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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🌏 ‘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
What can the 1956 Suez Crisis teach 🇬🇧 about alliance management in the #IndoPacific?
🤝 ‘Alliances last through legitimacy, transparency and restraint, not by force,’ argues Dr Ju Hyung Kim, Security Management Institute
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
🤝 ‘Alliances last through legitimacy, transparency and restraint, not by force,’ argues Dr Ju Hyung Kim, Security Management Institute
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
Alliance management in the Indo-Pacific: Learning from Suez
The Memorandum | No. 41.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
What can the 1956 Suez Crisis teach 🇬🇧 about alliance management in the #IndoPacific?
🤝 ‘Alliances last through legitimacy, transparency and restraint, not by force,’ argues Dr Ju Hyung Kim, Security Management Institute
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
🤝 ‘Alliances last through legitimacy, transparency and restraint, not by force,’ argues Dr Ju Hyung Kim, Security Management Institute
#Memorandum #BritainsWorld
🎧 ‘#Wargaming has proved itself to be an effective training tool for the development of leadership and warfighting skills of naval personnel around the world,’ writes SLt Isaac Robinson, in the latest analysis from the #Broadside
From virtual reality to victory
How wargaming and simulation are shaping the future Royal Navy
www.thebroadside.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🎧 ‘#Wargaming has proved itself to be an effective training tool for the development of leadership and warfighting skills of naval personnel around the world,’ writes SLt Isaac Robinson, in the latest analysis from the #Broadside
The #Cable is out 👇
🌳 Starmer urges that 🇬🇧 is committed to its #climate goals
🌍 HM Gov to provide support to 🇧🇪 following 🇷🇺 #drone incursions
🤝 @james-rogers.bsky.socialunpacks 🇺🇦 becoming an ‘Enhanced Partner’ of the #JEF
#BritainsWorld
🌳 Starmer urges that 🇬🇧 is committed to its #climate goals
🌍 HM Gov to provide support to 🇧🇪 following 🇷🇺 #drone incursions
🤝 @james-rogers.bsky.socialunpacks 🇺🇦 becoming an ‘Enhanced Partner’ of the #JEF
#BritainsWorld
Climate of distrust: COP30 falls afoul of geopolitics
The Cable | No. 45.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The #Cable is out 👇
🌳 Starmer urges that 🇬🇧 is committed to its #climate goals
🌍 HM Gov to provide support to 🇧🇪 following 🇷🇺 #drone incursions
🤝 @james-rogers.bsky.socialunpacks 🇺🇦 becoming an ‘Enhanced Partner’ of the #JEF
#BritainsWorld
🌳 Starmer urges that 🇬🇧 is committed to its #climate goals
🌍 HM Gov to provide support to 🇧🇪 following 🇷🇺 #drone incursions
🤝 @james-rogers.bsky.socialunpacks 🇺🇦 becoming an ‘Enhanced Partner’ of the #JEF
#BritainsWorld
🌍 Our Co-founder, @james-rogers.bsky.social, joined a panel at the 4th Annual Ukrainian Student Union Summit in Cambridge, discussing resilience of democratic institutions, cybersecurity, and leadership skills during crises
@camgeopolitics.bsky.social
@camgeopolitics.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🌍 Our Co-founder, @james-rogers.bsky.social, joined a panel at the 4th Annual Ukrainian Student Union Summit in Cambridge, discussing resilience of democratic institutions, cybersecurity, and leadership skills during crises
@camgeopolitics.bsky.social
@camgeopolitics.bsky.social
‘If 🇬🇧 can leverage its intellectual and industrial capabilities even more effectively, it can continue to be a front-rank player in #EuroAtlantic and global security,’ writes Peter Watkins, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Is Britain now a rising power?
The Big Ask | No. 45.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
‘If 🇬🇧 can leverage its intellectual and industrial capabilities even more effectively, it can continue to be a front-rank player in #EuroAtlantic and global security,’ writes Peter Watkins, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
🌏 ‘The #IndoPacific is where all the economic growth will be found in the decades ahead, and brings huge opportunities for 🇬🇧,’ argues The Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Minister for the Indo-Pacific (2022-2024)
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Is Britain now a rising power?
