This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how to ensure the FCO is capable of responding to the war in Ukraine and future crises. How should the Foreign Office change now? assesses the impact of a morale-damaging merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler, proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. This paper is part of...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at the foreign policy strategy of Sir Keir in opposition, and how he might react to future crises. Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to foreign policy is “more assertive and more serious than that of any Labour leader since the general election of 2010 but still...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the ambitions of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. In the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, published in March 2021, the UK government set out four strategic objectives for ‘Global Britain’. A year later, Russia’s invasion of...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the enduring principles for responding to Moscow. Russia continues to use a variety of state and non-state levers of power to cause harm to Western governments, societies and people. Driven by a perception that it is already in conflict with the West, Moscow has progressively...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at how the Russian Government uses religious diplomacy. The Kremlin has, in recent years, actively portrayed itself as the defender of not only traditional values, but specifically religious ones. Putin’s government has depicted Russia as a counterrevolutionary force, leading a global crusade against the...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at the “self-imposed restrictions” that the UK imposes on its relations with Taiwan.  Supporting Taiwan: A Calling for Global Britain, published today by the Henry Jackson Society, criticises what it brands the “self-imposed restrictions” that the UK imposes on its relations with Taiwan. Since...

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...