Paul Mason

Paul Mason is Aneurin Bevan Associate Fellow in Defence and Resilience. He is a journalist, author and political researcher. He was economics editor at BBC Newsnight and Channel 4 News and now writes for The New European, Frankfurter Rundschau and Social Europe. His books focus on political economy, networked communications, extremism and social conflict. An influential voice within the Labour Party on security and defence, he has contributed to policy formation on defence industrial strategy. He is currently writing a global history of communism.

Driving defence innovation – A UK-wide endeavour

In Episode 6, Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, our Co-founder, and Paul Mason, our Associate Fellow, are joined by Lt. Col. Dan Sawyers, Head, jHub, UK Strategic Command, and Rob Merryweather, Group Technology Director, BAE Systems.

Perceptions of defence in a changed world

In Episode 5, Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, our Co-founder (Strategy), and Paul Mason, journalist, author and our Associate Fellow, are joined by Iain Martin, Director, London Defence Conference, and Dr Hillary Briffa, Senior Lecturer in National Security Studies, King’s College London.

Securonomics: The contribution of a Defence Industrial Strategy

William Freer and Paul Mason outline how HM government can use securonomics to grow the economy and enhance British security

The CRINK and systemic competition

In episode two of season three, hosts Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, our Co-founder (Strategy), and Paul Mason, journalist and author, are joined by Prof. Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London, and James Rogers, our Co-founder (Research).

The Industrial Strategy for defence, growth and deterrence in 2025

In episode two of season two, hosts Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, Co-founder and Director of Strategy, Council on Geostrategy, and Paul Mason, journalist and author, are joined by Nathan Mathiot, Head of Policy at ADS Group.

NATO and the Future of European Security

In episode one of season two, hosts Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, Co-founder at the Council on Geostrategy, and Paul Mason, journalist and author, are joined by Angus Lapsley, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning.

Lessons from the 1930s: Rearm according to the threat, not the fiscal rules

Paul Mason investigates what Britain can learn today from its defence policy and spending in the 1930s