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In June 2026, Sympodium returned to Riga for the NATO StratCom Dialogue — an event that has become a genuine fixture in our calendar. Dr Neville Bolt chaired the panel on strategic communications in the Indo-Pacific, and the wider programme tackled some of the field's more pressing questions, including how influence operations exploit epistemic exhaustion rather than simple deception. As ever, Riga delivered.

Dr Neville Bolt, our Founder & Director travelled to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan with our UK FCDO partners to introduce prospective students to the Postgraduate Programme 2026/2027 and available FCDO Scholarship opportunities.

Sympodium convened senior experts and thought leaders at the London Defence Conference 2026 to address a pressing question.

This year's Study Week in Riga marked a significant milestone for Sympodium, bringing together over 100 students across three parallel programmes in an exciting and dymanic tri-cohort format.

In January 2026, Sympodium Founder & Director Dr Neville Bolt and Chairman Sir Lloyd Dorfman attended the NSBT (Network for Security Business and Technology) Strategic Forum in Tokyo, contributing to a high-level discussion on the future of security business and the growing importance of Strategic Communications in an increasingly unstable world.

The NATO StratCom COE’s NextGen Information Environment report was launched at this year’s Munich Security Conference on the 13th February.

Sympodium convened senior experts and thought leaders at the London Defence Conference 2026 to address a pressing question.