This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how the UK must abandon its delusions to deal effectively with Russia. The political relationship between the UK and Russia is broken. It is unlikely to recover significantly in the foreseeable future: the foundations of the relationship have long been fragile, primarily because the two...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at generating a sophisticated understanding of complex operating environments. The Integrated Review highlighted the need for the UK to adopt innovative approaches to international engagement. While state threats – most prominently from Russia and China – are an important consideration for the UK’s defence planning, the...

This report from UK think tank Resolution Foundation assesses the UK’s new Indo-Pacific trade focus. This briefing note looks at the implications of the Government’s trade policy pivot to target the fast-growing Indo-Pacific region, following its unsuccessful attempt to deliver a trade deal with the US. It focuses on the impact of a possible trade...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at Iran’s nuclear programme and the vulnerability of Iran’s nuclear facilities to ‘drone’ strikes. Nuclear security and nuclear proliferation are issues of major concern to the international community. In this context, this research report assesses Iran’s nuclear programme, and more specifically the vulnerability of...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies looks at the case for UK membership of CPTPP. Pacific Vim, published by the Centre for Policy Studies, argues that the most common objections to CPTPP based on workers’ rights, environmental protection, food standards, agriculture, the NHS, sovereignty, and more do not stand up...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at why Russia has massed troops on its border and issued an ultimatum to the West. The report investigates why Russia has massed upwards of 175,000 troops on its border with Ukraine since November 2021, and issued an ultimatum to the West. Three sets...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at China's increasingly complex engagement in global governance. China’s trade and development finance objectives and Western concerns about these have remained relatively consistent over the last two decades. However, as China’s economy and influence have expanded, the response of the international community has become more robust...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at the creation of an artificial crisis on the Belarusian border with Poland and Lithuania. This report analyses the unprecedented creation of an artificial crisis on the Belarusian border with Poland and Lithuania, both NATO and EU members, through the weaponisation of migrants in...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the convergence of French and German approaches to Russia. Areas of common interest in French and German approaches to Russia make it possible to envisage cooperation between Paris and Berlin in the security and the economic spheres. Both France and Germany are determined to confront...

This paper from UK think tank Civitas looks at China's expanding military training programmes for developing Commonwealth countries.  With Barbados to become a republic and remove the Queen as head of state – a decision which, according to some sources, appears to have been influenced by China – interest in the extent and impacts of...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at incentives for engagement and implementation. In recent years, Mozambique has become the focus of increasing international investment in the exploration and exploitation of its abundant mineral resources, but ongoing instability creates challenges for the security of operating companies and their workers. State and private security...

This report from UK think tank Centre for European Reform looks at the credibility of the UK's nuclear deterrence policy. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the UK plans to increase its nuclear warhead stockpile. Britain’s nuclear weapons have for decades been intended to defend its NATO allies as well...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the role of central government, provincial-level authorities and state-owned enterprises in China. This briefing paper challenges the conventional wisdom that China functions as a unitary player in its foreign policymaking process. In reality, Beijing’s approach to external issues is a result of intense bargaining between...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at how the global tax cartel could cost Britons billions. This latest paper, written by Julian Morris, outlines how the global minimum tax proposal would endanger Britain’s national interest: One-hundred and thirty six jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, have agreed to negotiate two new...

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...