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…
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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Op-ed | Devolving to a More Resilient Nation: Lessons From Ukraine
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…
Key Takeaways & Policy Recommendations: Lessons for the UK from a Transnational Influence Battlefield
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 | After the Locals: How Reform and the Greens Could Reshape Foreign Policy
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 Aid as a Line of Defence: What Happens to Human Security Without Soft Power?
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 | World Health Day: Reimagining UK Leadership in Global Health
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 | How the UK Fuels Child Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Enabling Illicit Finance
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 | A Symptom and a Catalyst: Orbán, Ukraine and the Institutional Remaking of the European Security Order
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…
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
Mapping Hybrid Interference: Lessons from Moldova’s 2025 Parliamentary Elections
How Russian influence and hybrid interference shaped Moldova’s pivotal 2025 parliamentary election.
02/07/26
Playing to our strengths: The future of the UK’s soft power in foreign policy
This report proposes a way forward for the UK Government to develop a soft power…
02/09/25
Geopolitical Shifts: Crisis or Opportunity for Europe and Central Asia?
Crisis or Opportunity for Europe and Central Asia?
14/07/25
What’s the Risk? PR & Communication Agencies and Kleptocracy
The PR industry presents a conundrum in the fight against money laundering and kleptocracy
04/03/24
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
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