How will AI affect defence, foreign and security policy?
What are the implications of AI for state and non-state threats, conventional and hybrid warfare, and our international relationships?
A well-informed democracy?
Does the democratisation of news and information sources help or hinder actual democracy? How to tackle disinformation (hostile states, fraudsters or other bad actors) and how to balance resisting misinformation with protecting free speech.
What can MPs learn from what has already worked in transforming their institutions for the 21st Century
Government projects for transformation that have been a success can seem rarer than hens’ teeth. There’s a growing sense that Government itself cannot achieve change but is that true or have there been examples that offer lessons that are overlooked and what does that tell us about how to deliver?
What isn’t working in contemporary politics - and why: is the problem the civil service, the press, the public, the courts or politicians themselves?
The difficulties in making change happen are often attributed to different ‘blobs’. How can you build an eco-system for delivery in the modern era?
How will the AI Revolution impact on the ways that MPs work?
The Industrial Revolution gave us a take-off in economic growth, urbanisation, trades unions, political realignment and the 1832 Great Reform Act. What will the AI Revolution give us? How do we cope with the transition, including in the labour market?
What is the role of international institutions in contemporary domestic politics?
With the Human Rights Act under pressure, leaving the refugee convention and the ECHR on the table and the UN apparently incapable of resolving conflicts as well as suspicion of WHO, what does/should internationalism look like in the modern world.
Geopolitical Risk Programme, November 2025
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Annabelle Gouttebroze
Annabelle Gouttebroze is a DPhil (PhD) candidate in International Relations at St Hilda's College. Her research explores how the private sector's role in the development and trade of dual-use technologies introduces security risks.
Tobias Gerber
Tobias Gerber is an MSc student in Politics Research at Wolfson College, Oxford. His research interests centre on international security and foreign policy analysis, with a particular focus on how leaders shape decisions to use or threaten force.