On 18 March 2021, former Cabinet Secretary and National Security Adviser Lord Sedwill chaired a joint RUSI and Cabinet Office roundtable with experts from academia, the private sector and the public sector to discuss national security and economic resilience ahead of the 2021 G7 Summit.
Discussion centred around the security risks generated by emerging technologies and increasing economic interdependence between G7 countries and China. Themes included: the globalisation of technology and supply chain resilience; cyber resilience; strategic competition and sovereign capability; the role of research and development in economic resilience; the strategic role of the G7.