Defence

Modern defence capability depends on trusted digital alliances. As data, AI, cloud platforms, and shared engineering environments become central to defence programmes, organisations must understand the digital relationships that shape capability, sovereignty, and long-term strategic resilience.

Diversification can strengthen resilience, but it also creates new regulatory and geopolitical risks. Defence organisations that understand the export control and compliance implications of every new partnership can expand with greater confidence while protecting long-term strategic capability.

Foreign investment is no longer judged on commercial value alone. As governments strengthen scrutiny of strategic industries, boardrooms must consider how investors, ownership structures, and sources of capital will be viewed through the lens of national security. Understanding geopolitical exposure alongside commercial opportunity is becoming a core part of good governance.

Strategic capability now extends far beyond prime contractors. As governments focus on resilience and sovereign capability, boardrooms need a clear understanding of the suppliers, technologies, and partnerships that underpin critical defence capability and where strategic dependencies exist.

As defence capability becomes increasingly digital, technology transfers now extend beyond physical goods to include software, engineering data, AI, and technical knowledge. This article explores why governing access to sensitive information is becoming just as important as controlling the movement of products in modern export compliance.

Executive summary The National Security and Investment Act reflects a broader shift in how governments assess strategic capability, ownership, investment, and control. For organisations in defence and other sensitive sectors, […]

The biggest ITAR risk isn't a missing licence. It's losing control of information. As defence goes digital, export control is becoming a governance and systems challenge, not a paperwork one. clearBorder's Ian Hunt on why the strongest organisations build compliance into the workflow from the outset.

As Europe accelerates defence spending and pursues greater sovereignty, supply chains are being redesigned around trust, resilience, and strategic control. Discover what this means for sourcing, compliance, procurement, and international trade.

Trade shocks are now a permanent feature of international commerce. Discover how tariffs, export controls, supply chain disruption, and geopolitical events impact businesses, and why leading firms invest in horizon scanning and early warning systems to stay ahead.

Foreign trade policy is increasingly shaping market access, supply chains, and commercial risk. Discover how businesses can anticipate policy shifts, navigate geopolitical uncertainty, and build resilience through trade forecasting and horizon scanning.