Building UK-EU bridges: Convergent China policies?
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...
How to end Russia’s war on Ukraine
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...
The future of UK soft power: building a strategic framework
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...
Imagining Russia’s future after Putin
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,...
Stronger together: How US–UK collaboration can address China’s growing geopolitical ambition
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...
Can the European Political Community be a bridge between the UK and the EU?
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...
Rethinking Western policy towards Belarus
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...
Russian nuclear intimidation
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....
Britain reconnected
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....
Outcompeting strategic challengers
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....