Harry Halem
Senior Research Fellow, National Security Unit
Harry Halem is a Senior Research Fellow in the National Security Unit. He specialises in grand and maritime strategy, defence industrial issues, and strategic history, particularly of British strategy from 1890 to 1945. Mr Halem holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and International Relations from the University of St Andrews, and a postgraduate degree in Political Theory from the London School of Economics, where he specialised in comparative intellectual history.
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The Myth of the 'Global South'
Download Publication Online Reader A new report from Policy Exchange, “The Myth of the ‘Global South’: A Flawed Foreign Policy Construct”, debunks the increasingly popular concept of the ‘Global South’. It urges the Government to stop using it as a framework for foreign policy and strategy — arguing that it harms our interests and helps our adversaries. The report finds that the ‘Global South’ community has no compelling basis in […]
Strengthening the UK's Food Security
Download Publication Online Reader A new report from Policy Exchange, ‘Strengthening the UK’s Food Security: Innovation and investment in the Food Manufacturing Sector’, calls for the urgent need for the Government to develop a National Food Security Strategy that encompasses the entire food ecosystem – after years of high food price inflation and supply chains disrupted by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and climatic events. The report argues that […]
From the Telegraph to the Cloud
Download Publication Online Reader In the aftermath of digital and transportational sabotage at the Olympic games, and the revelation that it was a Chinese ship which damaged the Balticconnector pipeline last year, Policy Exchange today urges the UK Government to develop a more integrated approach to developing and protecting the six critical technologies of the future. The report, backed by Labour peer Lord Harris of Haringey – Chair […]
From space to seabed
Download Publication Online Reader As reports of mysterious cable-cutting incidents and suspicious Russian activity near subsea infrastructure become increasingly common, a new report published by Policy Exchange today urges the UK Government to formulate a clear and comprehensive strategy for defending against growing threats to the undersea cables, which power global digital and energy connectivity. The report calls for a ‘space-to-seabed’ strategic doctrine which will bring the whole of government, […]
Closing the Back Door
Download Publication Online Reader A new report published by Policy Exchange – backed by former Defence Secretaries Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon KCB and Rt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT and former First Sea Lord and Security Minister, Admiral Lord West – sets out how the deteriorating threat landscape, and persistent Irish security freeloading , require the UK to rediscover the strategic importance of Northern Ireland to its […]