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Undersea CablesHenri van Soest, Harper Fine, James Black, Lucia Retter, Zsofia WolfordCT-A4112-1Prepared for the Joint Committee on National Security StrategyEVIDENCE SUBMISSIONEvidence submission by RAND EuropeFor more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/CTA4112-1About RAND Europe RAND Europe is a not-for-profit research organisation that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. To learn more about RAND Europe, visit www.randeurope.org.Research Integrity Our mission to help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis is enabled through our core values of quality and objectivity and our unwavering commitment to the highest level of integrity and ethical behaviour. To help ensure our research and analysis are rigorous, objective, and nonpartisan, we subject our research publications to a robust and exacting quality-assurance process; avoid both the appearance and reality of financial and other conflicts of interest through staff training, project screening, and a policy of mandatory disclosure; and pursue transparency in our research engagements through our commitment to the open publication of our research findings and recommendations, disclosure of the source of funding of published research, and policies to ensure intellectual independence. For more information, visit www.rand.org/about/research-integrity.RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif., and Cambridge, UK© 2025 RAND CorporationR® is a registered trademark.Limited Print and Electronic Distribution Rights This publication and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorised posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to its webpage on rand.org is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research products for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.1 Undersea Cables Written evidence submitted by Henri van Soest, Harper Fine, James Black, Lucia Retter, Zsofia Wolford1 RAND Europe2 Prepared for the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy 6 March 2025 This document provides RAND Europe’s submission of evidence in relation to the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy’s Call for Evidence on Undersea Cables. This document is structured to reflect the questions in the Committee's call for evidence.3 RAND Europe is the European arm of RAND, a not-for-profit research institute with a mission to improve policymaking through robust research and analysis. RAND combines academic rigour with a targeted con-sultancy approach and is committed to the public interest and to making our work accessible. RAND has 75 years of experience helping govern