No gift: Indo-Pacific access is worth its weight in gold
Jennifer Parker investigates what critical access to Australia grants the UK and US through AUKUS
Short Reads
Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe
Charles Parton reflects on Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe and what it says about the direction of Europe-China relations going forward
NATO’s next Secretary-General: Embrace the East
Dr Alexander Lanoszka argues that NATO should embrace its Eastern flank in selecting its next Secretary-General
Sunak vs. Starmer: The battle of the defence budget
Dr Emma Salisbury analyses the recent defence spending commitments made by the Conservative party in the UK
AUKMIN 2024 advances AUKUS
Lord Risby reflects on AUKMIN 2024 and how it progressed AUKUS, as well as the significance of the agreement for the UK more broadly
The case for AUKUS public diplomacy
Euan Graham, John Hemmings and James Rogers argue that AUKUS needs a Public Diplomacy Division akin to NATO’s
Sweden joins NATO
William Freers provides a debrief assessing Sweden’s accession to NATO
What bilateral security agreements mean for Ukraine
Dr Alexander Lanoszka analyses what the various bilateral security agreements mean for Ukraine in the short- and long-term
British foreign and defence policy in an election year
Dr Emma Salisbury analyses how British foreign and defence policy may change in 2024, and how this change differs from other election years
Britain’s steel industry is at a crossroads
Dr Mann Virdee analyses the implications of the closure of the blast furnaces at Britain’s largest steelworks in Port Talbot