were pleased to host Ollie Hamilton, Deputy Director for Strategy, National Security Secretariat, Cabinet Office, to discuss the development and implementation of the #NationalSecurityStrategy
#WhitehallBriefing #NSS
#WhitehallBriefing #NSS
🛰️ ‘A fresh approach is needed; one which can deliver services more capably and cost-effectively, using a Medium Earth Orbit-based constellation, and in collaboration with trusted allies and partners,’ writes John Yates
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
Next-generation UK MILSATCOM capability
The Memorandum | No. 44.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🛰️ ‘A fresh approach is needed; one which can deliver services more capably and cost-effectively, using a Medium Earth Orbit-based constellation, and in collaboration with trusted allies and partners,’ writes John Yates
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
John Ridge, Adoption Lead, NATO Innovation Fund, sets out how moving towards framing problem sets for innovators is unlocking creativity and speeding up innovation across #NATO
▶️ Watch the full episode here: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/strengthen...
#DefenceTalks @baesystems.com
▶️ Watch the full episode here: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/strengthen...
#DefenceTalks @baesystems.com
Unlocking creativity across NATO | Defence Talks
YouTube video by Council on Geostrategy
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November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
John Ridge, Adoption Lead, NATO Innovation Fund, sets out how moving towards framing problem sets for innovators is unlocking creativity and speeding up innovation across #NATO
▶️ Watch the full episode here: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/strengthen...
#DefenceTalks @baesystems.com
▶️ Watch the full episode here: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/strengthen...
#DefenceTalks @baesystems.com
⚓ ‘From covert operations and nuclear cooperation to organised crime, humanitarian crises, climate-induced disasters and mass migration, the maritime domain is now a polycrisis theatre,’ writes Dr Alistair Shepherd, @aberuni.bsky.social
#ISPC2025 #Memorandum #BritainsWorld
#ISPC2025 #Memorandum #BritainsWorld
Unconventional maritime challenges: Naval forces in a world of strategic flux
The Memorandum | No. 43.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
⚓ ‘From covert operations and nuclear cooperation to organised crime, humanitarian crises, climate-induced disasters and mass migration, the maritime domain is now a polycrisis theatre,’ writes Dr Alistair Shepherd, @aberuni.bsky.social
#ISPC2025 #Memorandum #BritainsWorld
#ISPC2025 #Memorandum #BritainsWorld
We were pleased to host a university engagement event with the @uniofhull.bsky.social as part of the International Sea Power Conference 2025!
👉 Across 3 panels, we explored #NATO’s new #maritime strategy and the evolving security landscape in the #NorthSea
#ISPC2025
👉 Across 3 panels, we explored #NATO’s new #maritime strategy and the evolving security landscape in the #NorthSea
#ISPC2025
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We were pleased to host a university engagement event with the @uniofhull.bsky.social as part of the International Sea Power Conference 2025!
