Government
Can you take Rachel with you?
Sir Keir Starmer moves on leaving the UK in leadership limbo again
Insights on the defence sector, national security trends, military technology, procurement, and the geopolitical forces shaping global security strategy.
Government
Sir Keir Starmer moves on leaving the UK in leadership limbo again
AI
We have entered what the industry is calling the "Agentic Wars." In December 2025, Meta paid over $2 billion to acquire Manus, a nine-month-old startup that had built something Silicon Valley now considers essential: an AI that doesn't just talk, but acts. ChatGPT and its peers answer
Leadership
I was at an event last night led by some of the people behind the UK government's Strategic Defence Review. If you haven't read it yet, I urge you to do so. If you’re a CEO, you’re no longer outside the blast radius. You're in it. The review redefines what war - and therefore operational