Gray Sergeant

Gray Sergeant is a Research Fellow in Indo-Pacific Geopolitics at the Council on Geostrategy. He is also a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics (LSE). His academic work focuses on British-American diplomatic relations towards the People’s Republic of China during the early Cold War. He previously studied International Relations and History at the LSE before completing a Masters in Chinese Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He has spent time in Taiwan, first as a Mandarin language student at National Taiwan University and then as a Human Rights and Democracy Fellow at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. He co-founded, and is currently chair of, Hong Kong Watch.

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Slicing away at the status quo: Beijing’s cross-strait strategy

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Gray Sergeant analyses how Beijing’s strategy across the Taiwan Strait has evolved since the summer of 2022

Expanding Taiwan’s international participation

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Gray Sergeant investigates the barriers to greater international representation for Taiwan and possible ways around them

Britain continues to prioritise the Indo-Pacific

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Gray Sergeant analyses the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report on Britain’s Indo-Pacific engagement

Taiwan in the Integrated Review Refresh: More than a mention

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Gray Sergeant assesses the mention of Taiwan in the Integrated Review ‘refresh’ and the UK’s evolving policy towards the Taiwan Strait

Geopolitics in the Himalayas: Towards a British strategy

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Gray Sergeant explores the geopolitics of the Himalayas in the context of the United Kingdom’s ‘tilt’ to the Indo-Pacific region