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Strategic Systems
Strategic Systems covers systems whose failure would affect national security and economic continuity: critical infrastructure, critical minerals and components, digital backbones and strategic stocks.
The order things happen in.
- 01Draftsources cited, labels attached
- 02Evidence checkevery value traced
- 03Independent reviewconflicts declared
- 04Editionpublished with its limits
- 05Correctiona new version, never a silent edit
Platforms that contribute.
- Energy NexusInstitutionGCRI
- ReportsInstitutionGCRI
- Critical InfrastructureInstitutionGCRI
- Trade and Strategic ResourcesInstitutionGCRI
- Cybersecurity and Digital ResilienceInstitutionGCRI
- Data and ComputeInstitutionGCRI
- Digital Public InfrastructureInstitutionGCRI
- Payments and Market InfrastructureInstitutionGRA
- Financial Cyber and Operational ResilienceInstitutionGRA
What the series covers and at what unit.
Editions analyse concentration, substitutability and the time to recover, using open data and aggregated analysis so that nothing published increases risk.
| Element | In this series |
|---|---|
| Unit of analysis | A strategic system, nationally or across allies and partners |
| Method | Supply-chain and network concentration analysis, interdependency analysis, scenario stress tests |
What an edition of this series does not do.
- Publish vulnerability details that could aid attack.
- Advocate particular industrial or trade policies.
- Assess the security posture of named operators.
The Foundry systems an edition draws on.
What each system is designed to supply to Strategic Systems; an edition cites a record only once it exists and has passed review.
| System | Rooms | Designed to supply |
|---|---|---|
| NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) | Cascades | Concentration and substitutability analysis of strategic supply |
| NXS-NET (network topology and continuity) | Topology, Continuity | Digital backbone dependencies and continuity plans |
| NXS-NSF (trust, authorisation and assurance) | Authority | The public-safe release decision that keeps sensitive detail out |
14 editions in the Baseline programme.
Drafted editions are in stewardship review and open their landing page; planned ones have no outputs yet. None is released before it is deposited with its DOI.
| Code | Edition | Wave | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR-01 | Global Polycrisis Report 2026 · Baseline Edition | W0 | Drafted, in review |
| SR-02 | Strategic system 2, subject set at commissioning | W5 | Planned |
| SR-03 | Strategic system 3, subject set at commissioning | W5 | Planned |
| SR-04 | Minerals | W5 | Planned |
| SR-05 | Fiscal resilience | W5 | Planned |
| SR-06 | Strategic system 6, subject set at commissioning | W5 | Planned |
| SR-07 | Food, water and energy | W5 | Planned |
| SR-08 | Strategic system 8, subject set at commissioning | W5 | Planned |
| SR-09 | Planetary boundaries | W5 | Planned |
| SR-10 | Digital public infrastructure | W5 | Planned |
| SR-11 | Strategic system 11, subject set at commissioning | W5 | Planned |
| SR-12 | Strategic system 12, subject set at commissioning | W5 | Planned |
| SR-13 | Strategic technology | W5 | Planned |
| SR-14 | Strategic system 14, subject set at commissioning | W5 | Planned |
Where the series’ subjects are taught.
Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium, teaches the subjects of Strategic Systems in these disciplines; the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) links to the Academy as a partner and does not provide its courses.
- Critical minerals, mining and extractivesFacultyFaculty of Infrastructure, Energy and Industry
- Technology security: dual-use, export controls and compute governanceFacultyFaculty of Governance, Policy and International Affairs
- Trade, supply chains and geoeconomicsFacultyFaculty of Infrastructure, Energy and Industry
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