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A second paper, published in the coming months, will examine the gaps in the current system in more detail and outline one model for how the centre of government in the UK could be reformed to further improve its ability to confront the policy challenges we face. [...] It is also important to highlight that investing in state capacity for economic security served Britain well in the past; and that the UK needs to follow the lead of some of its allies and bring more cohesion to analyse issues at the interface of economics and national security to ensure policymaking is fit for the challenges of the 21st century. [...] Moreover, when it was established in 1936 as a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, the expertise of MI5 and MI6 was not used.20 The JIC only became an important part of the Whitehall policymaking machine during the Second World War. [...] The JIC chair at this time, Cavendish- Bentinck, was good at managing difficult relationships, particularly between the military and the FO, and its influence grew.21 By the end of the war, the JIC was not only coordinating the intelligence effort but also producing strategic and tactical assessments. [...] However, it was only with the move to the Cabinet Office in 1957, and out of the control of the Chiefs of Staff, that it became more integrated into the foreign, defence, and security policy machinery.