The Big Ask | No. 45.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🌏 ‘The #IndoPacific is where all the economic growth will be found in the decades ahead, and brings huge opportunities for 🇬🇧,’ argues The Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Minister for the Indo-Pacific (2022-2024)
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
🪖 ‘What 🇬🇧 should do is cultivate its “strategic indispensability”. It should pursue the military capabilities...its allies and partners want,’ says @james-rogers.bsky.social, our Co-founder (Research)
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Is Britain now a rising power?
The Big Ask | No. 45.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🪖 ‘What 🇬🇧 should do is cultivate its “strategic indispensability”. It should pursue the military capabilities...its allies and partners want,’ says @james-rogers.bsky.social, our Co-founder (Research)
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
📈 ‘Rising powers use economic statecraft to enhance their investment climate, global image and influence. In 🇬🇧 case...growth is sluggish, investment is falling and international confidence is waning,’ says Dr Ksenia Kirkham, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Is Britain now a rising power?
The Big Ask | No. 45.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📈 ‘Rising powers use economic statecraft to enhance their investment climate, global image and influence. In 🇬🇧 case...growth is sluggish, investment is falling and international confidence is waning,’ says Dr Ksenia Kirkham, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
‘🇬🇧 should confront its deep-rooted domestic productivity, investment and fiscal challenges to maximise the potential of this relatively strong global position,’ says Stephen Booth, TheCityUK
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Is Britain now a rising power?
The Big Ask | No. 45.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
‘🇬🇧 should confront its deep-rooted domestic productivity, investment and fiscal challenges to maximise the potential of this relatively strong global position,’ says Stephen Booth, TheCityUK
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
‘🇬🇧 has the potential to be a rising power if it can...help people understand that economic conflict does not necessarily mean an inevitable kinetic conflict,’ argues Dr Rebecca Harding, Centre for Economic Security
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Is Britain now a rising power?
The Big Ask | No. 45.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
‘🇬🇧 has the potential to be a rising power if it can...help people understand that economic conflict does not necessarily mean an inevitable kinetic conflict,’ argues Dr Rebecca Harding, Centre for Economic Security
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
💪 ‘The jury is out on whether longstanding advantages in diplomacy, defence, soft power and finance can increase 🇬🇧 power,’ writes @garykent.bsky.social, @progbrit.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Is Britain now a rising power?
The Big Ask | No. 45.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
💪 ‘The jury is out on whether longstanding advantages in diplomacy, defence, soft power and finance can increase 🇬🇧 power,’ writes @garykent.bsky.social, @progbrit.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
💡 ‘The future of 🇬🇧 power position in the international system actually looks quite bright,’ writes @willfreer.bsky.social, our Research Fellow
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Is Britain now a rising power?
The Big Ask | No. 45.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
💡 ‘The future of 🇬🇧 power position in the international system actually looks quite bright,’ writes @willfreer.bsky.social, our Research Fellow
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Is 🇬🇧 now a rising power?
We asked 8 experts in today’s #BigAsk
✍️ Stephen Booth, @willfreer.bsky.social, Dr Rebecca Harding, @garykent.bsky.social, Dr Ksenia Kirkham, @james-rogers.bsky.social, The Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Peter Watkins
#BritainsWorld
We asked 8 experts in today’s #BigAsk
✍️ Stephen Booth, @willfreer.bsky.social, Dr Rebecca Harding, @garykent.bsky.social, Dr Ksenia Kirkham, @james-rogers.bsky.social, The Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Peter Watkins
#BritainsWorld
Is Britain now a rising power?
The Big Ask | No. 45.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Is 🇬🇧 now a rising power?
