Council on Geostrategy

🌍 Britain’s World is moving to Substack! On the day a General Election is held in the UK, we are giving our online magazine a makeover 🇬🇧 Subscribe now to receive every article directly to your inbox and never miss an update 📩 https://lnkd.in/ecF5Hf_g

🚨 WE ARE HIRING 🚨 💼 Editorial Assistant We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and well organised Editorial Assistant with excellent editorial and formatting skills to our growing and dynamic team. Find out more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/g55xwZKQ #Hiring #EditorialAssistant

How can the UK leverage the CPTPP for economic and strategic effect? ✍ We asked 8 experts - Thomas Collinge, Patrick Horgan OBE, Minako Morita-Jaeger, PhD, george magnus, Jennifer Parker, The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Dr Mann Virdee, Dr. Ahmad Rizky M. Umar - in this week's Big Ask. You can find the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ek4zAtje #BritainsWorld #BigAsk

Britain enters key trade agreement with Asian and Pacific nations 🤝 Britain joins the #CPTPP 🪖 #JEF Leaders discuss support for 🇺🇦 at #TallinnSummit 🇬🇧, 🇯🇵 and 🇮🇹 agree to develop the Global Combat Air Programme You can read this week’s edition of the Cable here: https://lnkd.in/dpq9QtAP #BritainsWorld #Cable

The latest edition of ‘Observing China’ is out now! 🔎 Prince Andrew reportedly linked to alleged Chinese spy 💰 EU sanctions #PRC entities assisting in 🇷🇺 invasion of 🇺🇦 🔬 US and PRC sign #science and technology agreement You can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e_AmWV4A #ObservingChina

‘A battle of narratives is won not by passivity but by proactive engagement...Any IRD reimagined for the 21st century would not be a panacea. But it could provide the analytical backbone, strategic insight, and operational capacity to help reclaim the narrative – not just expose lies but tell the truth in ways which matter,’ argues Rory Cormac, in a new #Memorandum. 🗞️ In defence of the Information Research Department You can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eDuXXibd #BritainsWorld

🌏 The China Observatory 🌏 Grace Theodoulou, our Policy Fellow, explains our China Observatory research project and its aim to guide HM Government in creating a coherent China policy 📽️ You can watch the introduction here: https://lnkd.in/eBx3GQPS 📥 You can subscribe to the 'Observing China' Substack here: https://lnkd.in/eFZthyc8 #ChinaObservatory #ObservingChina

'The main barriers to growth are systemic and related to the PRC’s faltering economic development model,' argues george magnus, Member of the China Observatory Advisory Council, in a new Investigator. 💰 What are the Chinese Government’s economic priorities for 2025? You can find the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eb6trTMa #ObservingChina #Investigator #PRC

‘The challenge is to embed a strategic mindset across the procurement system, from SMEs to Whitehall, so that every decision creates not just military strength, but economic resilience and strategic advantage,’ writes Paul Mason, our Associate Fellow, in a new Memorandum. 🏭  A more strategic Defence Industrial Strategy You can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/efZxmw_e #Memorandum #BritainsWorld #strategicadvantage

'A lack of understanding of the CCP and its UFWD is a recipe for easy exploitation,' argues Charles Parton, our Distinguished Fellow, in a new Investigator. 🔎 What is the United Front Work Department? You can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e_5wk3M4 #Investigator #ObservingChina