Benedict Baxendale-Smith

Main areas of expertise: Defence and security, British 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. Previously, he worked for a Member of Parliament, and held a position at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington, DC. He holds an MA in International Relations with distinction from Durham University.