Re-set achieved? Reflecting on the last 12 months of the Media Freedom Coalition
World Press Freedom Day provides an opportunity to reflect – not only on the escalating threats to media freedom around the world – but also on the state of efforts…
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.
Humanitarian responses to the war in Ukraine: Stories from the grassroots
Two journeys: mobilising through grassroots networks. When Anna and her family of four were evacuated from Inhulets in Mykolaiv Oblast (southern Ukraine), they left their entire livelihoods behind to relocate…
The Moment of Truth: A year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
A year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Chief Editor of The Kyiv Post, Bohdan Nahaylo reflects on the war and its wider global implications. Nobody expected…
Russia’s Presidency of the UN Security Council – how States and Civil Society should respond
An arsonist is (once again) presiding over the international firefighting institution. However, there are steps states and civil society can take to push back during Russia’s Presidency of the UN…
Resisting the Abuse of Political Power
Where We Are Now The struggle between the people and their rulers, between democracy and tyranny, is as old as human civilisation. Throughout history these intrinsic patterns of human behaviour…
The Inter-Parliamentary Union, Civil Society and the UK
The Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly Bahrain: what the revocation of observers’ visas really signifies On 8 March, the government of Bahrain revoked the visas of two individuals from Human Rights Watch…
International Women’s Day in Iran 2023
What can we do in response to the toxic gassing of thousands of female students and those risking their lives to advance the values behind the expression “Woman, Life, Freedom”?…
One year on: The Ukrainian media’s resilience to Russia’s full-scale invasion
The aggressive occupation policy was started by Russia back in 2014, with the occupation of Crimea and part of the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions. The bloody war…
One year on: ‘Making do’ and the nature of unconventional humanitarian responses
One year since Russia prosecuted the invasion of Ukraine, cities, towns, and villages are systematically erased from the map, leaving millions searching for shelter and safety. In response, we have…
One year on: Russia, Ukraine and the UK’s commitment to crackdown on kleptocracy and SLAPPs
The Russian invasion into Ukraine provoked a range of responses from the UK Government, including a sudden vigour to clamp down on Russian influence and kleptocracy. These were far from…