Anne-Marie Trevelyan

A great thing about working at GCHQ is knowing that you're contributing to keeping the nation safe. Everyone, from our project managers and programmers to intelligence analysts & mathematicians, plays their part in helping protect the UK. gchq-careers.co.uk

China spent 20 years quietly buying ports. It now influences 90 ports across every major trade route on earth. The network, by operator: 🔴 COSCO (state-owned): ports across Asia, Europe, Mediterranean 🟠 China Merchants Port (state-owned): Africa, South Asia, Europe 🟢 CK Hutchison (private): Panama, Europe, global 🟣 Combined involvement: multiple Chinese entities in same port This is infrastructure as geopolitical leverage. The flashpoints: 🇵🇦 Panama Canal: CK Hutchison controls 2 ports flanking the canal now in talks to sell under US pressure after Trump raised it directly 🇬🇷 Piraeus, Greece: Chinese-managed, one of the 50 busiest ports globally, gateway into European supply chains 🇩🇯 Djibouti: China took control of the commercial port then built a military base next door 🇦🇺 Darwin, Australia: leased to a private Chinese operator created immediate political controversy with Washington 🇵🇪 Chancay, Peru: newly developed, strengthening China's grip on Latin American trade flows

Royal Navy achieves milestone with first sea trials of NavyPODS 🇬🇧 navalnews.com/naval-news/202…

This weekend the Coastal Forces Monument campaigners are running a crowdfunding effort. Please do read my substack below👇and support if you can. open.substack.com/pub/amt2024/p/…

The 🇳🇿New Zealand Defence Minister officially confirmed yesterday that the replacement for the Anzac-class frigates in the mid-2030s is a choice between the 🇯🇵Japanese Mogami-class or the 🇬🇧British Type 31 frigate. navylookout.com/new-zealands-f…

Should ministers & MPs get involved in local council elections? @ConHome Read my article 👇 open.substack.com/pub/amt2024/p/…

Hormuz traffic has collapsed by 90% since conflict began, with fewer than 10 ships a day now transiting the strait. Royal Navy-led monitors report 40+ incidents, with vessels attacked, damaged, or forced to turn back. Read more: royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/may/…

Scrap Chagos, back the Navy - today @Conservatives are calling on Starmer to formally abandon his Chagos surrender treaty & use the savings to accelerate delivery of the Royal Navy’s 13 brand new Frigates. dailymail.com/news/article-1…

“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – A. A. Milne As we mark the 100th anniversary of the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh stories, The Queen has presented a very special gift to the New York Public Library, reuniting baby Roo with his friends from the 100 Acre Wood. The Library is home to the original collection of toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne, which inspired the characters in the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh series. The collection is missing Roo, the baby kangaroo who was lost in an orchard in the 1930s. The new addition of Roo was created by Shropshire-based company Merrythought, who also created the original toys. 👀 Watch Roo’s great adventure travelling from Buckingham Palace onboard Their Majesties’ flight to his new home in New York.

My speech on nuclear submarine sustainment delivered @Pyneandpartners #AUKUS conference last week. Build is hard, but sustainment is harder. Sustainment is not the tail, it is the backbone of our submarine enterprises, so we must build for through life, not build cost. @RichardMarlesMP @LukePollard @JohnHealey_MP @PeteHegseth @haynesdeborah @larisamlbrown @johngapper @UKDefJournal @SecondSeaLord @VAdmNickHine @CN_Australia @GenGJenkinsRM @UKCDS_MOD open.substack.com/pub/amt2024/p/…

My latest article for @ConGeostrategy open.substack.com/pub/amt2024/p/…

Dawn service of #ANZAC Day remembrance at #WellingtonArch in #London is always so moving. @JudithCollinsKC @RichardMarlesMP @UKinNZ @ukinaustralia @AusHCUK @DamienOConnorMP @DanTehanWannon @SarahMacFCDO @chrisluxonmp @ChrisPenknz

An extraordinary, brave, honest speech by @VictoriaPrentis on her own journey with cancer and her wisdom about why the present #assisteddyingbill does not provide the safeguards our most vulnerable deserve. #PowerOfWords

The JEF should be a UK’s priority: a nimble, UK-led alliance of 10 like-minded northern European nations, delivers rapid response where NATO needs time to build consensus. It boosts interoperability, deters threats in the High North & Baltic and strengthens European security.

Good to see Parliamentarians driving the national conversation so urgently needed for our citizens to know the truth of the attack the UK is already under from those who wish us harm. @LincolnJopp @TomTugendhat @gareth_snell @paulmasonnews @Policy_Exchange @wesstreeting #Preparedness #Resilience

Excellent article by Kent MP Katie Lam on the realities of Russian threat to the UK and Europe. "The easiest way to lose any fight is to pretend it isn't happening" on ⁦@ConHome⁩ conservativehome.com/2026/04/15/kat…

From @AMTrevelyan On the issue of defence spending and deterring any aggressor Trump is actually right conservativehome.com/2026/04/10/ann…

125 years of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.⚓️ Here’s to all who have served below the surface - past and present. They protect. They deter. They defend. #SM125

1SL visiting Sweden in advance of their frigate decision.

Breaking ice, building readiness. Commandant General Royal Marines, @GenGJenkinsRM, joined Commandos taking part in icebreaker drills - training in demanding conditions that test teamwork, resilience, and leadership.