Publication 27 October 2025 The Heywood Fellowship: The National Strategy Playbook The UK needs a sustained 15-year national strategy, reviewed every five years, to tackle major challenges, guide priorities, strengthen policy coherence and build national resilience. Lucy SmithZainab Kizilbash AghaPhilip BrayAlexander DowningMarius S OstrowskiBenjamin Clayton Public sector United Kingdom (UK)
In the media Times Radio Russian and Chinese hybrid warfare unearths weak British defence infrastructure Attacks on Jaguar Land Rover, Marks & Spencers, and Co-op show just how fragile Britain's cyber defence systems are, says Professor Ciaran Martin. Ciaran Martin Digital, Cyber and AI Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy ... United Kingdom (UK)
In the media The Independent The Tories are making a fatal mistake in push to cut UK foreign aid to a new low Britain cannot afford to ignore the politics of aid, or we will suffer the consequences, writes Professor Stefan Dercon. Stefan Dercon Economy United Kingdom (UK)
Publication 10 October 2025 National Capacities – A Model for National Strategy This paper proposes a national strategy model viewing the UK as an interconnected ecosystem of five capacities – people, means, resources, capital, institutions – uniting government and society for coherent long-term planning. Marius S Ostrowski Public sector United Kingdom (UK)
Publication 10 October 2025 UK National Strategy in Historical Perspective This report from the Heywood Fellowship traces the evolution of UK national strategy since 1850, identifying eight major historical “turning points” that reshaped state priorities and ideology. Marius S Ostrowski Public sector United Kingdom (UK)
Publication 08 October 2025 Project Solarium: A tool for national strategy-making The Heywood Fellowship examines how the UK can build long-term strategy, drawing lessons from Eisenhower’s “Project Solarium” to guide national decision-making. Lucy SmithPhilip BrayBenjamin Clayton Public sector Democracy and politics ... United Kingdom (UK)
20 Nov 20 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30 Prevent and Counter-Extremism in the UK Join Lord David Anderson, the UK's Independent Prevent Commissioner and former Terror Watchdog, for a seminar on the changing nature of extremist threats and the UK's Prevent strategy as part of the Calleva-Airey Neave Global Security Seminar Series.
In the media LBC Annette Idler on networks of organised crime Associate Professor Annette Idler speaks to Andrew Marr on LBC on the importance of looking at the bigger networks of organised crime – rather than individual gangs. Annette Idler Global security Minerva Global Security Programme: Contested Cross-border Spaces, Illicit Flows, and Order in the Contemporary World ... United Kingdom (UK)
In the media The New York Times Cyberattacks Upset British Life, Disrupting Car Factories and Grocery Stores Professor Ciaran Martin is quoted in The New York Times discussing what recent cyberattacks reveal about the weaknesses in the UK’s cybersecurity. Ciaran Martin Digital, Cyber and AI Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy ... United Kingdom (UK)
