FPC Briefing: Turkey’s Pivotal Role in Energy Supply
In this briefing Zeynep Dereli sets out some of the key challenges facing Turkey as it looks to expand its role as a regional energy hub, including the complex relationship…
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FPC Briefing: A ‘New Hope’ as the ‘Empire Strikes Back’- British Soft Power in 2013
In this briefing Dr Simon Mabon explores the successes and limitations of British Soft-Power. He argues for UK soft-power to be supported by a more normative, values driven approach to…
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Votes on two key resolutions highlight PACE’s mixed approach to human rights in Azerbaijan
The success of the first resolution was not surprising. It accompanied a monitoring report compiled by the two co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee on Azerbaijan, Pedro Agramunt (Spain) and…
Is Obama the first Asian President of the USA?
Some what overlooked when analysing the results of the 2012 US presidential elections, was the extent to which Asian Americans backed Obama. The figure was up to 73 per cent;…
Presentation from ‘The financial revolution in Africa: Mobile payments services in a new global age’ conference
Claire Alexandre, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - presentation to '' conference.
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Summary Report: The financial revolution in Africa-Mobile payments services in a new global age
The Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) in partnership with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office(FCO) and in association with the City of London Corporation and ‘This is Africa’, (the FT's bimonthly…
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FPC Briefing: The European Union and the Nobel Peace Prize: A Criteria-Based Assessment
Jan Gaspers sets out an evaluation of the EU’s Nobel Peace Prize win against the three key judging criteria the Nobel Committee are required to use. He argues that the…
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Syria: End of Year Report Card
In March 2013 the conflict will have raged for two years. The breathtaking momentum of the Arab Spring has been stuck in the deep bloody mud of a civil war…
FPC Briefing: Armenia’s 2012 Parliamentary Election
In this FPC briefing Hamazasp Danielyan and Anna Jenderejian from Policy Forum Armenia set out some of the findings of their recent report into Armenia’s 2012 parliamentary elections. They use…
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FPC Briefing: China and India’s Common Challenges En Route to Great Power
FPC Research Associate Chris Ogden sets out some the major challenges China and India face as they develop great power status. He discusses the history both of the two countries…
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