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Dedicated to making Britain and other open nations stronger and greener. Co-founders: @james_rogers and @StarychSam
Joined September 2013
In another big win for the #UK, #Australia has agreed to participate in the @RoyalNavy’s SSN(R) programme, binding the two nations together in the #IndoPacific for the next half century. Take a look at our handy map to see what this means geopolitically! 🌏🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇲
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What would the #IntegratedReview Refresh 2023 look like if mapped? Take a look at our newest map!
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Today marks the second anniversary of the #AUKUS announcement! 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸. Check out our geostrategic map for a visual conceptualisation of the agreement 👇
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This map, from the #SeaPowerLaboratory's new #Primer by @james_rogers @salisbot shows how 🇬🇧 is ideally positioned to be a #maritime leader in #NATO 👇.
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As we host the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2023, check out our map showing the geostrategic reach of the Royal Navy. 👇. #SPC2023
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🚨 NEW RESEARCH 🚨. ‘Why Britain needs a larger navy’. In this new Primer, @william_freer and @james_rogers analyse the geostrategic rationale behind the UK’s need for a larger navy, and how this can best be achieved 🇬🇧. #StrategicAdvantageCell 👇.
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As container shipping is obstructed in the Red Sea, take a look at our map depicting the maritime mobility and versatility of British power and the @RoyalNavy 🇬🇧. 🔗
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🌊The Royal Navy should prioritise submarines. In this Broadside, @salisbot examines the strategic capabilities afforded by submarines and their critical role in national defence. ‘Prioritising submarines is no longer a strategic option but an imperative.’.
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‘The widening dependence of different countries on maritime connectivity has in fact expanded the strategic value for state actors to attempt to exploit its vulnerabilities to exert political pressure.’ | ✍️ @alessionaval . Read more here 👉
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🚨New #event!.🗓️31st October at 6PM GMT.📍Palace of Westminster. 🗣️ The Rt. Hon. @Tobias_Ellwood MP.🗣️ @general_ben .🗣️ @james_rogers .💺 @StarychSam . 🗨️ Why we should help #Ukraine win against #Russian aggression. Register below 👇.
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‘In the UK, undersea energy pipelines and sea cables power the economic lifelines of the union, whilst seven international interconnectors define energy trade flows between the British Isles and Europe.’. ✍️@alessionaval in today’s #BritainsWorld 👇.
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On Tuesday, our Research Assistant, @p_triglavcanin, wrote for the @UKDefJournal about the state of play with #AUKUS today, in light of the recent news that Australian sailors will be posted on UK nuclear submarines. Read his piece here 👇.
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How much should Britain be investing in defence? 💷. We asked nine experts in today’s Big Ask. ✍️ @EdArnold_RUSI, @lotjeboswinkel, @RobertClark87, @warmatters, @pinstripedline, @paulmasonnews, @james_rogers, @salisbot, @annietrev .
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🚨 NEW RESEARCH 🚨. ‘A more lethal Royal Navy: Sharpening Britain’s naval power’. In this new Report, @william_freer and @salisbot investigate how Britain can sharpen its naval power for increased geopolitical competition.👇.
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What can Britain learn from CCP’s breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984?. We asked five leading experts what they thought in today’s #BigAsk. ✍️ @SimonChengUK, @lukedepulford, Milia Purppura, @benedictrogers and @GraySergeant.
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We are delighted to announce that @JAParker29 will be joining us as the Nancy Bentley Associate Fellow in Indo-Pacific Maritime Affairs!. To find out more about Jennifer, read the full announcement 👉
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The Council on Geostrategy is delighted to announce that it will be hosting the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2023, in partnership with @KCL_CGS! . The Sea Power Conference is the flagship conference of the @RoyalNavy. Find out more below 👇.
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How connected are the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific theatres? . @FirstSeaLord, @USNavyCNO and @amiralVandier, discuss this question at the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2023…. 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇺🇸 #SPC2023 👇
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Two weeks to go until the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2023!. In this new video @StarychSam, our Director of Strategy, is at Lancaster House giving an overview of the upcoming conference. @RoyalNavy @FirstSeaLord. Find out more #SPC2023 👉
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We are delighted to announce the launch of our China Observatory!. This new initiative seeks to monitor the Chinese Communist Party’s activities and to guide HM Government in the formulation of a coherent ‘China policy’ 🇨🇳. #ChinaObservatory 👇.
