Benedict Baxendale-Smith
Cuthbert Collingwood Adjunct Fellow in Maritime StrategyMain areas of expertise: Defence and security, UK defence policy, US defence policy, and sea power.
Benedict Baxendale-Smith is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Defence Studies at King’s College London, researching the role of the maritime-air domain in the Indo-Pacific strategies of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. In addition to working for a Member of Parliament, he has previously held a position at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington, DC. He holds an MA in International Relations with distinction from Durham University.
Stephen Booth
Adjunct Fellow in Political EconomyMain areas of expertise: Political economy of the UK and European Union, trade, regulation, and immigration policy.
Stephen Booth is an experienced public policy analyst and political commentator. Previously, he was Head of the Britain in the World Project at Policy Exchange and Director of Policy and Research at the think tank Open Europe. His work focuses on the United Kingdom’s international economic relationships and the global economic and political trends affecting Britain’s place in the world.
Dr Hillary Briffa
Anne Warburton Adjunct Fellow in National SecurityMain areas of expertise: National security, grand strategy, role of small states in British strategic policy
Dr Hillary Briffa is a Senior Lecturer in National Security Studies and the Assistant Director of the Centre for Defence Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. She is on the editorial board of open access, peer-reviewed Small States and Territories Journal, and regularly consults on foreign policy and defence issues for the British government and international governments, ranging from Estonia to Fiji.
Prof. Mark Galeotti
Anthony Jenkinson Adjunct Fellow in Russian GeopoliticsMain areas of expertise: Russian foreign, security and defence policy
Prof. Mark Galeotti is Director of Mayak Intelligence and an Honorary Professor in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London. He is an expert in modern Russia, particularly its security, politics, and intelligence services. Mark has advised and given evidence to a wide range of bodies, from the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Commons and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to the International Criminal Police Organisation and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.
Ben Goodwin
Timothy Garden Adjunct Fellow in Air PowerMain areas of expertise: Air power, defence technology innovation, the evolution of warfare
Ben Goodwin is a fighter pilot with experience in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Eastern Europe and Central Africa. He has been posted to the Ministry of Defence and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Brussels. Previously, he worked at the trading arm of a large bank, focused on foreign exchange and government bonds. He holds a BA in International Relations and History from the University of Sydney.
Deniz Güzel
Henry Wotton Adjunct Fellow in International LawMain areas of expertise: International law and lawfare
Deniz Güzel is an English-qualified lawyer, experienced in handling complex commercial disputes with a particular focus on public international law and international arbitration. His research focuses on legal warfare. Prior to private practice, he worked at the United Nations International Co-Prosecutor’s Office at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). He holds an MA in International Peace and Security from King’s College London and an LLB from the University of Bristol.
Dr William D. James
Sir Eyre Crowe Adjunct Fellow in Grand StrategyMain areas of expertise: Grand strategy, British defence policy
Dr William D. James is an Assistant Professor in Strategic Studies at NTU Singapore, the Sir Eyre Crowe Associate Fellow in Grand Strategy at the Council on Geostrategy, and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Navy’s Strategic Studies Centre. William earned his DPhil from the University of Oxford and previously held research fellowships at MIT, Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and King’s College London. His first book, British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony, was published in early 2024.
Charlotte Kleberg
Adjunct Fellow in Maritime LogisticsMain areas of expertise: Defence and security, maritime security, naval strategy, and sea power.
Charlotte Kleberg holds various project and board advisory roles in the Ro-Ro shipping sector through Wallenius Lines, Wallenius Marine, and United European Car Carriers. She is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre. Previously, she was Junior Analyst in RAND Europe’s Defence and Security Team. Her research focuses on maritime strategy and naval strategic theory, exploring aircraft carrier survivability in the context of American-Chinese competition at sea. She holds an MA from King’s College London and an MSc from the Swedish Defence University.
