Bridging the channel
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...
What deters Russia
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...
US and European strategies for resilient supply chains
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...
Tackling Covid-19 over the long term
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...
South Korean foreign policy innovation amid Sino-US rivalry
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...
Retreating Rights: Examining the pressure on human rights in Kazakhstan
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...
Supporting Taiwan: A Calling for Global Britain
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...
Ensuring the UK’s new conflict framework successfully promotes peace
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...
Solidarity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at whether the world worked together to tackle the coronavirus. It has frequently been stated during the COVID-19 pandemic that ‘no one is safe until we are all safe’. This is most commonly talked of between nations, but, importantly, it also applies within countries. Besides the...
The EU’s unsustainable China strategy
This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at whether the EU can continue to balance its relationships with China and the US. In recent years, the EU’s approach to China has mainly focused on economic factors and the interests of a few member states. However, internal and external political tensions – as well...