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‘Russians never really had to reconcile with the change in their imperial status.’. ✍️ @MarkGaleotti, our Associate Fellow, on ‘Putin’s Suez Moment’. .
The former Soviet republics are losing respect for the Russian leader after his disastrous invasion of Ukraine
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The First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2023 begins tomorrow!. In this new video Commander Michael Hutchinson, @RoyalNavy, is on the XV Patrick Blackett which is now at HMS President for London Seapower Week. Find out more #SPC2023👉
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The First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2024 has begun!. ‘Future navy: Maritime in the 2040s’ 🇬🇧. Stay tuned for updates and view the programme here #SPC2024 👉
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The Council on Geostrategy, in conjunction with Sir Michael Fallon and a number of cross party Parliamentarians and leading defence figures, have initiated a public campaign urging all political parties to invest more in the defence of the United Kingdom #DefencePledge 🇬🇧
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We were delighted to host the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee @aliciakearns, Director of @ChinaResearchGp @chris_a_cash and @EditorBTB to discuss China’s Global Security Initiative - and how the UK should respond - last night at the Palace of Westminster
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What does victory look like for Ukraine? 🇺🇦. We asked ten experts for their thoughts in today’s Big Ask…. ✍️@ruth_deyermond, @John_ForemanCBE, @a_frolova_mod, @MarkGaleotti, @ALanoszka, @jgmaber, @McNamara_Eoin, @M_Piechowska, @james_rogers, @vdovychenkov.
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Interested in understanding more about the extent of the #UK’s military and financial support for #Ukraine against #Russia’s continued aggression? We have you covered with this handy #infographic!
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🇬🇧 How should Britain shape NATO under a new government?. We asked 9 experts in today’s Big Ask…. ✍️@h1llz, @John_ForemanCBE, @william_freer, @MarkGaleotti, @WarIntellectual, @BeatriceHeuser, @ZuzaZhenzhi, @james_rogers and @profdws.
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In the third part of our Underwater Warfare series for #BritainsWorld, @JohnHemmings2 delves into AUKUS and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. ‘. the fact is these nascent capabilities will complicate PLAN planning and logistics.’. Read it here:
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‘As Vladimir Putin’s Russia slides into totalitarianism, and hopes that having failed to outfight Ukraine, it can outlast it, not only is the challenge for the United Kingdom changing, but also the opportunities it presents.’.✍️ @MarkGaleotti .
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We are delighted to be in Warsaw with @PISM_Poland and @prismUA for the first dialogue of our Commission on the Trilateral Initiative (#UK, #Ukraine and #Poland). Our thanks go to @SlawomirDebski and team for hosting us, as well as to @HMaksak and team for joining us!🇵🇱🇺🇦🇬🇧
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What are the Royal Navy’s undersea capabilities for?. @TomSharpe134 answers in the fifth part of our Underwater Warfare series for #BritainsWorld. ‘Protecting undersea distribution has two components: information and energy.’. Read it here:
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‘. the PRC’s nine-dash line claim in the South China Sea is entirely divorced from the cardinal principle that the land dominates the sea.’. Read the full article by @peter_dutton analysing the key tenants of UNCLOS and how China undermines them 👉
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On August 15th, the #UK Government released the new #MaritimeSecurityStrategy, which identified key 'chokepoints' (see #infographic) that, if blocked, would have a massive impact on trade. Roughly 70% of total global #trade and 95% of the UK’s trade by weight is carried by sea.
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The Council on Geostrategy, in partnership with @KingsCollegeLon, was delighted to host the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2023!. The conference was held at the magnificent Lancaster House on Tuesday 16th May and Wednesday 17th May 2023 . #SPC2023 [1/15]👇
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The war in #Ukraine demonstrates beyond any doubt that the #BlackSea region is of vital strategic importance for #GlobalBritain and for #Europe. This #infographic outlines how #Russia’s invasion has upended the fragile balance and thrown the future of the region into uncertainty.
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🇬🇧 Britain’s geopolitical standing in the 2020s. This is the first in a weekly series of Open Briefings to the Strategic Defence Review from the Council on Geostrategy 🌐. In this piece, @james_rogers lays out his thoughts and recommendations 👇.