We asked 8 experts in today’s #BigAsk
✍️ Stephen Booth, @willfreer.bsky.social, Dr Rebecca Harding, @garykent.bsky.social, Dr Ksenia Kirkham, @james-rogers.bsky.social, The Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Peter Watkins
#BritainsWorld
We asked 8 experts in today’s #BigAsk
✍️ Stephen Booth, @willfreer.bsky.social, Dr Rebecca Harding, @garykent.bsky.social, Dr Ksenia Kirkham, @james-rogers.bsky.social, The Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Peter Watkins
#BritainsWorld
Top stories in this week’s #Tracker – your roundup of 🇨🇳 news
🇬🇧 university ceases Uyghur human rights research after pressure from 🇨🇳
🇺🇸 offers help to counter 🇨🇳 aggression in #SouthChinaSea
🧠 Xi Jinping sets out plan for global #AI governing body led by 🇨🇳
#ObservingChina
🇬🇧 university ceases Uyghur human rights research after pressure from 🇨🇳
🇺🇸 offers help to counter 🇨🇳 aggression in #SouthChinaSea
🧠 Xi Jinping sets out plan for global #AI governing body led by 🇨🇳
#ObservingChina
They stole our chips
British academia capitulation to CCP pressure; China-Pakistan submarine deal
www.observingchina.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Top stories in this week’s #Tracker – your roundup of 🇨🇳 news
🇬🇧 university ceases Uyghur human rights research after pressure from 🇨🇳
🇺🇸 offers help to counter 🇨🇳 aggression in #SouthChinaSea
🧠 Xi Jinping sets out plan for global #AI governing body led by 🇨🇳
#ObservingChina
🇬🇧 university ceases Uyghur human rights research after pressure from 🇨🇳
🇺🇸 offers help to counter 🇨🇳 aggression in #SouthChinaSea
🧠 Xi Jinping sets out plan for global #AI governing body led by 🇨🇳
#ObservingChina
🚨 New research on 🇬🇧 space strategy
💡 Gabriel Elefteriu FRAeS, our Senior Research Fellow, sets out a new ‘ends-ways-means’ methodology for HM Gov to generate a coherent #space strategy
With forewords from Maj. Gen. Paul Tedman CBE, UK Space Command, and Doug Liddle, @ukspace.bsky.social
💡 Gabriel Elefteriu FRAeS, our Senior Research Fellow, sets out a new ‘ends-ways-means’ methodology for HM Gov to generate a coherent #space strategy
With forewords from Maj. Gen. Paul Tedman CBE, UK Space Command, and Doug Liddle, @ukspace.bsky.social
UK space strategy and the national space interest: A methodological approach – Council on Geostrategy
Gabriel Elefteriu outlines Britain’s national space interest and provides a methodological approach for UK space strategy making.
www.geostrategy.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🚨 New research on 🇬🇧 space strategy
💡 Gabriel Elefteriu FRAeS, our Senior Research Fellow, sets out a new ‘ends-ways-means’ methodology for HM Gov to generate a coherent #space strategy
With forewords from Maj. Gen. Paul Tedman CBE, UK Space Command, and Doug Liddle, @ukspace.bsky.social
💡 Gabriel Elefteriu FRAeS, our Senior Research Fellow, sets out a new ‘ends-ways-means’ methodology for HM Gov to generate a coherent #space strategy
With forewords from Maj. Gen. Paul Tedman CBE, UK Space Command, and Doug Liddle, @ukspace.bsky.social
Read this week’s foreign policy and defence roundup 👇
🔋 Dep for Business and Trade announce policy to cut industrial energy costs
💡 The Royal Navy test experimental #quantum optical atomic clock
🤝 @johnhemmings.bsky.social unpacks 🇬🇧-🇻🇳 relations
#Cable #BritainsWorld
🔋 Dep for Business and Trade announce policy to cut industrial energy costs
💡 The Royal Navy test experimental #quantum optical atomic clock
🤝 @johnhemmings.bsky.social unpacks 🇬🇧-🇻🇳 relations
#Cable #BritainsWorld
Competitive edge: Britain enhances support for heavy industry
The Cable | No. 44.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Read this week’s foreign policy and defence roundup 👇
🔋 Dep for Business and Trade announce policy to cut industrial energy costs
💡 The Royal Navy test experimental #quantum optical atomic clock
🤝 @johnhemmings.bsky.social unpacks 🇬🇧-🇻🇳 relations
#Cable #BritainsWorld
🔋 Dep for Business and Trade announce policy to cut industrial energy costs
💡 The Royal Navy test experimental #quantum optical atomic clock
🤝 @johnhemmings.bsky.social unpacks 🇬🇧-🇻🇳 relations
#Cable #BritainsWorld
@james-rogers.bsky.social , our Co-founder (Research), weighs in on 🇷🇺 new #Poseidon nuclear-powered super torpedo in @theipaper.com 👇
✍️ The test was ‘mostly propaganda...The weapon may exist, but it has little military utility.’
