Is there a future for European farming?
The farming community in Europe has had a very tough few years, especially in the UK. The natural reaction is to keep firm hold of what they do have, especially in the form of subsidies. ...
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.
The Unlikely Counter-Terrorists
This collection of essays shows how sound preparation can both reduce the impact of successful terrorists attacks and enable UK plc to get back on its feet as quickly as possible after an incident. It ...
Africa – Is the West just walking by?
The Foreign Policy Centre took stock of this year’s eventful debate about Africa’s future with the 2002 Labour Party Conference Fringe Event: ‘Africa – is the West just walking by?’ Many have claimed that the ...
The new European rural policy: Can it replace the CAP?
As the European Union stands on the brink of enlargement eastwards, the need for a rural policy that can deliver economic prosperity, social progress and environmental protection has never been clearer. But, the inability of ...
Next Generation Democracy: Legitimacy in Network Europe
This is the framework document for the Next Generation Democracy project. The democratic deficit is the biggest problem facing Europe today. But we will not solve it if we treat it as a ‘European’ problem. ...
Reclaiming Britishness
In Reclaiming Britishness, leading politicians, thinkers and practioners explore how a modern, inclusive and outward-looking British identity can guide us through difficult policy choices. They take stock of where the heady talk of a reborn ...
How to Reform the Common Agricultural Policy
The Common Agricultural Policy has come to represent all the failings for which the European Union is criticised. It’s bureaucratic, expensive, wasteful, undemocratic, open to fraud and stubbornly resistant to change. CAP reform holds the ...
Travel advice: Getting information to those who need it
This report addresses the travel advice sector in the UK. A growing number of Britons are getting into trouble abroad and British Consulates are often left to pick up the pieces when things go wrong. ...
Can Brussels Earn the Right to Act?
The European Union is underperforming in too many areas. Both pro-Europeans and eurosceptics argue that the EU’s institutions are unloved because they are unelected and remote. In this policy brief Mark Leonard and Jonathan White ...
Need to Know
Need to Know is a book of fiction that attempts to make sense of open-ended and complex policy issues in a non-linear way. The rationale of the project is that through stories people can better ...