Events
The Foreign Policy Centre holds events to engage the public in debates around key international affairs issues. These include seminars, conferences, keynote speeches and expert roundtables. The majority of events will take place in London but the FPC will work with partners to hold events in other UK Cities and internationally. To listen to recordings of previous events visit our YouTube page or click on past events. For general enquiries about our events, please email: events@fpc.org.uk.
The impact of the war in Ukraine on the BRICS
Co-hosted by the Foreign Policy Centre and the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Birmingham, in cooperation with the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, this webinar will examine one of the under-appreciated aspects of the Russian war against Ukraine–its impact on the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) individually and as an organisation. Our expert speakers will explore ...
More infoChair: Stewart McDonald MP, SNP MP for Glasgow South and Vice-Chair of the Ukraine APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group)
Dr Aijan Sharshenova, Research Fellow at the FPC and Bishkek-based Political Analyst
Dr Yi Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
Dr Anuradha Chenoy, Adjunct Professor, Jindal School of Global Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, New Delhi
Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Chief Executive of the South African Institute of International Affairs
This event will be taking place on Zoom.
Please register for this event here.
Ukraine: Media freedom, disinformation and the effectiveness of calls for redress
February 2023 marks a bleak anniversary, a year since the Russian invasion into Ukraine. With no end in sight for the ongoing war, many are reflecting on the past 12 months and what further support is needed for Ukrainians as they continue their fight for freedom. This webinar, organised by the Justice for Journalists Foundation and the Foreign Policy Centre, focuses on a crucial part of any crisis – ...
More infoChair: Sir John Whittingdale OBE MP, Chair of the APPG on Media Freedom
Sergiy Tomilenko, President of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine
Ricardo Gutiérrez, General Secretary, European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
Victoria Vdovychenko, Policy Advisor and Associate Professor at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, current ‘Scholar at Risk’ at Aston University
Yevheniia Virlych, Editor-in-Chief of online media Kavun.city
This event will be taking place on Zoom.
Please register for this event here.
Can Britain be a ‘force for good’ in Central Asia?
The Foreign Policy Centre is hosting a webinar to explore how the UK can be a ‘force for good’ in Central Asia. After a year of political turbulence, in both Central Asia and the UK, the discussion will be an opportunity to take stock of some of the key challenges and opportunities facing Britain’s role in the region. Particularly, in relation to what it can do to support good governance, human ...
More infoProf. Kristian Lasslett, Professor at Ulster University and Co-Director Uz Investigations
Dr Khalida Azhigulova, Associate Professor at Eurasian Technological University
Dr Aijan Sharshenova, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Chair: Adam Hug, Director of the Foreign Policy Centre
This event will be taking place on Zoom.
How to keep Europe safe: Co-operation between the UK, Germany and beyond
This timely event, organised jointly by the Foreign Policy Centre and the Aston Centre for Europe, will bring together three key speakers to consider the security challenges facing the UK and Europe in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the potential opportunities for, and obstacles to, co-operation between the UK, Germany and more widely to address them. Speakers: – Rt Hon John Healey MP: John Healey is Shadow ...
More infoRt Hon John Healey MP
Baroness Catherine Ashton GCMG, PC
Nils Schmid MdB
Moderated by Dr. Ed Turner
Portcullis House, London, SW1A 2JR
The UK as a ‘force for good’ in Myanmar?
The Foreign Policy Centre is hosting a webinar to explore what measures the UK can undertake in relation to the crisis in Myanmar. The Foreign Policy Centre’s (FPC) programme on ‘Finding Britain’s role in a changing world’ examines Britain’s foreign policy with a focus on its aim to be a ‘force for good’ in the world. The 2021 Integrated Review signalled an important geopolitical shift – the ‘Indo-Pacific tilt’ ...
More infoKhin Ohmar, Founder and Chair of Progressive Voice
Saw Nanda Hsue, Advocacy Coordinator for the Karen Human Rights Group
Chris Gunness, Director of the Myanmar Accountability Project
Martin Smith, Independent analyst, trustee of the Prospect Burma educational charity and senior advisor to the Transnational Institute
Chair: Catherine West MP, Shadow Minister for Asia and the Pacific
This event will be taking place on Zoom.
