Where strategic theatres intersect.
Sentinel operates across multiple regions and cross-cutting domains, with a particular focus on the strategic linkages between Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
Four theatres. One strategic frame.
Our analysts combine regional depth with cross-theatre comparison. We pay particular attention to the strategic interface between Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
Europe & Transatlantic
We work with European institutions, NATO members and partners to address collective defence, deterrence and resilience challenges across the Euro-Atlantic area.
- ▸Burden-sharing arithmetic and its political ceiling across NATO capitals.
- ▸Defence-industrial throughput versus stated ambition.
- ▸Sub-sea infrastructure incidents and attribution thresholds.
Indo-Pacific
Sentinel analyses strategic competition and crisis dynamics in the Indo-Pacific, supporting both regional actors and extra-regional stakeholders in understanding escalation risks, alliance dynamics and maritime security.
- ▸Maritime escalation pathways in the South and East China Seas.
- ▸Allied posture adjustments and trilateral signalling.
- ▸Technology export controls and their regional second-order effects.
Middle East & North Africa
We cover regional security architectures, proxy conflicts, regime stability, energy security and their implications for European and Indo-Pacific partners.
- ▸Coalition recomposition in the Gulf and the Levant.
- ▸Energy-corridor security and chokepoint risk.
- ▸Proxy dynamics and their European spillover.
Africa & the Global South
Political and security risk analysis, external influence operations and partnerships in Africa and the wider Global South — with an eye on European and Indo-Pacific policy implications.
- ▸External influence operations and security partnerships in the Sahel.
- ▸Maritime and resource competition in the Gulf of Guinea.
- ▸Realignment of historical European corridors.
Threats and capabilities that transcend geography.
Across all regions, we address the structural challenges shaping the next decade of statecraft.
Cybersecurity & information operations
Defending against state-aligned cyber campaigns and influence in democratic systems.
Hybrid & grey-zone conflict
Detecting and countering coordinated sub-threshold pressure across civil and military domains.
Critical infrastructure protection
Resilience of energy, telecoms, transport, finance and sub-sea cable networks.
Defence innovation & emerging tech
AI, autonomy, space and quantum — strategic and capability implications.
Economic security & sanctions
Friend-shoring, export controls and the weaponisation of interdependence.
Nuclear deterrence & arms control
Posture, doctrine and the future of strategic stability.
Maritime security
Sea-lines of communication, naval presence and contested waters.
Climate, energy & strategic resources
How transition shocks reshape geopolitics and defence planning.