Independent economics & strategic advisory
Economics for a world in strategic transition.
Helping governments, financial institutions and industry build the economic foundations of national security.
01 — ADVISE
Strategic advice for governments, financial institutions and businesses on economic security, defence finance and geopolitical risk.
02 — RESEARCH
Independent analysis, commissioned studies and economic modelling — organised around a coherent body of ideas.
03 — CONVENE
Keynotes, strategic dialogues and executive workshops — and the ideas behind the Future of Security, delivered through CES.
Current research themes
A coherent body of work
Building the economic foundations of resilience and growth — innovation, finance and national security in a single strategic approach.
How the structure of defence finance — multilateral banks, blended finance and SME supply chains — turns spending into productive security.
Where economics meets national security: the trilogy of books and the research bringing together trade, geopolitics, finance and resilience.
The politics behind the economics of trade — from the weaponisation of commerce to supply-chain resilience and open, rules-based trade.
Paperless trade, digital identity and frictionless commerce — including the Commonwealth, Africa and ICC work, rebuilt with attribution.
Social, Security & Society ROI
Quantifying the wider value created by trade and trade finance — and the method behind a tool now in development.
Latest thinking
Recent commentary
Why the structure of defence finance is what turns spending into sustained resilience.
Rising ammunition and equipment prices are quietly eroding real defence capability.
A Bretton Woods moment for productive security
A new financial architecture that treats security, growth and resilience as one economic problem.
REBECCANOMICS & THE CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY
Two organisations, one body of thinking.
REBECCANOMICS
The ideas
Rebecca Harding — speaking, advisory and research. The originator of the ideas and the applied economics behind the field.
CES
The convening
The independent organisation that builds the ecosystem — the Future of Security, Productive Security and the Security Return on Investment programme.
years at the intersection of economics, trade, finance & security
books authored, incl. The Weaponization of Trade
commissioned reports & policy papers
Chief Economist, UK Finance · Head of Corporate Research, Deloitte
Economics for a world in strategic transition. Independent research and strategic advisory by Dr Rebecca Harding.
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