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...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at how Europeans and the UK can work together on defence capability development. Since Brexit, the UK has been reluctant to engage with the EU in defence industrial co-operation. Aside from being disappointed with the EU’s offer to third countries, UK policy-makers and...

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 Chatham House looks at how to balance globalisation and sovereignty. The US, the EU and the UK hold a leading position in international trade and the global economy, and enjoy wide-reaching economic partnerships with Asia-Pacific nations. Governments in the US and Europe have a critically important role to play...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how to strengthen international efforts to end the pandemic. A weak and fragmented global response risks extending and worsening the Covid-19 pandemic. This report brings together recommendations from a series of roundtables and events attended by leading international scientists, former government ministers and...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at strategic partnerships and managed ambiguity for South Korea. Increased competition on all fronts between China and the US has narrowed the space for cooperation and amplified the risk of confrontation. Countries such as South Korea that have long-standing partnerships with both the US and China...

This report from UK think tank the Foreign Policy Centre looks at Kazakhstan and the period of change it is going through. As we approach the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence this publication, Retreating Rights: Examining the pressure on human rights in Kazakhstan, finds the country in a period of change. The gradual passing of...

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...