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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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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
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 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
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 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
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Yesterday, we launched our latest Report 👇

We welcomed
📣 Lord Robertson KT GCMG for keynote remarks
🗣️ @willfreer.bsky.social, Capt. Juha Ravanti, Dr Rebecca Harding, @starychsam.bsky.social

🔗 Read the full #Report with foreword by Gen. (rtd.) Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE: bit.ly/4hEnJlR
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🚨 New #DefenceTalks episode out now!

💡 @msalexbaker.bsky.social, MP for Aldershot, discusses the contribution of defence to local communities across the UK with @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social.

👉 Watch now: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/social-val...
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Did you catch our latest #Explainer on 🇨🇳 industrial policy by @george17.bsky.social?

🔗 Read the full analysis 👇
www.geostrategy.org....
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We are pleased to announce that @sariarhohavren.bsky.social and Dr Jeffrey Ordaniel are joining us as International Fellows!

🔗 Read the full announcement here: www.geostrategy.org....
October 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We are happy to announce that Hugo Barker is joining us as an Adjunct Fellow!

🔗 Read the full announcement here: www.geostrategy.org....
October 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Council on Geostrategy is excited to announce that @joshuachuminski.bsky.social is joining us as an International Fellow!

🔗 Read the full announcement here: www.geostrategy.org....
October 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Council on Geostrategy is happy to announce that @mannvirdee.bsky.social is joining us as an Adjunct Fellow!

🔗 Read the full announcement here: www.geostrategy.org....
September 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🚨 How are #AI, #quantum & #autonomy changing defence?

🎙️ Dr Paul Hollinshead OBE, #dstl, and Finbar O’Keeffe, @baesystems.com, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social in a new #DefenceTalks out next week!

🔗 www.britainsworld.or...
September 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🗣️ Our Deputy Director, @johnhemmings.bsky.social, was pleased to take part in an event on how the free and open international order can deter 🇷🇺 across #nuclear, conventional, and hybrid domains

Our thanks to Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, George C Marshall Center, and 🇺🇸 European Command!
September 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Huge thanks to Prof. Catherine Bachleda (University of Gibraltar), Cdre. Tom Guy and Chris Shirling-Rooke MBE (Maritime UK) for their warm welcome and keynote addresses

We look forward to the next #ISPC2025 university engagement event soon!
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Panel 2: Building skills for a sustainable #maritime future

🗣️ Chris Shirling-Rooke MBE, Maritime UK
🗣️ Aaron Lopez, University of Gibraltar
🗣️ @starychsam.bsky.social, our Co-founder (Strategy)
🗣️ Ernest Morillo, Gibraltar Port Operator Association

#ISPC2025
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Panel 1: Sustainability and Alternative Fuels 🌱

🗣️ John Ghio, Gibraltar Port Authority
🗣️ Dr Behbood Issa-Zade, University of Gibraltar
🗣️ Thomas Hannam, Gibdock Ltd
🗣️ Jeroen de Vos, Peninsula

#ISPC2025
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Our first university engagement event of #ISPC2025 focused on the future of international shipping ⚓

Proud to partner with the University of Gibraltar to bring together academia, navies, and industry leaders 👇
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This week we hosted the third session of our Maritime Leaders' Programme!

⚓ We were joined by Prof. James Bergeron, Political Adviser to NATO MARCOM and our International Fellow, for a presentation and workshop on #maritime strategy

Kindly sponsored by Wallenius Lines

#MLP
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🗣️ @gracetheodoulou.bsky.social, our Policy Fellow, gave oral evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee on how 🇨🇳 and 🇷🇺 shape global narratives through #disinformation

▶️ Watch now: www.parliamentlive.t...

#ChinaObservatory #ForeignAffairsCommittee
September 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We partnered with #LISW2025 for a side event of the International Sea Power Conference 2025 on protecting shipping in an age of contestation

🗣️ Carl-Johan Hagman, Prof. Andrew Lambert, Julien Lalanne de Saint-Quentin, Cdre. Tobias Waite, @starychsam.bsky.social (Chair)

#ISPC2025
September 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This week we held a public launch for our latest #Report on encouraging Foreign Direct Investment!

🗣️ @sophiealichurch.bsky.social (Chair), Lord Fox, Lord Harrington, Richard Tice MP and @mannvirdee.bsky.social

@johncaudwell.bsky.social sponsor of #CaudwellStrongBritain gave opening remarks
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
President Trump's state visit underscores the importance of the #transatlantic relationship

🚨 Our #Report by @james-rogers.bsky.social, @johnhemmings.bsky.social and @willfreer.bsky.social unpacks how the 🇬🇧-🇺🇸 alliance should be redefined for a new era of geopolitics

🔗 bit.ly/46bjYQI
September 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We were thrilled to host David Santoro, President of the #PacificForum, to sign a new #MOU!

As 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇳 grow ever closer, this partnership will address shared security challenges connecting the #IndoPacific and #EuroAtlantic theatres

@johnhemmings.bsky.social @james-rogers.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Track the recent deployment of the Royal Navy 👇

Get your full monthly #maritime roundup in the #Signal from the #Broadside

You'll find:
⚓ Analysis on the status of 🇬🇧 shipbuilding strategy
📣 Key maritime news from 🇨🇳, 🇷🇺, 🇺🇸 and 🇯🇵
💡 The latest breakthroughs in naval technology
September 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Last week, we were delighted to welcome V. Adm. Angus Topshee CMM MSM CD, Commander, Royal Canadian Navy, for a discussion on 🇨🇦 unique geographic perspective on #maritime security ⚓

🔗 Find out more about accessing our future events: www.geostrategy.org....
September 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🚀 Space Forum

🗣️ Gabriel Elefteriu FRAeS, our Senior Research Fellow, chaired a discussion on multilateral collaboration in space with Don Brown, Amazon Project Kuiper, Jason Gnaneswaran, Ministry of Defence, and Iain Pope, GRC Ltd.
September 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM