Playing to our strengths: The future of the UK’s soft power in foreign policy
This report from UK think tank the Foreign Policy Centre proposes a way for the UK Government to develop and implement a soft power strategy as a central component of its foreign policy. In today’s fractious world, soft power has increasingly become a critical tool for states seeking to maintain or expand their influence, and...
What’s the risk? PR & Communication agencies and kleptocracy
This report from UK think tank The Foreign Policy Centre highlights concerns about the role of UK PR agencies when representing clients from kleptocratic jurisdictions. The PR industry presents a conundrum in the fight against money laundering and kleptocracy. This report by Thomas Mayne, published with the support of the Foreign Policy Centre, highlights several...
London calling
This briefing from UK think tank the Foreign Policy Centre looks at the issue of legal intimidation and SLAPPs against media emanating from the UK. A new report published by the Foreign Policy Centre and ARTICLE 19 examines the issue of legal intimidation and SLAPPs emanating from the United Kingdom, but particularly London, against journalists...
Global Britain for an open world?
This report from UK think tank the Foreign Policy Centre and Westminster Foundation for Democracy looks at the importance of open societies to the UK’s ambitions. Open societies around the world and the international system that supports them are under growing threat. This Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) and Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) publication provides...
Retreating Rights: Examining the pressure on human rights in Kazakhstan
This report from UK think tank the Foreign Policy Centre looks at Kazakhstan and the period of change it is going through. As we approach the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence this publication, Retreating Rights: Examining the pressure on human rights in Kazakhstan, finds the country in a period of change. The gradual passing of...
Ensuring the UK’s new conflict framework successfully promotes peace
This briefing from UK think tank the Foreign Policy Centre looks at the Government's new strategic agenda for tackling conflict. Amid the (warranted) controversy over UK aid cuts and the withdrawal from Afghanistan, little attention has been paid to the Government’s quiet development of a new strategic agenda for tackling conflict. This is a big...