Crimea: Deportations and forced transfer of the civil population
On February 27th 2014, the Russian Federation (RF) began a military operation to occupy Crimea, which is a part of Ukraine. Within a few weeks the RF had established military…
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.
Ukraine’s strange collaboration with Russia over deportations
Ukraine has been in a state of undeclared war with Russia since the latter’s invasion of Crimea in early 2014 and its aggression in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian Security Service…
From Russia to torture: Lack of or deficient remedies against prohibited treatment in extradition and other types of removal proceedings
The analysis below is based on the work of lawyers of the ‘Right to Asylum’ project.[1] It complements the brief explanation of the extradition and administrative removal procedures, as well…
Russia: Xenophobia and vulnerability of migrants from Central Asia
The continuous migration to Russia from Central Asia proves the mutual interdependence between the Russian labour market and migrant workers from former Soviet Union Republics due to the agreement between…
INTERPOL reforms and the challenges ahead for cross-border cooperation
There is increasing awareness that criminal activity is more globalised than ever before, and that states can only tackle this problem successfully through effective cross-border cooperation. In this context, the…
Closing the Door: Conclusions and recommendations
The contributors to this essay collection have described some of the main challenges that activists and other at-risk people from the former Soviet Union face in trying to seek asylum…
Institutionally Blind: The next steps in reforming the Council of Europe and the OSCE
The Council of Europe (CoE) and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) are two regional bodies that bring together European, post-Soviet (and in the case of the OSCE)…
Catalonia’s Nationalist Tragedy – and lessons for Brexit?
Catalonia’s recent independence referendum and outcome is a reminder of nationalism’s flawed promise: The myth of a swift divorce that is also apparent in Britain’s Brexit debâcle. Both cases give…
FPC Briefing: The capitalist case for renewables
In his book, More Human, former Downing Street policy chief Steve Hilton argues that, in certain sectors, despite the rhetoric of the ‘free-market’, enterprises succeed by ‘entrenching their advantages through…
Tajikistan: The trans-nationalisation of domestic struggles
In 2014, Maksud Ibragimov, a 37 year old businessman from Tajikistan living in Russia established an organisation called Youth for the Revival of Tajikistan (Javonon Boroi Ehyohi Tojikiston).[1] He toured…