Strategic Advantage

How can Britain pursue strategic advantage?

The Council on Geostrategy asks six experts how Britain can pursue strategic advantage in the 21st century

What is strategic advantage?

Gabriel Elefteriu, James Rogers and William Freer provide a refined definition of strategic advantage, and how the UK can create it

What should be on the new foreign secretary’s agenda?

The Council on Geostrategy asks nine experts what should be on the agenda of David Cameron, the new foreign secretary

Adapting the British Army for a maritime century

William Freer analyses how the British Army can best prepare itself for the geopolitical context of a maritime century

How Britain can become a Net Zero superpower

Dr Mann Virdee analyses the importance of Britain becoming a Net Zero leader, and how this effort is being held back

UK defence faces facts, but not everyone will be happy

Dr Philip Shetler-Jones analyses the 2023 Defence Command Paper, arguing that there has been a scale trade-off and domain tilt

The Royal Navy’s global reach

A map of the global reach of the Royal Navy that visualises the maritime mobility and versatility of British power

Europe’s new ‘Moonshot’ space plan: How should Britain respond?

Gabriel Elefteriu FRAeS breaks down Europe’s ‘Revolution Space’ report, identifying areas for improvement and interest to the UK

Australia’s Defence Strategic Review: Lessons for Britain

James Rogers draws lessons for the United Kingdom’s ongoing refresh of the Defence Command Paper from Australia’s new Defence Strategic Review

The new Defence Command Paper needs a maritime ‘tilt’

Dr Philip Shetler-Jones argues that Britain’s strategic advantage lies in the maritime domain