The challenge of China’s Falklands rhetoric
Nick Sundin investigates the growing challenge to British support for the self-determination of Falkland Islanders posed by China
Discursive Statecraft
From Jim O’Neill to Xi Jinping: Whatever happened to BRICS?
Prof. Michael Cox analyses the contesting narratives around the 2023 BRICS summit and lessons that can be drawn from both sides
BRICS: Paper tiger or legitimate challenge?
Jason Beck looks at the challenges presented by BRICS, arguing that although limited, they should not be disregarded
How does BRICS challenge the prevailing international order?
The Council on Geostrategy asks six strategic experts to explain how BRICS challenges the prevailing international order
Shangri-La: From dialogue to discursive statecraft
Dr Philip Shetler-Jones breaks down the prevailing narratives and counter-narratives at the 2023 Shangri-La Dialogue
Discursive statecraft: China’s information operations
Hannah Bailey examines the Chinese Communist Party’s discursive statecraft operations on international social media platforms
Why we are competing in a new cold war
James Rogers argues that the next prime minister needs to prepare to shape an international order defined by cold war
Contending narratives at the IISS Shangri-La dialogue 2022: Beijing’s lost horizon?
Dr Philip Shetler-Jones discusses the Shangri La Dialogue meeting and considers whether Beijing has overplayed its hand in the Indo-Pacific
‘Global Britain’ and the Black Sea region
Dr Alexander Lanoszka and James Rogers outline British geostrategy in the Black Sea region and construct four scenarios for the future
The Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea
Dr Bill Hayton examines the People’s Republic of China’s potential responses to the presence of the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea