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Economic Statecraft and NATO Article 2 in an era of economic nationalism.
Confirm your attendance If you have received an invitation, please register via Eventbrite.From the inaugural event, June 2025
The international economic order is profoundly uncertain. Economic coercion, geopolitical fragmentation, weaponised supply chains, cyber threats, energy insecurity and conflict are reshaping the relationship between markets, governments and national security. The assumptions that underpinned globalisation for the last 80 years are now at best under strain and, at worst, no longer fit for purpose.
Against this backdrop, Future of Security 2026 brings together senior leaders from government, defence, financial services, critical infrastructure, technology and academia to address one prescient and central question: how do democratic economies build resilience and preparedness in an era of economic warfare and strategic competition?
Hosted by the Centre for Economic Security and King's College London, the event is designed not as a traditional conference, but as a practical, action-oriented forum focused on institutional and financial solutions. This year's event is framed as a "Bretton Woods 2.0" moment: a recognition that the world requires new institutions, new financing models and new forms of cooperation to support economic security and resilience.
Over two days, delegates participate in negotiations and formal dialogue examining the practical consequences of geopolitical and economic shocks across trade, finance, supply chains, energy, cyber security, food systems and defence mobilisation. The programme combines an immersive economic security wargame with high-level policy discussions designed to produce a draft Bush House Economic Security Agreement: a framework for preparedness and resilience in the 21st century.
To paraphrase Kissinger: who do you pick up the phone to when you want to talk about Economic Security in the UK, Europe and beyond? Are our traditional tools enough, and how much progress have we really made in getting the right money and resources to defence and security SMEs?
How do we identify threats, react to them, and use economic and financial tools offensively as well as defensively? How are businesses pricing the risk of economic or military warfare, and what are the consequences for banks, insurance and corporates?
The interdependencies of the global economy make it almost impossible to disentangle technology, finance, digital trade, shipping, logistics and even climate. How do corporates and financial institutions balance their national security roles with their fiduciary duty?
How might energy supply chains shift? Can Europe survive given its dependency on outside energy sources? What are the threats to food security and energy transition from the stranglehold Great Powers have over rare-earth metals, grain supplies and hard commodities?
Day 1 closes with an optional, invitation-only Ideathon (17:30 to 20:00) jointly run by Crowd Capital and CES.
Future of Security 2026 is convened by Dr Rebecca Harding, Chief Economics Convenor and CEO of the Centre for Economic Security. The programme is built around her economic security thesis for the year ahead, hosted in partnership with King's College London.
A red-teamed wargame. From newsflash to draft agreement, across ten roundtable themes.
Keynotes, panels, firesides and the audience-polled Negotiated Agreement.
The foundation paper for Day 2's Bush House Economic Security Agreement, by Dr Rebecca Harding.
Please read the executive summary before you arrive. Delegates contributing to roundtables on Day 1 will find it useful to skim the full paper too.
The event is held strictly under the Chatham House Rule. No reporting. No journalists. Speak freely.
A condition of attendance
King's College London
Strand Campus
Strand, London WC2R 2LS
Working breakfasts, lunch and refreshments are included on both days. Day 2 closes with networking drinks from 17:00 to 18:30.
If you have any access requirements, please let us know at registration or contact the CES team directly: info@ces-global.net.
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