The Indo-Pacific Project explores how the United Kingdom can turn its ‘tilt’ to the Indo-Pacific region into a permanent ‘pillar’ of its international policy.
Focusing on the big geopolitical challenges in the Indo-Pacific, this project explores what British interests are at stake and how they can be secured in an era of systemic competition.
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United Kingdom-United States Strategic Forum
Established in 2026, the United Kingdom-United States Strategic Forum aims to help uphold the critical partnership between London and Washington amidst intensifying geopolitical competition.
Operating as a crucible for new policy ideas, this invite-only forum convenes a select group of stakeholders to interrogate the shared challenges of the past decade and propose concrete solutions for the next.
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The Strategic Defence Unit is guided by an advisory board of eminent persons:
- Gen. (rtd.) Sir Richard Barrons
- Dr Andrew Ehrhardt
- Dame Fiona Hill
- Andrew Kinniburgh
- Adm. (rtd.) Tony Radakin
- The Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
- Baroness Smith of Newnham