Turks in Europe
There is a new political contest about the relationship between the European Union and its ‘national’ components, and how they all should deal with ‘outsiders’. The prospect of Turkey’s entry to the European Union has ...
Publications
The Foreign Policy Centre’s publications are its in-depth research projects mixing analysis from FPC team members with the views of experts from around the world to address specific themes. The views expressed in all Foreign Policy Centre publications are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the Foreign Policy Centre.
Blueprint for Russia
This FPC publication explores political change in Russia. It is now available for purchase and will be launched at the FPC’s Fringe Event at the Labour Party Conference. Utilising each author’s expertise, this pamphlet compiles ...
Political Abuse of Judicial Process in Europe’s East: A New Security Threat?
This policy brief outlines some of the negative trends in rule of law compliance in the CIS, examining Russia, Ukraine and giving special consideration to the Republic of Moldova and the case of former Defence ...
Putin and the Press: Revival of Soviet Style Propaganda
The re-emergence of the traditions of Soviet propaganda since 2000 represents a new era for the Russian media and domestic policy. This development has been facilitated by the dominance of Soviet-era journalists: up to 70 ...
The EU Foreign Ministry and Union Embassies
In this FPC pamphlet Laura Rayner, an information specialist in public policy from the Australian Parliamentary Library, examines the key issues associated with the creation of a new European External Action Service. With the French ...
Reform in Europe after the 2005 Referendums: Policy Brief
Dr Greg Austin, FPC Director of Research, has called on EU leaders to champion an interpretation of the French and Dutch referendums that recognises the results for what they are and calling for a review ...
Counter-terrorism and human rights – Is the EU on the right course?
The EU responded with commendable – if unusual – alacrity to the worldwide terrorist threat unleashed on 11 September 2001. Now, nearly four years later, Amnesty International has produced a disturbing report questioning how far ...
European Civic and Inclusion Index (Spanish version)
The European Civic Citizenship and Inclusion Index has been conceived to fill a knowledge gap on civic citizenship policies and inclusion at a European level.
An African Al-Jazeera?
A new momentum is building behind development efforts in Africa. The work of the UK Commission for Africa, for example, appears to be symptomatic of a renewed global interest in the world’s poorest continent. Historically, ...
Global Europe 2: New Terms of Engagement
Short-term objectives like persuading Iran to give up its nuclear programme are distracting the EU from developing a coherent strategy of engagement with its new neighbours, according to the latest Global Europe report published by ...