Op-ed | Patterns of History in Transatlantic Relations
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
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Op-ed | What Trump Hopes to Gain by Taking on the BBC
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
Op-ed | Science as Soft Power: How UK Research Institutions Drive Global Health Impact
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
Expert Look: Unanswered questions regarding UK Government’s approach to defence and security
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
Op-ed | UK Soft Power and the Soft Power Council
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
Op-ed | British Soft Power and increasing defence: Holding the pen on gender in an age of violence
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
Long Read | The New 1730s: Lessons from Britain’s historic involvement in Eastern Europe
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
Op-ed | US Retreat from Multilateralism: Open Doors for Chinese Repression
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
Op-ed | The urgent need to revive democracy and the power of diplomacy
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
Three years on: An end to Europe’s Complacency is Urgent
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
The Transatlantic Partnership: Looking ahead on the impacts of trade
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
How international law can reverse the global assault on free speech: A review of a new expert guide
In this op-ed, David Harley, FPC Advisory Council member and former EU diplomat, offers an insider perspective on the historical continuities in US foreign policy and their implications for the…
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
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
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
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
Unsafe for Scrutiny: How the misuse of the UK’s financial and legal systems to facilitate corruption undermines the freedom and safety of investigative journalists around the world
This is the second publication produced under the FPC’s ‘Unsafe for Scrutiny’ project.
09/12/20
Projecting the UK’s values abroad
Part of the ‘Finding Britain’s role in a changing world’ publication series.
03/12/20
Unsafe for Scrutiny: Examining the pressures faced by journalists uncovering financial crime and corruption around the world
Report highlights UK's role as top international source of legal threats to journalists
02/11/20
Protecting the UK’s ability to defend its values
Part of the ‘Finding Britain’s role in a changing world’ publication series.
29/09/20