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Opening proceedings is @ElbridgeColby, author of ‘The Strategy of Denial’. “We are now in a situation where we [the USA] don't have the power to deal with all the potential threats that we face, especially unilaterally. Why is that? Above all, the rise of China.”
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‘The modernisation of the PLAN, including that of the submarine fleet, is centred around the PRC’s desire to achieve and maintain maritime superiority in its immediate periphery, including defending maritime communication lines.’ |✍️@salisbot. Read more 👉
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How will AUKUS deter threats in the Indo-Pacific? . We asked six leading experts what they thought in this week’s #BigAsk. ✍️@kateclaytn, @BDHerzinger, @Rory_Medcalf, @james_rogers, @shetlerjones and @vtchakarova 👇.
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One week to go until the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2023!. In this new video @alessionaval is at King’s College London talking about the Future Maritime Leaders’ Laboratory. @RoyalNavy @FirstSeaLord @KCL_CGS. Find out more #SPC2023 👉
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Today we hosted an event at the Palace of Westminster to discuss ‘The implications of the elections in Taiwan’🇹🇼. We were honoured to have H.E. Vincent Chin-Hsiang Yao, Representative of the Taipei Representative Office, delivering welcoming remarks and @aliciakearns as our Chair
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Today in #BritainsWorld, @shetlerjones looks at the history of the #UK-#Japan alliance, before asking what lessons it has for the UK's ongoing ‘#tilt’ towards the #IndoPacific. 🇬🇧🇯🇵
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🌊 Introducing The #Broadside – Your new hub for maritime expertise ⚓. We bring you leading #maritime analysis from 🇬🇧 and around the globe. Stay ahead with expert insights on the most pressing issues. Read @salisbot in the first edition now 👇.
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We are delighted to launch our urgent appeal on why #Europe must act to secure #Ukraine. Working with @DSI_Strategy and over 100 signatories, we have initiated an appeal urging the 🇬🇧 and #Europe to act and help 🇺🇦 secure victory, without waiting for the #USElection2024 outcome.
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This morning we hosted our Geostrategy Forum session at the In and Out Club!. We were delighted to welcome @arekmularczyk, Secretary of State for European Policy, Poland, to discuss ‘Poland’s role in the future of Europe’ 🇵🇱 @PolishEmbassyUK
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🚨 NEW RESEARCH 🚨. ‘China’s PLAN: Maritime dominion beyond the South China Sea’. In this new Policy Paper, @salisbot investigates the build-up and modernisation of the Chinese navy and its implications for the geopolitics of the South China Sea 🇨🇳🌏. 👇.
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Our next event is a book launch for Andrew Lambert’s ‘The British Way of War’ on the 23rd November at 6PM BST! Speaking will be Prof. Andrew Lambert, Adm. The Rt. Hon. Lord West, @c21st_sailor, @alessionaval and @james_rogers, moderated by @StarychSam!
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‘To reflect the growing threat from Russia and the PRC in the maritime domain, the British fleet should focus on sea control in the Euro-Atlantic and sea denial in the Indo-Pacific. ’. Read the full Report by @william_freer and @salisbot here 👉
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‘More dramatically and importantly, fissures within the Euro-Atlantic community risk undermining the international order more broadly.’. ✏️@StarychSam writes for #BritainsWorld today about the need for unity in support for #Ukraine against #Russia’s war.
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Our latest Explainer, ‘The Chinese navy: From minnow to shark’ by @c21st_sailor and Dr Edward Hampshire examines China’s maritime strategy while also outlining how the PLAN has grown and modernised. It is accompanied by a map detailing China’s maritime perspective 👇
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We are delighted to celebrate the Council on Geostrategy’s fourth anniversary! . Our mission is to craft new geostrategic thinking for a more competitive age. We look forward to our next year of research, events, podcasts and conferences!. #4thAnniversary
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The Council on Geostrategy will be hosting the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2024!. The Sea Power Conference is the flagship conference of the @RoyalNavy and will be held at Lancaster House on 14th-15th May 2024 🇬🇧. Find out more 👇.
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‘Britain needs to both maintain its support for Ukraine while also beginning to think and plan for a post-Putin Russia. it is impossible to see “Putinism” as a model of Russia surviving him.’ | ✍️ @MarkGaleotti in December 2022.
