Sentinel
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A focused portfolio for high-stakes mandates.

Sentinel offers tailored services to governments, armed forces, security institutions and strategic industries operating in contested environments.

01

Strategic Intelligence & Geopolitical Analysis

Structured, forward-looking analysis to support strategic decision-making.

Key Offerings
  • →Country and regional risk assessments
  • →Strategic early-warning and horizon scanning
  • →Thematic studies (great-power competition, sanctions, technology, supply chains)
  • →Scenario development and red-teaming
  • →Flagship annual and quarterly risk reports — Sentinel Outlook series
Typical mandate

A NATO ministry preparing its biennial strategic review asks Sentinel for an independent red-team of three force-posture options before the document reaches political level.

Out of scope

We do not produce open-source country reports for general distribution.

Typical deliverables
Risk memoQuarterly outlookRed-team review
02

Defence & Security Strategy

Supporting defence ministries, armed forces and security institutions in adapting to a rapidly evolving threat environment.

Key Offerings
  • →National defence and security strategy support
  • →Force structure and capability development advice
  • →NATO/EU alignment and burden-sharing analysis
  • →Defence planning methodologies and processes
  • →Defence-industrial and technology strategy support
Typical mandate

A defence staff facing accelerated capability decisions commissions a six-week assessment of force-structure trade-offs across two adjacent theatres.

Out of scope

We do not write capability white papers intended for public release.

Typical deliverables
Strategy paperCapability roadmapDoctrine review
03

Crisis Management & National Resilience

Helping governments and critical actors prepare for, respond to and recover from crises — including hybrid and high-end threats.

Key Offerings
  • →National crisis management frameworks and doctrines
  • →Critical infrastructure and systemic risk assessments
  • →Hybrid threat and grey-zone playbooks
  • →Tabletop exercises and simulations for senior leaders
  • →After-action reviews and lessons-learned processes
Typical mandate

A national security council requests a closed-door tabletop on coordinated sub-threshold pressure against energy and telecoms — designed and facilitated by Sentinel, attended by principals only.

Out of scope

We do not run live crisis communications or press handling during incidents.

Typical deliverables
Crisis playbookTabletop exerciseAfter-action report
04

Policy Engagement & Strategic Dialogue

Designing and facilitating platforms that bring together decision-makers, experts and practitioners across borders.

Key Offerings
  • →Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues
  • →High-level closed-door roundtables and workshops
  • →Executive education and strategic seminars for senior officials
  • →Study visits and strategic tours in Europe and the Indo-Pacific
  • →Joint research projects with think tanks and academic partners
Typical mandate

A foreign ministry commissions a discreet Track 1.5 series between European and Indo-Pacific counterparts, with Sentinel curating participants, agenda and read-outs.

Out of scope

We do not lobby on behalf of clients or carry briefs into negotiations.

Typical deliverables
Track 1.5 dialogueClosed-door roundtableExecutive seminar
Engagement

Where we are the right fit — and where we are not.

Sentinel is a deliberately small, senior team. We turn down more work than we accept; clarity on fit protects both sides.

✓

Engage us when

  • ·The decision is strategic, sensitive and time-bound.
  • ·You need an independent, non-partisan second opinion.
  • ·The brief crosses theatres — Europe, Indo-Pacific, MENA — and disciplines.
×

We are not the right fit if

  • ·You need volume research, marketing copy or PR services.
  • ·You require lobbying or transactional government-relations work.
  • ·Confidentiality and analytical independence are not a priority.