France’s Military Politics
Ship 'em out This May, the rising socialist star Ségolène Royal branded Jacques Chirac’s decision to end compulsory military service in 2001 “a mistake.” Troublesome teenagers should be sent to…
Articles, Briefings and Essays
The views expressed in the articles are those of each respective author and do not necessarily reflect the views or position of the Foreign Policy Centre.
Blair failed in Europe, will Brown do better?
On the face of it, the changeover – now virtually certain by June at the latest – will be a marked set-back for the EU. Gone will be a man…
A new EU approach to China?
Instead, the EU representatives at Helsinki, led by Finnish premier Matti Vanhanen and Commission president Jose-Manuel Barroso seem set to propose a new and much more ambitious Partnership and Co-operation…
AFTER THE WAR EVENT REPORT
Read the transcript of the Prospect/Foreign Policy Centre Event "After the War"
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The perverse logic that divides impoverished Africa
Alex de Waal is programme director for the Commossion for HIV/Aids and governance in Africa, and a director of Justice Africa. A longer version of this essay appears in "Unbinding…
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Liberal Intervention: The Empire’s new clothes?
A public roundtable on Empire chaired by Michael Portillo with Mark Leonard, Phillip Bobbitt, Robert Cooper, Lindsay Hilsum, Michael Gove and Naomon Muna
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Speech by Jack Straw to the Foreign Policy Centre
Jack Straw delived a speech on Europe to the Foreign Policy Centre on 28 August 2003
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Don’t Hold Your Breath
British pro-Europeans cannot wait for the Government to take a lead
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