Josephine Osikena, formerly Programme Director for Democracy and International Development, has been appointed as the new FPC Director. Andrew Hood, Chair of the FPC Board, said "My fellow Board members and I are very excited about the next few years and are genuinely delighted that Josephine is taking on the role. We are particularly pleased that this will mean an evolutionary rather than revolutionary approach to the progress and future success of the Foreign Policy Centre."

The Foreign Policy Centre will be hosting full and varied fringe programmes at all three political Party Conferences this autumn. Please download the flyers below for more detailed information, including speakers, themes and venues. All our events are open to everyone (though some venues may require Conference accreditation) and there is no need to pre-register. For more information, please contact Anna Owen.

• FPC Fringe Programme - Liberal Democrat Party Conference
• FPC Fringe Programme - Labour Party Conference
• FPC Fringe Programme - Conservative Party Conference

This new FPC Briefing by Hema Kotecha explores some of the major challenges facing the Otunbaeva-led interim government and the international community in Kyrgyzstan after the April uprising and June's ethnic violence.

• FPC Briefing: The costs of believing you are not in the Game

The FPC has launched a major new report to mark World Environment Day (5 June). This pamphlet aims to stimulate discussion and debate amongst a wide ranging audience in an effort to promote the centrality of water on today's foreign policy agenda, particularly in light of the increasing environmental shocks and stresses presented by climate change and global population growth. In an increasingly interconnected world, where cooperation is no longer an option but an imperative, how can foreign policy inform and provide a more effective response to improving the management of freshwater while ensuring reliable and sustainable access?

Contributors to the pamphlet include: Rt Hon William Hague MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Professor J.A. Tony Allan, King's College, London and School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Richard Black, BBC News; Belinda Calaguas, Director of Policy & Campaigns, ActionAid; Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent, The Financial Times, Dr Bruce Lankford, University of East Anglia; Bernice Lee, Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resource Governance, Chatham House; David Nussbaum, Chief Executive, WWF-UK; Dr Letitia A. Obeng, Chair, Global Water Partnership (GWP); Dan Smith, General Secretary, International Alert; Dr Martin R. Stuchtey, McKinsey & Company Inc.; Dr Camilla Toulmin, Director, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); and Stephen Twigg MP, former Director, Foreign Policy Centre.

• Read the report: 'Tackling the world water crisis…'

New Senior Research Associate Zeynep Dereli gives her take on how Turkey needs to reformulate its approach to energy to create an outward looking strategy where energy policy and foreign policy work together towards common economic and political goals.

• FPC Briefing: Toward a Grander Turkish Energy Strategy