The Great Enabler: SLAPPs, Sanctions & the UK’s Kleptocracy Problem
The current reforms proposed by the UK Government to address SLAPPs (strategic lawsuits against public participation) have been widely seen as a part of their response to the ongoing war in Ukraine. While interest in SLAPPs had already been growing, the Ministry of Justice launched their call for evidence on SLAPPs in March 2022, just two weeks after the Russian invasion started. Speakers will discuss what, if anything, has ...
More infoCatherine Belton, Investigative journalist and author of Putin’s People
Galina Arapova, Media Defence Lawyer, Russia
Franz Wild, Editor, The Enablers Project, The Bureau for Investigative Journalists
Dame Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax
Chair: Edward Lucas, Author, European and transatlantic security consultant and fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
London and Online
Azerbaijan: SLAPPs, media freedom and the prevention of ‘open justice’
Join us for a discussion on media freedom and democracy through the lens of reporting on the Azerbaijani Laundromat. SLAPPs (strategic lawsuits against public participation) are frequently part of a much bigger picture – one about censorship and corruption, not just abroad, but increasingly in the UK too. This event will highlight the impact that the UK’s facilitation of corrupt wealth stolen by elites in autocratic regimes has on ...
More infoKhadija Ismayilova, Independent investigative journalist, Azerbaijan
Paul Radu, Investigative journalist, Co-founder and Chief of Innovation, OCCRP
Dr Susan Hawley, Executive Director, Spotlight on Corruption
Martin Bentham, Home Affairs Editor, Evening Standard
Chair: Susan Coughtrie, Deputy Director, Foreign Policy Centre
London and Online
Daphne: Inspiring an Anti-SLAPP movement across Europe
The Daphne Festival marks the fifth anniversary since the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. When Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in October 2017, she had 47 open libel cases against her, highlighting the pressure of legal threats against investigative journalists. In the five years since, movements have sprung up across Europe to tackle SLAPPs (strategic lawsuits against public participation) leading to the creation of an EU Anti-SLAPP Directive and a ...
More infoCorinne Vella is the sister of Daphne Caruana Galiza and she leads The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation’s media relations and edits Taste & Flair
Clare Rewcastle Brown, Investigative journalist and founder of the Sarawak Report and Radio Free Sarawak
Caroline Kean, Media Defence Lawyer and Founding Partner of law firm Wiggin
Susan Coughtrie, Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Centre
Franz Wild, Editor of the Enablers Project at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Chair: Ruth Smeeth, CEO of Index on Censorship
Further details and tickets can be found here.
St John’s Church, Waterloo
73 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8TY
2nd UK Anti-SLAPP Conference: Spotlighting Solutions
The Foreign Policy Centre (FPC), Justice for Journalists (JFJ) Foundation and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) are delighted to announce the second edition of their UK Anti-SLAPP Conference to be held on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th November 2022, both online and in-person in London. Following a highly successful inaugural conference last November, which highlighted the issue of SLAPPs with the participation of more than 40 ...
More infoFurther information on speakers to be announced.
You can register to attend here on Eventbrite.
Watch all panelists on our YouTube.
London and Online
Dividing Lines: Reimagining Social Division in ‘Divided Societies’
This SEPAD project and the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) event and publication launch, Dividing Lines: Reimagining Social Division in ‘Divided Societies’, will bring together a range of experts to examine the similarities and differences across ‘divided societies’, using the concept of sectarianism to better understand efforts to address division across the world. It will explore the concept of sectarianism in peacebuilding and the resulting effects that have emerged from this process in ...
More infoProfessor John Nagle (Professor of Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast)
Dr Emanuelle Degli Esposti (Research and Outreach Associate at the Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge)
Professor Simon Mabon (Director of SEPAD and Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University)
Chair: Bambos Charalambous MP (Shadow Foreign Office Minister for Middle East & North Africa)
This event will be taking place on Zoom.