Gen Z, Agency and Engagement: From Tokenism to Meaningful Collaboration
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
Articles
The Psychological Roots of Democratic Disengagement
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
From Silence to Agency: What Post-Totalitarian Societies Must Learn from Their Stories
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
How Can We Secure a Healthy Political and Social Order in a Fragmented World?
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
Expert Briefing | ‘Rhetoric, Disorder, and the Crisis of Democracy’
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
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Inside the No Kings Movement: A Conversation about Protest in Today’s America
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
Op-ed | AI in Authoritarian States: Why Belarus’s AI Push Is a Human Rights Problem – and What International Actors Must Do
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
Five Priorities for the UK as it Retakes the Chair of the Media Freedom Coalition
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
Expert Look | Venezuela in Focus: Human Rights, Geopolitical Dilemmas, and International Law
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
Op-ed | International law, institutional collapse, and the danger of selective concern
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
Expert briefing | Georgia’s Political Landscape in Focus: A critical point for democracy
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
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Op-ed | What Trump Hopes to Gain by Taking on the BBC
Young people are often described as the ‘future’, yet they are already shaping political life in the present. We are two young leaders from very different contexts: the UK and…
Publications
Rethinking Democracy: Through the Lens of Culture, Trust and Agency
Mini-series by the Foreign Policy Centre and the John Smith Trust (JST)
13/07/26
The Middle East 2026: Background Briefings
A four-part briefing series from the FPC and SEPAD project.
18/03/26
Geopolitical Shifts: Crisis or Opportunity for Europe and Central Asia?
Crisis or Opportunity for Europe and Central Asia?
14/07/25
War in Ukraine: Reflections two years on
February 2024 marks a bleak anniversary, two years since the Russian invasion into Ukraine
19/02/24
War in Ukraine: Reflections one year on
February 2023 marks a bleak anniversary, a year since the Russian invasion into Ukraine.
24/02/23
Can Britain be a ‘force for good’ in Central Asia?
Country briefing papers from ‘Britain as a ‘force for good’ in Central Asia’ Working Group.
16/12/22
Dividing Lines: Reimagining Social Division in ‘Divided Societies’
Read this SEPAD project and FPC publication.
19/07/22
‘London Calling’: The issue of legal intimidation and SLAPPs against media emanating from the United Kingdom
London is a hotspot for issuing SLAPP cases against journalists stifling media freedom here &…
25/04/22
Reset Required? Evaluating the Media Freedom Coalition after its first two years
The Media Freedom Coalition requires a 're-injection of energy' according to a new evaluation.
09/02/22
A ‘Force for Good’?
A ‘Force for Good’?: Examining UK engagement in Fragile and Conflict Affected Countries
06/12/21
Global Britain for an open world?
Examining the importance of open societies to the UK’s ‘force for good’ ambitions.
19/10/21
