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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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
youtu.be
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
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