Op-ed | World Health Day: Reimagining UK Leadership in Global Health
The 7 April marks World Health Day, with this year’s theme: “Together for Health. Stand with Science.” The United Kingdom has long excelled at the latter. As a global leader…
Op-ed | How the UK Fuels Child Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Enabling Illicit Finance
This article is co-published by the Foreign Policy Centre and Bond Examining the devastating consequences of the UK’s complicity in trade-related illicit financial flows New research published by Results…
Inside the No Kings Movement: A Conversation about Protest in Today’s America
Since President Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term, a protest movement called ‘No Kings’ has been gaining steam in the United States. Millions of people are estimated to…
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Inside the No Kings Movement: A Conversation about Protest in Today’s America
Since President Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term, a protest movement called ‘No Kings’ has been gaining steam in the United States. Millions of people are estimated to…
Op-ed | World Health Day: Reimagining UK Leadership in Global Health
The 7 April marks World Health Day, with this year’s theme: “Together for Health. Stand with Science.” The United Kingdom has long excelled at the latter. As a global leader…
Op-ed | How the UK Fuels Child Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Enabling Illicit Finance
This article is co-published by the Foreign Policy Centre and Bond Examining the devastating consequences of the UK’s complicity in trade-related illicit financial flows New research published by Results…
Op-ed | A Symptom and a Catalyst: Orbán, Ukraine and the Institutional Remaking of the European Security Order
When Hungarians head to the polls on 12th April 2026, there will be more at stake than whether the country’s current Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, wins another term. The outcome…
Op-ed | Standing up to the Kremlin: Lessons from Moldova for Defeating Russian Election Interference
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) has been high on the agenda of liberal democracies for years.[1] The European External Action Service has just published its fourth annual report on…
Op-ed | AI in Authoritarian States: Why Belarus’s AI Push Is a Human Rights Problem – and What International Actors Must Do
Authoritarian governments are racing to adopt artificial intelligence (AI). While they court international legitimacy by invoking “ethics,” “safety,” and “standards,” the real-world context is marked by systematic violations of human…
Five Priorities for the UK as it Retakes the Chair of the Media Freedom Coalition
In 2023, Professor Martin Scott examined the early performance of the Media Freedom Coalition in an article for the Foreign Policy Centre, reflecting on whether the initiative had achieved the…
Op-ed | Iran Attack Shows Limits of Starmer’s ‘Trump-Whispering’
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
Four Years On: Journalism Under Drones, Beyond Blackouts
Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war’s impact on media and information integrity remains profound. In this anniversary reflection, Sergiy Tomilenko, President of the National Union of…
Four Years On: Europe’s Strategic Test in Ukraine
Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the conflict remains unresolved and the strategic landscape increasingly complex. In this analysis, Stefan Wolff, FPC’s Senior Research Fellow, examines the evolving…
Op-ed | The Future of the OSCE and the UK’s Role
The 25th Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly should be a moment of celebration and reflection on past successes in advancing the organisation’s broader goals of comprehensive and collective…
Long Read | The German Far-Right’s Subversive Foreign Policy
The German right-wing populist party AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) has been at the centre of countless controversies since its formation in 2013, not least regarding its foreign policy. From AfD…
Op-ed | One Year into Trump 2.0: Domestic Instability and Foreign Policy Disruption
Over the past month, President Donald Trump has proven that he still has the capacity to shock the world. On 3 January, he ordered the US military to capture Venezuelan…
Op-ed | Patterns of History in Transatlantic Relations
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
Expert Look | Venezuela in Focus: Human Rights, Geopolitical Dilemmas, and International Law
The capture of Nicolás Maduro by the US military has triggered an immediate and polarised international debate. Questions of sovereignty, legality, and precedent have rightly come to the fore, reviving…