Following the NR’s Thursday Jaw debate in November 2021, the author considers some of the principles which might govern our strategic approach over the next quarter of a century, then introduces the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, the Navy’s in-house organisation set up to tackle that very issue. The year 2049 marks the 100th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. It will no doubt be a year of celebration for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and will, if their vision materialises, be the culmination of their drive for ‘national rejuvenation.’ All well and good, except that nation…
