Geoff Hoon: Intervening in the New Security Environment
It is difficult to overstate the change to the international security environment that we face at the beginning of the 21st century. For almost half a century, the UK and…
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.
The price we pay for staying out
We now know the real price that we will pay for not being in the euro: the 49 billion euros a year that the European Union will continue to pour…
Take the Euro Veto Away From The Treasury
Just as war is too important an issue to be left to the generals, so UK entry to the euro is too big a national question to be confined to…
Propaganda will not Sway the Arab street
As diplomacy runs out of time and the carrier battle groups sail into position, western governments are desperate to win over the Arab street. The greatest fear is that a…
The Healer
In the maelstrom of transatlantic relations unleashed by the present Iraq crisis, one question goes begging: Is there a middle path between the increasingly pacifist, Kantian worldview of Europe and…
Global Britons Forum, London
Transcript Global Britons Forum - London 27th of March, 2003 Chair: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown - Senior Researcher at The Foreign Policy Centre and directs The Centre’s Global Britons Programme Speakers: Beverley…
The Unlikely Counter-Terrorists – Launch Event Findings
The Unlikely Counter-Terrorists argues that business involvement in counter-terrorism policies and activities is vital to the success of the UK's response. While it is now widely understood that companies are…
Why the Franco-German Plan would Institutionalise ‘Cohabitation’ for Europe
The Chirac-Schroeder proposal for the EU Constitution seems an enticing compromise – a Council President elected by the heads of government to appease the ‘intergovernmentalist’ big states, and a Commission…
Brown’s euro ambiguity is no longer credible
Six years after becoming prime minister, Tony Blair still faces the most difficult and important decision of his career: whether and when Britain should join the euro. This is more…
A transatlantic divorce?
He has written several groundbreaking bestsellers on themes ranging from the new economy and globalisation to nationhood and the dark side of political correctness. In 1978 he predicted a world…