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James Rogers

James Rogers is Co-Founder and Director of Research at the Council on Geostrategy, where he specialises in geopolitics and British strategic policy. He is also Editor of Britain’s World, the Council on Geostrategy’s online magazine. Previously, he held positions at the Henry Jackson Society, the Baltic Defence College, RAND Europe, and the European Union Institute for Security Studies.

His commentary has been carried in the global media and he has been invited to give oral evidence at the Foreign Affairs, Defence, and International Development committees in the Houses of Parliament. His research has been cited and endorsed by the serving British prime minister, and he has worked on research projects for the British and French ministries of defence. He holds an MPhil in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Cambridge and an award-winning BSc Econ (Hons) in International Politics and Strategic Studies from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

James Rogers

Britain: Eastern Europe’s new guarantor?

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Prof. Richard Whitman and James Rogers argue that the United Kingdom is increasingly important to Eastern Europe in the twenty-first century

James Rogers discusses foreign aid on GB News

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Our Director of Research appears on GB News to discuss the UK's foreign aid policy with host Colin Brazier and guest Ryan Henson

Discursive statecraft: Responding to national positioning operations

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James Rogers provides options for responding to ‘discursive statecraft’ in the form of national positioning operations

Can sanctions dislodge Alexander Lukashenko?

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Dr Alexander Lanoszka and James Rogers ask whether sanctions are sufficient to affect political change in Belarus

Why Britain should continue to support Ukraine

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Dr Alexander Lanoszka and James Rogers assess Russia’s military build-up near Ukraine. Why and how should Britain and its allies respond?

Discursive statecraft: Preparing for national positioning operations

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James Rogers explains why the United Kingdom should prepare for ‘discursive statecraft’ and national positioning operations

The Integrated Review: Five key innovations

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James Rogers assesses the Integrated Review. What are the five key innovations to underpin Global Britain’s international posture?

Forever bound: Global Britain and the Wider Baltic

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James Rogers and Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė assess the British Foreign Secretary’s visit to Tallinn in March 2021. What does it mean for Global Britain and the Wider Baltic?

A ‘Crowe Memorandum’ for the twenty-first century

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In 1907, Sir Eyre Crowe drafted a Memorandum for the Foreign Secretary to urge a more robust British approach with revisionists. Is such an approach needed today? And what should it be based on?