The Future of European Rural Communities
On 17 July, a working paper was launched, on which a new nine-month research project into reform of the Common Agricultural Policy will be based. Lord Haskins, Chairman of Northern Foods and Head of the ...
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 Kidnapping Business
The nature of kidnapping is changing: an important political tool is now a sophisticated business and the gap left by policy-makers has been filled by kidnap and ransom insurance. This project assesses these new trends ...
Countering Corruption: The role for corporate security
As part of the research project ‘Corporate Personnel Security in Emerging Markets’, Graham Rodmell of Transparency International (UK) and John Bray of Control Risks Group spoke on the subject of why corporate security managers should ...
The future shape of Europe
Europe’s future is being debated as never before. Enlargement, the ‘democratic deficit’, new security challenges and a changing global economy all mean that the EU must reform. This collection provides the definitive guide to the ...
Democratising global sport
Global sport has never been bigger. But a host of sporting scandals – from Olympic bidding scandals to cricket corruption, ‘bungs’ in football to drugs in the tour de France – have shaken major sports ...
Danish Euro vote: Lessons for Britain
Pro-Europeans can’t win on economics alone. “Its the politics stupid” says this Foreign Policy Centre analysis of the Danish Euro campaign, published hours ahead of the “no” result. You can read the text of this ...
NGO rights and responsibilities: A new deal for global governance
Is the rise of the NGO movement a powerful democratising force or a damaging threat to political representation? NGO campaigns – from debt relief to land mines – have enjoyed unprecedented success. But since the ...
How to win the Euro referendum: Lessons from 1975
A heated media debate on whether Britain can ever be persuaded to join the Euro followed the publication Bob Worcester’s pamphlet this June. Both the pro and anti-European camps responded to the battle cry in ...
The postmodern state and the world order
The whole world changed in 1989, but few have yet understood just how much. In this path-breaking essay, Robert Cooper sets out a radical new interpretation of the shape of the world. He explains the ...
The politics of the new centre
Bodo Hombach had a major role in the reconstruction of leftist politics in Germany that led to the electoral victory of the Social Democratic Party in 1998. The history of German social democracy over the ...