Op-ed | The Taiwan Trap: Why Beijing Needs Russia’s War in Ukraine
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Articles
Op-ed | What Trump Hopes to Gain by Taking on the BBC
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Op-ed | Africa’s Moment: South Africa’s G20 Fight to Centre Development
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Op-ed | Science as Soft Power: How UK Research Institutions Drive Global Health Impact
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Expert Look: Unanswered questions regarding UK Government’s approach to defence and security
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Op-ed | UK Soft Power and the Soft Power Council
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Op-ed | British Soft Power and increasing defence: Holding the pen on gender in an age of violence
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Long Read | The New 1730s: Lessons from Britain’s historic involvement in Eastern Europe
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Op-ed | The enduring relevance of the Far Right ahead of the Dutch National Election on 29th October
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Op-ed | US Retreat from Multilateralism: Open Doors for Chinese Repression
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Op-ed | The urgent need to revive democracy and the power of diplomacy
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Geopolitical shifts: crisis or opportunity for democracy?
For the past four years, only one global superpower has had the capacity and influence to stop the war in Ukraine: China. Yet it has chosen not to - why?…
Publications
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
Global Britons: Understanding the unique British communities in Brussels and Washington DC
This report focuses on two unusual but strategically important British communities overseas.
14/04/21
Partnerships for the future of UK Foreign Policy
Part of the ‘Finding Britain’s role in a changing world’ publication series.
16/12/20