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‘Fielding a persistent British security presence in the Indo-Pacific is not only about counter-balancing the PRC or pleasing the Americans.’. ✍️ @graham_euan on why Britain’s new government cannot afford another ‘east of Suez’ moment.
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‘Kyiv will need to convince allied governments. that this war… is worth fighting because it is seeking to prevent a much greater evil perpetrated by Putin and his cronies – in 🇺🇦 and beyond,’ says @WarintheFuture, Senior Fellow, @LowyInstitute . #BigAsk.
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Today in #BritainsWorld, @MarkGaleotti investigates the undersea capabilities of Russia, arguing they will become more important as its land power shrinks. ‘Deterring Moscow when it has already succumbed to a wartime mentality is harder. ’ 👇.
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We are delighted to announce that @p_triglavcanin is joining us as Geoffrey Whiskard Associate Fellow in AUKUS and Britain in the Indo-Pacific!. To find out more about Patrick, read the full announcement 👉
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🚨 NEW RESEARCH 🚨. ‘Who are Britain’s most important allies and partners?’. In this new Primer, @w_d_james analyses survey data to identify the UK’s most important allies and partners now and in 2030 👇.
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How secure is Xi Jinping’s rule? 🇨🇳. We asked ten experts for their thoughts in the Big Ask. ✍️ Geremie Barmé, @OliviaCheung_oc, @roger_garside, @SariArhoHavren, Willy Lam, @georgemagnus1, Charles Parton, @andypeaps, @Scott_R_Singer and @neilthomas123.
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Introducing The Signal! . ⚓ Your monthly newsletter on maritime affairs, @RoyalNavy deployments, naval news from allies and adversaries, and naval technology by @salisbot, our Sea Power Research Fellow. Read the first edition 👇 . #BritainsWorld #Signal.
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Delighted to be hosting a workshop in conjunction with @GaskarthJamie of @OpenUniversity focusing on ‘#GlobalBritain and the #IndoPacific: Examining the “tilt”’! What are the #UK’s interests in the region, and what are its objectives. ?
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What should be on the new foreign secretary’s agenda? 🇬🇧. We asked nine experts for their thoughts in today’s Big Ask. ✍️ @EvieAspinall_, @StephenTBooth, @h1llz, @MarkGaleotti, @carmenkamanlau, @james_rogers, @salisbot, @p_triglavcanin, @RGWhitman.
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🎙️ Watch as @MarkGaleotti explores what the outcome of the war against Ukraine could mean for both Russia and Ukraine. 🎧 Listen to the full episode with Andy Start of @DefenceES and @StarychSam now 👉
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‘We are being deliberately ambitious, because we have to. we face an environment that is evolving faster than ever before’. The second day of the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference has begun with the @FirstSeaLord’s keynote speech!. #SPC2023 👇
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Today in #BritainsWorld, @georgemagnus1 examines the CPTPP and the economic and political implications of Britain’s accession to the bloc. ‘. this will be the UK’s most significant trade agreement since leaving the EU.’. Read the article here 👇.
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Our Associate Fellow, @MarkGaleotti, was on @BBCNewsnight last night discussing Ukraine’s anticipated counter-offensive. Watch the interview here👇.
“Its not just a straight forward soldier against soldier”. Director of Mayak Intelligence Mark Galeotti describes the preparations Russians soldiers are likely making in advance of the anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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Want a think-tank that stands up for the #UK?. Website launching in less than 24 hours. . 🇬🇧🌐. Watch our launch video to find out more:
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Should the UK relinquish sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory?. We asked 8 experts in today’s Big Ask…. ✍️ @blagden_david, @h1llz, @SamGoodman22, @graham_euan, Dr Carl Hunter OBE, @paulmasonnews, @james_rogers, @salisbot. #BritiansWorld .
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❗️New Research!. Today we are delighted to release a Policy Paper from @james_rogers, Dr @ALanoszka and Dr Hanna Shelest looking at #UK-#Ukraine relations, with a foreword from🇬🇧 Foreign Secretary @trussliz and 🇺🇦 Foreign Minister @DmytroKuleba!.
