This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at whether the EU and UK can co-operate more closely in their policy towards China. No country poses bigger policy challenges to both the EU and the UK than China. Both are struggling to exploit the economic opportunities that China offers while managing...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at safeguarding Europe’s future, and the dangers of a false peace. As Ukraine continues to fight to liberate its occupied territories and eject Russian invaders, its Western backers debate the likely endgame for the war and its aftermath. The international response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of...

This report from UK think tank the BFPG looks at an increasingly competitive international arena. The UK Soft Power Group (UKSPG), a group of the UK’s leading soft power organisations, co-convened by the British Foreign Policy Group and the British Council, has released The Future of UK Soft Power: Building a Strategic Framework.  The UK’s...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at possible outcomes in Russia of a defeat in Ukraine. The structure and dynamics of Russia’s future state system could take many forms and have been the subject of much analytical debate. The inner workings and decision-making processes of the Russian state are opaque and inaccessible,...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at Washington and London's approach towards China and it's changes.  Washington’s and London’s “business as usual” approach toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has fundamentally changed, as most transatlantic policymakers have finally realised the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has its own economic, security...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at the European Political Community (EPC) and Europe’s newest political forum. The European Political Community (EPC) is Europe’s newest political forum. The first EPC summit in Prague in October 2022 showcased its potential as a platform for dialogue between a large and diverse...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at viable routes for the development by Western governments of cohesive and effective policies on Belarus. The autocratic Belarusian ruler Aliaksandr Lukashenka has been able to consolidate his hold on power by the mass repression of Belarus’s pro-democracy movement and by allowing the country to become...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how Russia uses nuclear threats to shape Western responses to aggression. The idea that nuclear use by Russia is not only possible but probable if it is challenged or threatened, let alone defeated or humiliated, has been fostered by Russian propaganda efforts over many years....

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society looks at a foreign policy for security and prosperity at home. We are no longer living in a world where foreign policy and domestic policy are clearly distinct. In every village, town and city across the UK, the impact of the changing international landscape is visible....

This report from UK think tank the Coalition for Global Prosperity looks at the case of China in Africa. Both the original Integrated Review (IR21) and the recently published refresh (IR23) are right to identify China’s rise and increasingly assertive global role as the most significant change to the geopolitical context in the 21st century....

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at China and a triad of trade, diplomacy, and military relations. The UK has a unique post-Brexit opportunity to re-engage with its Commonwealth partners, forge new and exciting trading relationships – and where it has already done so, to build and capitalise on these with new security...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at the United Kingdom and the Pacific. British interests in the Indo-Pacific have become increasingly threatened, through dangers to supply chains and displacement of British Nationals in the region. In turn, the UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt, as outlines in the Integrated Review, has led to...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at making sense of Hungary's and Serbia's Russia stance. In this report, Professor Dr Marlene Laruelle and Dr Helena Ivanov investigate the level and underlying causes of pro-Russian sentiment in Serbia and Hungary. Both countries have been noted for their approach to Russia’s invasion...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at how the rule of law could strengthen British national identity and maintain UK soft power. This report from Social Market Foundation think-tank looks present steps to restabilising the rule of law in the UK, to strengthen internal unity and ensuring that it remains...

This report from UK think tank RUSI looks at the political and defence ties between Belarus and Russia. Alongside Ukraine, Belarus has for centuries been a significant part of Russia’s own history, both as part of an ancestral empire and – in Russia’s perception – as an extension of Russia’s own security space. The political...