Critical minerals, subsea infrastructure & geopolitics research
A research and professional education institute examining the infrastructure and material dependencies that underpin modern economies—and the geopolitical competition that surrounds them.
Great power competition is increasingly fought underground. The minerals that enable everything from semiconductors to defence systems are concentrated in a handful of locations, processed through chokepoints that few monitor and fewer understand.
Ninety-nine percent of intercontinental data crosses the ocean floor. Undersea cables, pipelines, and sensors form an invisible architecture that modern economies assume will function—until it doesn't.
Infrastructure is where strategy becomes material. The domains we cover—minerals, cables, seabed resources—are not separate sectors but a single interconnected system, increasingly weaponised in competition between states.
Original analysis on subsea infrastructure, critical minerals, and subsurface geopolitics—including our annual Chokepoint Report.
CPD-accredited courses for professionals and students, from OSINT fundamentals to strategic wargaming. Online delivery with an annual residential research retreat.
Bespoke analysis, scenario exercises, and strategic advice for governments, corporations, and international organisations navigating subsurface risk.
Our annual conference brings together those who need to understand subsurface domains to examine critical developments and stress-test assumptions.