Welcome back to The Geostrategic Bulletin!
This week, we share media coverage of our latest research on how Britain can build major infrastructure projects to secure economic growth and prosperity. We also highlight our recent private event launching the National Security Strategy, and feature the latest Investigator for Observing China and The Big Ask for Britain’s World.
The i Paper featured Dr Mann Virdee, our Senior Research Fellow (Science, Technology and Economics), and his latest Caudwell Strong Britain research in an article this week on why Britain struggles to build the major rail, road and energy infrastructure projects it needs to prosper in the 21st century.
Read the article by Joe Duggan here
Find Dr Mann Virdee’s full research here
We were very pleased to host the launch event for the National Security Strategy this week, where we welcomed senior Cabinet officials for an off-the-record discussion.
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Observing China: ‘Containing Xi’, or refining party rule?
Dr Holly Snape, Lecturer in Politics at the University of Glasgow, makes the case that the latest politburo meeting signal Xi Jinping’s, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, efforts to reshape institutions to better implement centralised power.
Britain’s World: How should Britain define asymmetric advantage?
Alec Smith, our Editorial Assistant, asks eight experts how Britain should define asymmetric advantage, after it was highlighted – but not explicitly defined – in the National Security Strategy.
The Broadside: Trying to reason with hurricane season
Dr Edward Salo, Professor of History at Arkansas State University, sets out the national security challenges arising from climate change impacts on the maritime domain, and argues for improved military resilience to storms.
Also see: Ben Coxon, our Development and Policy Officer, and Grace Theodoulou, our Policy Fellow (China Observatory), review the first year of the Labour government in The Cable for Britain’s World; Caleb Dixon and Kori Schake with The Memorandum for Britain’s World; and Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, our Co-founder (Strategy), and Paul Mason, journalist, author and our Associate Fellow, discuss the Strategic Defence Review in the latest episode of our Defence Talks podcast.
There will be more orders of the Storm Shadow missiles by Britain and France as part of a refreshed defence pact. Details emerged this week during a state visit to the UK by Emmanuel Macron, President of France, with both countries previously supplying the long-range missiles to Ukraine.
Read this Primer from 2024 by William D. James, our Associate Fellow, detailing the relative importance of the UK’s allies and partners, including France and Ukraine, and the significance of alliance management.
Peter Kyle, Science and Technology Secretary, wrote a letter to the Alan Turing Institute this week calling for research into and work on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be refocused on defence and security. He claimed that upgrading the UK’s AI capabilities was ‘critical’ to national security.
Read this Policy Paper from 2024 by Rob Bassett Cross MC, CEO and founder of Adarga, Harry Halem, Senior Fellow at Yorktown Institute, and Gabriel Elefteriu FRAeS, our Senior Research Fellow, discussing the importance of AI in expanding and improving industrial capacity during long-range strategic competition.
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