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30 August 2025 at 08:15 – 09:15
As part of the International Sea Power Conference (ISPC) 2025, the Council on Geostrategy is pleased to invite you to our first official ISPC 2025 side event. The invitation-only panel discussion is titled: ‘The “Wider North”: A new front linking the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific?’, and will take place at, and in partnership with, this year’s Pacific Future Forum onboard HMS Prince of Wales.
As climate change opens the Arctic and geopolitical competition intensifies, the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific are becoming increasingly interconnected. Russia’s geographic position, potentially bolstered by Chinese support, allows it to exert influence over this emerging ‘Wider North’ – a strategic space spanning the Arctic and its approaches.
The United Kingdom (UK) and Japan occupy strikingly similar geostrategic positions at opposite ends of the region, with shared interests in monitoring and countering Russian and Chinese activity. Closer cooperation between the two, alongside other allies and partners, will be essential to maintaining an open and stable Wider North.
The roundtable will explore the growing integration between the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific through the emergence of the Wider North, encouraging allied and partner nations to view the region as a new arena of strategic competition and, in turn, fostering closer collaboration between the UK and Japan.
The session will feature four expert speakers, with representation from both the Council on Geostrategy and the Royal Navy.
Please note that this event is only for this year’s Pacific Future Forum attendees.
For more information, please contact [email protected].