The principles for Global Britain: Executive Summary
This publication recommends how the UK Government can decide the principles and values that should underpin its concept of Global Britain’ and provides some strong suggestions of what they should…
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.
Finding Britain’s role in a changing world: Principles (and priorities) for Global Britain
This publication explores the ethical basis on which the UK’s emerging post-Brexit foreign policy is being built, examining the principles and values that should help define it and looks at…
Prospects for an ethical foundation for a foreign policy in the context of democratic regression and authoritarian resurgence
Revising and reviving a values-based foreign policy at a time of unprecedented global fragility, complexity and uncertainty is an intimidating proposition. The strategic environment has radically shifted from the heady…
Developing domestic foundations for a values-based UK foreign policy
The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, provides a welcome opportunity for a comprehensive review of the UK’s positioning in world politics. It comes at a pivotal…
Communitarian foreign policy: Ethics and public opinion
Summary Ethics are a fundamental aspect of foreign policy, not an add-on. They should be grounded in the relationship between government and the governed. This would involve far more engagement…
Seeing ‘I’ to ‘I’: British support for idealism and interest-based approaches to foreign policy
In the context of recent changes to the structure of the foreign policy and international aid apparatus, and considering the upcoming Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, here…
The UK and the international rules-based system
The maintenance and enhancement of the international rules-based system (IRBS) has been an essential British interest in the 75 years since the end of the Second World War. Having contributed…
Putting atrocity prevention at the heart of British foreign policy
Of today’s major and emerging crises, the vast majority – including Syria, Yemen, Libya, Myanmar, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Venezuela, and Xinjiang – are driven, at least…
The principles for Global Britain: Conclusions and Recommendations
The core purpose of this short publication has been to try and tease out how the UK Government can decide on the values that should underpin the UK’s evolving ‘Global…
The key role of workers in Belarus’ post-electoral upheaval
The 2020 Presidential election in Belarus has turned out considerably different from previous elections. The assault on democracy during the run up to the elections was pretty standard: candidates excluded,…