👉 Across 3 panels, we explored #NATO’s new #maritime strategy and the evolving security landscape in the #NorthSea
#ISPC2025
👉 Across 3 panels, we explored #NATO’s new #maritime strategy and the evolving security landscape in the #NorthSea
#ISPC2025
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
🎙️Dr Tanya Suárez, CEO and founder of IoT Tribe, and Brigadier (rtd.) John Ridge, Adoption Lead, NATO Innovation Fund, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social on #DefenceTalks to discuss accelerating innovation across #NATO
@baesystems.com
🎙️Dr Tanya Suárez, CEO and founder of IoT Tribe, and Brigadier (rtd.) John Ridge, Adoption Lead, NATO Innovation Fund, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social on #DefenceTalks to discuss accelerating innovation across #NATO
@baesystems.com
Strengthening deterrence: Accelerating innovation across NATO
Season 2 | Episode 12
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
🎙️Dr Tanya Suárez, CEO and founder of IoT Tribe, and Brigadier (rtd.) John Ridge, Adoption Lead, NATO Innovation Fund, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social on #DefenceTalks to discuss accelerating innovation across #NATO
@baesystems.com
🎙️Dr Tanya Suárez, CEO and founder of IoT Tribe, and Brigadier (rtd.) John Ridge, Adoption Lead, NATO Innovation Fund, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social on #DefenceTalks to discuss accelerating innovation across #NATO
@baesystems.com
🚨 ‘The danger of Cold War nostalgia is that it obscures the novelty of this competition, and the scale and pace of response it demands,’ argues @Andrew_Yeh_, China Strategic Risks Institute
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🚨 ‘The danger of Cold War nostalgia is that it obscures the novelty of this competition, and the scale and pace of response it demands,’ argues @Andrew_Yeh_, China Strategic Risks Institute
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
💪 ‘For at least a decade, a plethora of terms have been invented to account for the new era of competition: “hybrid warfare’, “grey-zone conflict”, “sub-threshold confrontation,” argues @james-rogers.bsky.social, our Co-founder
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
💪 ‘For at least a decade, a plethora of terms have been invented to account for the new era of competition: “hybrid warfare’, “grey-zone conflict”, “sub-threshold confrontation,” argues @james-rogers.bsky.social, our Co-founder
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
🪖 ‘Today, we are not in a new cold war. To say otherwise would presuppose the previous cold war had ended. It has not,’ writes Jan Ruzicka, @aberuni.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🪖 ‘Today, we are not in a new cold war. To say otherwise would presuppose the previous cold war had ended. It has not,’ writes Jan Ruzicka, @aberuni.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
💰 ‘There is a significant risk that the new cold war will be different and more unstable from Orwell’s template. 🇨🇳 economic competition is designed to win it, and thus establish a new Sinocentric world order,’ writes @george17.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk China Centre
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
💰 ‘There is a significant risk that the new cold war will be different and more unstable from Orwell’s template. 🇨🇳 economic competition is designed to win it, and thus establish a new Sinocentric world order,’ writes @george17.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk China Centre
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
🌍 ‘In the Cold War of 1945-1991, the West enjoyed an overwhelming economic advantage, and could afford to contain its rivals. This time, the same ideological and economic certainties are not present,’ says Dr Robert Johnson, @ox.ac.uk
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🌍 ‘In the Cold War of 1945-1991, the West enjoyed an overwhelming economic advantage, and could afford to contain its rivals. This time, the same ideological and economic certainties are not present,’ says Dr Robert Johnson, @ox.ac.uk
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
🗣️ ‘Although some of the rhetoric in European circles has sharpened against 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇳 in recent times, #NATO members’ actions fall short of what the term “cold war” implies,’ says @lanoszka.bsky.social, @uwaterloo.ca
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🗣️ ‘Although some of the rhetoric in European circles has sharpened against 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇳 in recent times, #NATO members’ actions fall short of what the term “cold war” implies,’ says @lanoszka.bsky.social, @uwaterloo.ca
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