Paul Mason
Aneurin Bevan Adjunct Fellow in Defence and ResilienceMain areas of expertise: British defence policy, the defence industrial base, armaments production, European security
Paul Mason is an author and journalist, currently writing Reds: The History of Communism from the Neolithic to Xi’s China. Previously, he was the Economics Editor at BBC Newsnight and later at Channel 4 News, reporting on issues from strikes by the People’s Republic of China’s migrant work force, to the Arab Spring. Paul frequently writes for The New European, Frankfurter Rundschau and Social Europe and is the British champion for the global campaign for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Prof. Alessio Patalano
Herbert Richmond Adjunct Fellow in Maritime StrategyMain areas of expertise: Sea power and Maritime Strategy
Prof. Alessio Patalano is the Professor of War and Strategy in East Asia in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. At the Department of War Studies, he is part of the Centre for Grand Strategy where he leads the King’s Japan Programme, and specialises in Japanese naval history and strategy and contemporary maritime issues in East Asia. Alessio is the Director of the Asian Security and Warfare Research Group and Research Associate at the King’s China Institute. Since 2006, he has been Visiting Lecturer in Naval Strategy and East Asian Security at the Italian Naval War College, Venice.
Jack Richardson
James Blyth Adjunct Fellow in Energy SecurityMain areas of expertise: energy, environment, climate diplomacy, and trade
Jack Richardson is the Head of Policy at Octopus Energy. He was previously the Policy Adviser to the Energy Security Secretary Claire Couhtino in DESNZ, where he advised on a range of subjects covering energy infrastructure and net zero. Before that, he led the think tank Onward’s Energy and Environment programme and the Conservative Environment Network’s climate and energy campaigns. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Political Economy from King’s College London, and has worked in the House of Commons for a Foreign Office minister.
Dr Kevin Rowlands
Julian Corbett Adjunct Fellow in Naval StrategyMain areas of expertise: Sea power, naval diplomacy, maritime policy and strategy
Dr Kevin Rowlands is the Head of the Royal Navy’s Strategic Studies Centre, an internal Ministry of Defence think tank which aims to inform senior policy and strategy decision makers. He enjoyed a naval career for 30 years, of which 20 were at sea, and left in the rank of Captain. He has been the Secretary to the Chiefs of Staff Committee and other senior Ministry of Defence boards and committees, and was the Course Director for the United Kingdom’s Advanced Command and Staff Course. Kevin holds a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London, and an MA in Defence Studies and an MA in Education.
Prof. Deborah Sanders
Adjunct Fellow in Naval AffairsMain area of expertise: Maritime security and maritime power in the Black Sea, small navies strategy and policy, Ukraine’s military transformation and conflict termination
Deborah Sanders is a Professor of Contemporary Conflict and Strategy in the Defence Studies Department, King’s College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College where she specialises in security issues in the Black Sea region. She is an advisor to NATO on maritime issues in the Black Sea and is also a Visiting Fellow at the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre.
Julien Lalanne de Saint-Quentin
François Crouzet Adjunct Fellow in Comparative GeopoliticsMain areas of expertise: Comparative studies, public international law (armed conflicts, maritime, treaties), naval strategy, British-French relations.
Julien Lalanne de Saint-Quentin was an officer in the Marine Nationale for 27 years. He commanded a number of warships and served in the French and British ministries of defence in strategy and policy roles. He was also Naval Attaché to the French Embassy in London. Julien also teaches defence at Sciences Po, Paris, and Franco-British relations at King’s College, London. He was educated at the Ecole Navale, Brest, and the Ecole de Guerre, Paris, and holds an LLM in Public International Law from University College London.
Dr Marc DeVore
Halford Mackinder Adjunct Fellow in Black Sea GeopoliticsMain areas of expertise: Black Sea geopolitics, Ukraine and European security
Dr Marc DeVore is a Senior Lecturer at the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews. He is also an Associate Fellow at the Royal Navy’s Strategic Studies Centre. His areas of expertise covers Ukraine and the Black Sea, European security, and Russia’s revisionist challenge to the Euro-Atlantic order.
William Young
William Stanley Jevons Adjunct Fellow in Environmental SecurityMain areas of expertise: Trade, technology and finance
William Young is a Director at BloombergNEF, Programme Lead for its work with the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), and Climate Lead on the East-West focused New Economy Forum. He was formerly Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer and prior to that was instrumental in launching BloombergNEF’s research capabilities. He holds an MSc in International Strategy and Diplomacy from the London School of Economics and an MA (Hons) in Modern History from the University of Oxford.