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Our second panel ‘Competing at sea: Naval power and active deterrence’ is underway!. 🗣️ R. Adm. Edward Ahlgren OBE.🗣️ R. Adm. Ewa Skoog Haslum.🗣️ @N_Mazzucchi.🗣️ @shetlerjones.🪑 @alessionaval . #SPC2023👇
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The Council on Geostrategy is delighted to launch the First Sea Lord’s Essay Competition 2024!. Winners will receive in-person invitations to the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2024 and a prize presented by @FirstSeaLord at Lancaster House!. Find more information below👇
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The Council is delighted to announce that we have a new Matthew Boulton Associate Fellow in Economic Modernisation joining us! We are excited to work with @BenABrittain, who had this to say about taking up the role.
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Yesterday we launched the #SeaPowerLaboratory at @trinityhouse_uk 🌊. We were joined by @VAdmAndrewBurns, @LukePollard, @c21st_sailor, and @rutlandpaull to celebrate the new programme to develop a new generation #maritime thinking for a more competitive age ⚓️.@RoyalNavy
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‘Although there is little likelihood of Russia breaking apart, 1990s-style chaos is not impossible. As Putin may also discover, a state-maker may prove a state-breaker, too.’. ✍️@MarkGaleotti, our Associate Fellow, in his latest article for The Times. 👇.
A year on from the disastrous invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin could be just one crisis away from collapse
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🚨 NEW EXPLAINER 🚨. ‘Slicing away at the status quo: Beijing’s cross-strait strategy’. In this new Explainer, @GraySergeant analyses how Beijing’s strategy across the Taiwan Strait has evolved since the summer of 2022. #IndoPacificProject 👇.
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Read the latest article from our Associate Fellow @MarkGaleotti on the threats Vladimir Putin is facing from inside Russia. 👇.
'Does Vladimir Putin face a challenge, not from cuddly, West-looking liberals, but from even sharper-toothed nationalists? Certainly this is suddenly the message coming from loyalists.'. ✍️ Mark Galeotti
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🌍 ‘It is not that the world changed after Munich, it is rather that Munich showed us how far the world had changed,’ argues @MarkGaleotti, our Associate Fellow . #BritainsWorld #BigAsk.
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In today’s #BigAsk, we asked ten experts how different partners can enhance support for Ukraine 🇺🇦. ✍️ @klausdodds, @GElefteriu, @ameliahadfield1, @TheEdwardHowell, @ALanoszka, @james_rogers, Michael Richter, @WarintheFuture, @salisbot and @rena_in_dc.
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‘A #ceasefire is not a peace though. The Kremlin will rebuild its forces and retain the capacity at any time to resume hostilities,’ says @MarkGaleotti, Director, Mayak Intelligence. #BritainsWorld #BigAsk.
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In today’s Big Ask, we asked ten experts how 🇦🇺 and 🇬🇧 can work more closely if Trump is elected. ✍️ @GeorgeBrandis, @AlexBristowASPI, @BuchananLiz, @kateclaytn, @william_freer, @JAParker29, @GraySergeant, @james_rogers, @p_triglavcanin, @JoanneEWallis.
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We are delighted to be hosting an event on July 20th at 6PM with the #Defence Minister of #Ukraine, @oleksiireznikov!. Mr Reznikov will join H.E. @VPrystaiko, Ukrainian Ambassador to the #UK, and @james_rogers, to discuss 🇺🇦-🇬🇧 relations!. Register here:.
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Today in #BritainsWorld, our series on strategic challenges continues!. Our Associate Fellow Prof. @alessionaval explains why the next prime minister will need to pay attention to #Taiwan and tensions with #China and the #CCP. Read his thoughts here 👇.
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@trussliz @DmytroKuleba @RauZbigniew We have produced an #infographic to show how the new #Trilateral will function, linking the three nations together and enhancing collaboration on cyber security, energy security and boost strategic communications to counter disinformation….
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Today, #Australia published its new #DefenceStrategicReview, with an interesting map of Australia’s position relative to the #IndoPacific. Check out our latest updated map of the geopolitics of #AUKUS – we call it the ‘AUKUS projection’!
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Today we are delighted to announce that we have signed a memorandum of understanding with @AthenaLabOrg to enhance cooperation between our like-minded organisations. Chile and Britain share many values, and we look forward to working with all at AthenaLab!
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Is the People’s Liberation Army Navy a threat to British interests? 🇨🇳. We asked seven experts for their thoughts in the Big Ask. ✍️ Neil Brown, @william_freer, Charles Parton, @alessionaval, @LiDanieRae, @c21st_sailor and @salisbot .
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