✍️ The test was ‘mostly propaganda...The weapon may exist, but it has little military utility.’
Putin has tested his nuclear 'doomsday' torpedo – here's how worried we should be
Russia claims the Poseidon 'doomsday machine' can destroy cities with radioactive tidal waves - here are the facts
inews.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@james-rogers.bsky.social , our Co-founder (Research), weighs in on 🇷🇺 new #Poseidon nuclear-powered super torpedo in @theipaper.com 👇
✍️ The test was ‘mostly propaganda...The weapon may exist, but it has little military utility.’
✍️ The test was ‘mostly propaganda...The weapon may exist, but it has little military utility.’
We are excited to host another university engagement event as part of the International Sea Power Conference 2025 with @aberuni.bsky.social on unconventional #maritime challenges!
🔗 Find out more here: www.geostrategy.org....
#ISPC2025
🔗 Find out more here: www.geostrategy.org....
#ISPC2025
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We are excited to host another university engagement event as part of the International Sea Power Conference 2025 with @aberuni.bsky.social on unconventional #maritime challenges!
🔗 Find out more here: www.geostrategy.org....
#ISPC2025
🔗 Find out more here: www.geostrategy.org....
#ISPC2025
🇬🇧 should ‘think beyond the current geographic extent of the coalition, and consider how links with nations in the South Caucasus and Central Asia can be consolidated and expanded to strengthen it,’ says @stefwolff.bsky.social, @unibirmingham.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
How should Britain cultivate the Coalition of the Willing?
The Big Ask | No. 44.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🇬🇧 should ‘think beyond the current geographic extent of the coalition, and consider how links with nations in the South Caucasus and Central Asia can be consolidated and expanded to strengthen it,’ says @stefwolff.bsky.social, @unibirmingham.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
‘🇬🇧 leadership in the evolving coalition should now rest on five essential pillars: strategic framing, tangible commitments, measurable progress, shared responsibility and enduring support,’ argues Dr Victoria Vdovychenko, @camgeopolitics.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
How should Britain cultivate the Coalition of the Willing?
The Big Ask | No. 44.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
‘🇬🇧 leadership in the evolving coalition should now rest on five essential pillars: strategic framing, tangible commitments, measurable progress, shared responsibility and enduring support,’ argues Dr Victoria Vdovychenko, @camgeopolitics.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
‘🇬🇧 should also help to normalise 🇺🇦 strategic integration with #EuroAtlantic allies and partners, using the coalition as a mechanism for ensuring that the country becomes a “shadow” member of #NATO,’ writes @rgwhitman.bsky.social, @kent.ac.uk
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
How should Britain cultivate the Coalition of the Willing?
The Big Ask | No. 44.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
‘🇬🇧 should also help to normalise 🇺🇦 strategic integration with #EuroAtlantic allies and partners, using the coalition as a mechanism for ensuring that the country becomes a “shadow” member of #NATO,’ writes @rgwhitman.bsky.social, @kent.ac.uk
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
🗣️ ‘Of the many options to develop the coalition further, one seems particularly worthwhile at present – strongly encouraging 🇩🇪 to play its full role,’ writes @henninghoff.bsky.social, International Fellow
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
How should Britain cultivate the Coalition of the Willing?
The Big Ask | No. 44.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🗣️ ‘Of the many options to develop the coalition further, one seems particularly worthwhile at present – strongly encouraging 🇩🇪 to play its full role,’ writes @henninghoff.bsky.social, International Fellow
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
‘🇬🇧 should offer ready forces, possibly through the #JEF, to anchor the coalition, based on speed and credibility rather than focusing on bureaucratic military issues,’ writes @philippelefevre.bsky.social, @cbesurrey.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
How should Britain cultivate the Coalition of the Willing?
The Big Ask | No. 44.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
‘🇬🇧 should offer ready forces, possibly through the #JEF, to anchor the coalition, based on speed and credibility rather than focusing on bureaucratic military issues,’ writes @philippelefevre.bsky.social, @cbesurrey.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld