The shape of things to come in Turkish politics
The prime minister’s campaign was conducted at full speed with the full resources of the state at his disposal and the clear support of most of the public and private…
Articles, Briefings and Essays
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The State Monitors Citizens Monitoring the State: The New Face of Civic Engagement in Russia
The law centres on the slippery concept, obshchestvennyi kontrol’, which translates into English as public oversight, public monitoring or public scrutiny. It is used both by the Kremlin and by…
Why Pakistan is the key to Britain’s South Asian renaissance
William Hague said during a with Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, that bilateral relations aim to improve the ‘prosperity’ of both countries. Hague emphasised a policy that still engages with…
Summary note – Employment, enterprise and skills: building business infrastructure for African development- Roundtable 1
Refocusing the development agenda The current global financial crisis has led to an economic age of unprecedented austerity, mounting uncertainty and rising inequality. Today, there is a pressing need to…
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Summary note – Employment, enterprise and skills: building business infrastructure for African development- Roundtable 2
Refocusing the development agenda The current global financial crisis has led to an economic age of unprecedented austerity, mounting uncertainty and rising inequality. Today, there is a pressing need to…
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FPC Briefing: Above all, a Prime Minister for Palestinian Unity?
Dr Stephen Royle, who has been a consultant to the outgoing Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, gives his views on the progress made over the last year under Hamdallah's…
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FPC Briefing: Climate change cooperation within the Global South: Finance, policy and institutions
FPC Research Associate Stephen Minas analyses the growing and dynamic area of climate change cooperation in the Global South. His briefing looks at the role of the BRICS and a…
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FPC Briefing: Turkey’s Year-Long Election Cycle
FPC Senior Research Associate Firdevs Robinson gives her analysis of the recent local government elections in Turkey. She examines the pre-election corruption scandals and government pressure on the media and…
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Syria’s Forever War
Arguments towards a way out of the darkness have surrendered to the cold hard geopolitics of a conflict that is layered in both character and complexity. A US military observer…
FPC Briefing: Carpe Diem- India’s 2014 General Elections and the BJP-led NDA
FPC Senior Research Associate Dr Chris Ogden analyses what a possible victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming April/May 2014 Indian Parliamentary elections would mean for India.…
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