On British Adventuring and Eccentrics
A Note On Britain’s Most Moving Export
Marginal Takes
Short essays, half-formed ideas, and things I'm still thinking through.
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How To Talk To Politicians
Field notes from Westminster on understanding politicians’ incentives and making a specific ask.
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Australia’s AI Strategy Can Work
How Australia can turn data centres, frontier AI access and public trust into a stronger strategic position.
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Statecraft At The Frontier
How Britain is using AI biosecurity to turn scientific expertise into strategic influence.
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AI Security & Safety Institutes Need A Comparative Advantage
Why smaller countries’ AI institutes should specialise to build domestic support and international influence.
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Short Notes On: Age differences between tech and world leaders
How the worlds that shaped political and technology leaders may shape the future they build.
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Second Chain Strategist
A modern dragoman: translating ideas, incentives and expertise between technology and political power.
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Horizons and The Arena
On resisting cynicism, leaving familiar territory and finding a useful role in AI and biosecurity.
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The Long March to 2029
Why Britain’s broken bargain over fairness could produce a much harsher politics by 2029.
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Forward Deployed Vagabond
The growing value of fieldwork, human judgement and tacit knowledge in a world saturated with AI.
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Book Review: The Infinity Machine, Sebastian Mallaby
Demis Hassabis, the pursuit of artificial general intelligence, and the politics of who gets to build it.
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Upstream Influence
How to shape what leaders know, want and consider possible before a decision reaches their desk.
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The Coming of 'Artisan Intelligence'
Why thinking for yourself could become a scarce skill and an expensive status symbol.
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Closing 2025 view on British foreign policy and strategy
Why Britain needs to abandon outdated assumptions and rebuild the foundations of its power.
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On the need for a British Private Military Company
A case for maritime contractors, Commonwealth partnerships and a more entrepreneurial approach to British statecraft.