The Strategic Role of the Fezzan Region for European Security
The Fezzan is a strategic southwestern region of Libya. Its stability is vital for Europe's security and that of the wider Mediterranean area. The region is home to two of…
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.
Far from a pro-Russian dove, Volodymyr Zelensky enters office a Russia hawk
With his inauguration today, the presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky is upon us. Zelensky, a political outsider who ran on an explicitly anti-establishment platform and ousted incumbent President Petro Poroshenko in…
FPC Briefing: Exploiting an idyll – US, Indian and Japanese efforts to counterbalance China in Sri Lanka
The grisly terror onslaught against Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday that took 253 lives could well have been avoided if a deeply divided government had not failed to act on…
Lessons from Brexit: (Re)balancing Euroscepticism
As the Brexit process appears to be drawing to an uncertain close, there are still lessons to be learned from the past three years for the United Kingdom and the…
Decentralisation: learning from the Jordanian Experience
Decentralisation is now a core part of the development agenda. Moving resources and powers to local government and closer to communities is widely regarded as essential, if developing countries –…
Hui Muslims in China’s ‘Little Mecca’: Fusing Islamic and Han Practices
There has been much discussion in the global media of China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims in its far western province of Xinjiang. Meanwhile, much less is known about the Hui,…
The state of Islamic threat in Central Asia: assessing the threat of terrorism from Central Asia
As Islamic State faces its demise as a territorial unit in the Middle East it is worth considering why it was so attractive to so many Central Asians The spate…
Rethinking Refugee Support: Responding to the Crisis in South East Europe
This report finds that recent changes in EU border management have limited refugees’ movement across Europe, and as such, have resulted in outsourcing of refugee settlement and care to states…
Understanding the Romanian Diaspora
Diasporas have been researched extensively, in both current and historical contexts. This essay is the first in a series that aims to deliver a fresh perspective by focusing on the…
Academic Freedom in Hungary’s Authoritarian State Capitalism
Authoritarian leaders find it hard to tolerate independent voices, and academic freedom is no different. After Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán announced the year of the ‘culture war’, the…