This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at obstacles to deeper European–US cooperation over the rise of China. The rise of China is one of the greatest challenges for the transatlantic relationship. European countries and the US have similar concerns over China, but fundamental obstacles hinder a more joined-up approach. Although no longer...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at Russia's hybrid war against the UK and the fight back against the Kremlin. Western governments have been complacent about Russian hybrid warfare in the last 15 years, according to a newly published think tank report. At a geopolitical level, much has been written...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at addressing the growing threat of tension and confrontation in the Arctic and Antarctica. Russia’s policies for the polar regions overlap and are increasingly becoming militarized, as the perception of threats to Russian national interests grows. This has direct consequences for other polar nations and for...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House explores China’s developing role in responding to displacement crises. In recent years, China has boosted its support for humanitarian action to assist refugees, mostly through increased funding for multilateral institutions and diplomatic engagement. China’s engagement is mainly development-focused and state-centric, although Chinese non-state actors are also advancing...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at seven areas that will see totemic change as a consequence of Putin’s invasion. Russia’s invasion is a global event of rare magnitude that will send shockwaves to “every corner of the planet”. It will have ramifications every bit as significant as the fall...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at cascading risks from rising food prices and supply disruptions. Global resource markets are still reeling from the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the two countries are major suppliers of energy, food and fertilizers. Supply disruption and the sudden imposition, in response to the crisis,...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the region and where there may be opportunities for the West. In 2021 the Russian Federation, ever seeking to grow its influence and counter Western ‘aggression’, proposed a ‘3+3 Format’ that could be used to bind the region...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at how the British Government should develop creative plans to deliver air defences to Ukraine. Our latest report finds that the British Government should develop creative plans to deliver air defences to Ukraine as it looks to provide the country with more lethal military...

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 the Henry Jackson Society calls for the West to continue its support for Ukraine to also dissuade China from similar adventurism. Our latest brief finds that a failure to step-up further support for Ukraine could increase the prospect of a Chinese attempt to take Taiwan. In the report, we...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at how the UK can help Ukrainians. This report argues that the UK should waive all visa requirements for Ukrainian nationals and make it easier for highly skilled Russian and Belarusians to move to the UK. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing immense suffering...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at how the West can take a more strategic approach to Russian sanctions. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU, US and UK have instituted an unprecedented set of economic sanctions – treating Russia in a comparable way to pariah states...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at further steps the UK could take without risking open conflict with the Russian state. A four-point plan to establish safe zones in Ukraine, secure the prosecution of Russian war criminals, and have the G7 declare Russia a terrorist state, is both possible and...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society is an in-depth study of the Iranian regime’s foreign policy impact in the Arabian Gulf region. This project involved undertaking an in-depth and exhaustive study of the Iranian regime’s foreign policy impacts upon British and American national security interests in the Arabian Gulf region. Specifically,...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at property rights on the moon. This Adam Smith Institute’s latest paper, by Rebecca Lowe, consultant and former director of the FREER think tank, argues that creating a clear system of property rights in space could turbocharge scientific discovery and give all of humanity...