UK’s relationship with the Western Balkans after Brexit
The UK’s departure from the European Union (EU) in 2019 will provide an opportunity for the country to re-define its foreign policy. This opportunity is greatest in regions where the…
FPC Briefing – Assessing successes and shortcomings in the EU’s approach to conflict resolution in the Eastern Partnership region
The next Geneva International Discussions (GID) meeting focused on conflict in Georgia is due to take place on 19-20th June 2018, the 44th round in a process running since 2008…
Turkey’s election ahead: A change or continuity?
Turkey will hold snap presidential and parliamentary elections on 24 June 2018 under the shadow of a deepening currency crisis and ongoing Emergency Rule. The Turkish Lira has lost more…
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Turkey’s election ahead: A change or continuity?
Turkey will hold snap presidential and parliamentary elections on 24 June 2018 under the shadow of a deepening currency crisis and ongoing Emergency Rule. The Turkish Lira has lost more…
UK’s relationship with the Western Balkans after Brexit
The UK’s departure from the European Union (EU) in 2019 will provide an opportunity for the country to re-define its foreign policy. This opportunity is greatest in regions where the…
FPC Briefing – Assessing successes and shortcomings in the EU’s approach to conflict resolution in the Eastern Partnership region
The next Geneva International Discussions (GID) meeting focused on conflict in Georgia is due to take place on 19-20th June 2018, the 44th round in a process running since 2008…
The recent crisis between Greece and Turkey: Two NATO allies on the brink of war, again
The old issue of Greek-Turkish animosity has resurfaced as the last addition to the series of problems that has inflicted damage to the southern flank of NATO. Just within the…
Sleight of hand: How to make a journalist disappear – Afgan Mukhtarli’s case
Azerbaijani investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli lived in self-imposed exile in Georgia from 2015-2017, but in May 2017 he was allegedly abducted in Tbilisi and forcibly transferred to a detention center in Azerbaijan. During…
Egypt’s faltering legitimacy: Sisi’s contested victory and pressing challenges
In Egypt polls have now closed after a three-day presidential election that has been characterised by unprecedented levels of repression and state-led propaganda –something that is very far from the…
International Women’s Day in Iran: What it means to those outside
In the past year alone, women around the globe have challenged entrenched patriarchal structures. Individually and collectively, women have set about establishing a new social order in which greater equality…
In memoriam: Asma Jahangir
The Iran Human Rights Review Editorial team are saddened to hear of the sudden passing of valiant human rights icon, Asma Jahangir, and offer her family our condolences. Having served…
FPC Briefing-Election Observation in the European Space: The Role of the OSCE/ODIHR, the Council of Europe and EU
As the history of structured and methodologically-based election observation is nearing its twenty-fifth anniversary, it seems that the time is ripe to take stock of the current state of play…
FPC Briefing – Thinking Big: Modi’s Foreign Policy Priorities for India
Following the landslide general election victory by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in May 2014, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) proclaimed a ‘renewed energy, vigour, and planning in India’s…
FPC Briefing: Competing norms- Why defence of human rights is strategically important in a multipolar era
Since the financial crisis of 2008 and the outbreak of the Syrian war many of the received wisdoms and institutions that have underpinned international action 70 years are being shaken.…
Closing the Door: Executive summary
The expert contributors to this essay collection describe an extremely challenging situation for political and NGO activists, along with other at-risk people from the former Soviet Union (FSU) who are…
Introduction: Closing the door on those in need
It is not a good time to be seeking refuge from authorities who wish you harm. The cumulative impact in recent years of the Mediterranean migrant crisis, increasing fear of…
The region less-explored: Europe’s response to persons coming from the former Soviet Union in a changing Common European Asylum System
In the Foreign Policy Centre’s 2014 publication ‘Shelter from the Storm’, The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) gave an overview of the development of the Common European Asylum…
The pushback of asylum seekers from the North Caucasus and Central Asia at the Polish border
The situation at the Belarusian-Polish border For many years, refugees from countries of the former Soviet Union have transited through Belarus in order to seek international protection in Poland. The…