💡 ‘There is no new cold war: the old one never ended,’ argues John Foreman CBE, Defence Attaché to 🇷🇺 (2019-2022), and 🇺🇦 (2008-2011)
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
💡 ‘There is no new cold war: the old one never ended,’ argues John Foreman CBE, Defence Attaché to 🇷🇺 (2019-2022), and 🇺🇦 (2008-2011)
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
⚛️ ‘With 🇺🇸, 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇳 increasing their nuclear arsenals and arms control collapsing, Orwell’s “peace that is no peace” endures,’ says @sariarhohavren.bsky.social, our International Fellow
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
⚛️ ‘With 🇺🇸, 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇳 increasing their nuclear arsenals and arms control collapsing, Orwell’s “peace that is no peace” endures,’ says @sariarhohavren.bsky.social, our International Fellow
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
‘🇷🇺 subsequent illegal invasions of 🇬🇪, Crimea and 🇺🇦 proper represent successive inflection points, which have tipped European nations and 🇬🇧 into a new cold war era,’ writes @ameliahadfield1.bsky.social, @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
‘🇷🇺 subsequent illegal invasions of 🇬🇪, Crimea and 🇺🇦 proper represent successive inflection points, which have tipped European nations and 🇬🇧 into a new cold war era,’ writes @ameliahadfield1.bsky.social, @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
👉 ‘Thankfully, the Cold War ended peacefully. However, that does not mean that the new cold war is destined to follow suit,’ writes Richard Ballett
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
👉 ‘Thankfully, the Cold War ended peacefully. However, that does not mean that the new cold war is destined to follow suit,’ writes Richard Ballett
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
We asked 10 experts in today’s #BigAsk
✍️ Richard Ballett, John Foreman CBE, @ameliahadfield1.bsky.social, @sariarhohavren.bsky.social, Dr Robert Johnson, @lanoszka.bsky.social, @george17.bsky.social, @james-rogers.bsky.social, Dr Jan Ruzicka, Andrew Yeh
#BritainsWorld
We asked 10 experts in today’s #BigAsk
✍️ Richard Ballett, John Foreman CBE, @ameliahadfield1.bsky.social, @sariarhohavren.bsky.social, Dr Robert Johnson, @lanoszka.bsky.social, @george17.bsky.social, @james-rogers.bsky.social, Dr Jan Ruzicka, Andrew Yeh
#BritainsWorld
Are we in a new cold war?
The Big Ask | No. 46.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Are we in a new cold war?
We asked 10 experts in today’s #BigAsk
✍️ Richard Ballett, John Foreman CBE, @ameliahadfield1.bsky.social, @sariarhohavren.bsky.social, Dr Robert Johnson, @lanoszka.bsky.social, @george17.bsky.social, @james-rogers.bsky.social, Dr Jan Ruzicka, Andrew Yeh
#BritainsWorld
We asked 10 experts in today’s #BigAsk
✍️ Richard Ballett, John Foreman CBE, @ameliahadfield1.bsky.social, @sariarhohavren.bsky.social, Dr Robert Johnson, @lanoszka.bsky.social, @george17.bsky.social, @james-rogers.bsky.social, Dr Jan Ruzicka, Andrew Yeh
#BritainsWorld
🌏 ‘Reducing 🇹🇼 to a mere cross-strait issue limits European perceptions. Instead, it ought to be seen as a global partner and a key player in the #IndoPacific,’ writes Laura Bonsaver, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
Towards Taiwan-European partnerships
The Memorandum | No. 42.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🌏 ‘Reducing 🇹🇼 to a mere cross-strait issue limits European perceptions. Instead, it ought to be seen as a global partner and a key player in the #IndoPacific,’ writes Laura Bonsaver, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
Your weekly 🇨🇳 news roundup is out now!
🇨🇳 accuses the BBC of trying to ‘discredit and vilify’ Beijing
🎓 Foreign Affairs Committee to examine CCP interference in 🇬🇧 universities
⚓ Beijing unveils most advanced aircraft carrier yet
#Tracker #ObservingChina
🇨🇳 accuses the BBC of trying to ‘discredit and vilify’ Beijing
🎓 Foreign Affairs Committee to examine CCP interference in 🇬🇧 universities
⚓ Beijing unveils most advanced aircraft carrier yet
#Tracker #ObservingChina
Beijing wants compensation from BBC for being ‘destructive’
Brussels explores Huawei ban for EU member states; Nexperia becomes a bargaining chip
www.observingchina.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Your weekly 🇨🇳 news roundup is out now!
🇨🇳 accuses the BBC of trying to ‘discredit and vilify’ Beijing
🎓 Foreign Affairs Committee to examine CCP interference in 🇬🇧 universities
⚓ Beijing unveils most advanced aircraft carrier yet
#Tracker #ObservingChina
🇨🇳 accuses the BBC of trying to ‘discredit and vilify’ Beijing
🎓 Foreign Affairs Committee to examine CCP interference in 🇬🇧 universities
⚓ Beijing unveils most advanced aircraft carrier yet
#Tracker #ObservingChina