This is the fourth instalment of our Frontiers of Trade Policy series, which examines the places where international commerce is running ahead of the law meant to govern it. The first instalment asked which country owns a resource mined in space, the second asked who is liable when an autonomous AI agent, rather than a […]
Under Burnham, the boundaries between foreign investment, UK strategic capability and national security are becoming increasingly blurred and the ISU's casework is likely to reflect that in its new home. The UK’s National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) regime has always sat at the intersection of prosperity and security policy. Andy Burnham’s decision to move […]
Latest data points to broader national security judgments and greater willingness to test the regime's boundaries, just as a new Prime Minister is about to take office. A maturing regime entering a new phase The Cabinet Office’s Investment Security Unit (ISU) published its Annual Report covering National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) operation from 1 […]
On 3 January, US forces carried out airstrikes and a military operation in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, capturing President Nicolás Maduro who has been in power since 2013. Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has assumed presidential powers as interim President. This US action in Venezuela illustrates Trump’s increased focus on the US sphere of influence in the Western […]
Listen to Flint Partner Beth Sizeland on BBC 'The World This Weekend', discussing disruption in the UK as a result of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
