Congratulations to Dr William James, who has won first prize in the Royal United Services Institute's Trench Gascoigne essay competition.

The award was presented by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir Nick Carter, as well as the new RUSI Chair Sir David Lidington.

Will’s essay was titled: 'Between a pandemic and a hard Brexit: grand strategic thinking in age of nationalism, great power competition and human insecurity'. The essay will be published in The RUSI Journal.

Will won second prize in the same competition in 2018 and Rob Johnson also won first prize in 2016.