Global strategy
RS–IS PROGRAMME / Global strategyStrategic Futures
Strategic Futures
Exploring alternative futures for cooperation, competition and economic resilience.
Read programmeWork in progressLong-horizon thinking.
Long-horizon thinking.
Practical inquiry.
Our programmes organize sustained research around consequential questions, from resource supply chains to the institutions and technologies shaping strategic choices.
Connected programmes
From signals to strategic questions.
Programmes are a way to sustain attention beyond the news cycle: tracing an issue over time, comparing scenarios and building evidence that can inform future work. Each programme approaches a complex challenge through a longer-term research lens.
PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT
- 01Scope the issue
- 02Build the evidence base
- 03Compare scenarios
- 04Publish findings
Programmes & initiatives
Current projects
International security
RS–IS PROGRAMME / International securitySecurity in Transition
Security in Transition
Examining how emerging technologies and changing institutions reshape security choices.
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Resource geopolitics
RS–IS PROGRAMME / Critical mineralsCritical Minerals Observatory
Critical Minerals Observatory
Mapping the connections between mineral supply chains, industrial policy and strategic influence.
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