Reports

This report from UK think tank RUSI looks at Southeast Asian countries’ understanding of and experiences with foreign state interference. This paper provides a succinct macro-survey of Southeast Asian countries’ understanding of and experiences with foreign state interference, given that strategic competition is increasingly taking place in the ‘grey zone’ and between states, with an...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society looks at rebuilding rural Britain. Rural and coastal communities are seldom given the attention they deserve in British politics. This edited collection seeks to change that, exploring how the 'peripheral' geography of rural and coastal areas shapes the challenges they face and laying the groundwork for...

This report from UK think tank the Institute of Development Studies looks at opportunities and challenges for citizen–policy engagement on environmental issues. Citizen and policy groups address environmental challenges in the Sahel, but rarely together. In Sahelian West Africa, including in Mauritania, Senegal, and Mali, artists and citizens have used protest art to make their...

This report from UK think tank IISS looks at the drivers, scope and consequences of the continuing development of ballistic and cruise missiles. The IISS Strategic Dossier Missile Technology: Accelerating Challenges examines the drivers, scope and consequences of the continuing development of ballistic and cruise missiles by the world’s most prominent users and producers. It...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at how the UK can move ahead on vaccines, by harnessing the role of innovation and a wider range of public institutions. The Covid-19 vaccination has again demonstrated the value of vaccines – to lives, livelihoods, and national prosperity. Despite that success, it is imperative that the...

This report from UK think tank the Nuffield Trust examines the effects of the UK's exit from the EU on our healthcare system. The latest instalment from our project monitoring the effects of the UK's exit from the EU on our health care system finds the clearest evidence yet that Brexit and its changing relationships...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government argues that ministers and civil servants need to urgently reset relations. Brexit, Covid and Boris Johnson have made existing tensions in relations between civil servants and ministers unsustainable. This report, the latest in the Institute for Government/Bennett Institute review of the UK constitution, argues that...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at finding the centre ground in Britain's immigration debates. Over the last 20 years immigration numbers to the UK have hugely impacted British political and public life. This report looks at the past, present and future of these immigration numbers, from asylum seekers to...

This report from UK think tank IISS looks at the funding levels and plans of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance investments of key NATO member states. This IISS research paper assesses the funding levels, strategies, plans and programmes associated with the multi-domain (space, air, land, sea and cyber) intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) investments of key...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society looks at the case for a 21st century bill of powers and duties. Freedom was the left's first cause. Now, Liam Byrne MP argues, it is time for Labour to reclaim freedom as its own, with tangible liberties: freedom from poverty and from fear and freedom...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at how to increase public spending on climate and nature at speed to maximise economic opportunities. The UK drastically needs to reduce carbon emissions and address biodiversity loss. Meanwhile, the public, staring down the barrel of soaring costs and economic headwinds are looking for tangible improvements to...

This report from UK think tank Onward looks at why green industrial jobs are critical to Levelling Up. In the report, we argue that the Government has only five years to secure green factories and bring high skilled jobs to parts of the country most in need of levelling up. These jobs will be crucial...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at solutions to African debt distress through multilateral cooperation. The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have undermined the ability of many African nations to service their sovereign debts. At present, 22 low-income African countries are either already in debt distress...

This report from UK think tank RUSI looks at the implications of a range of capabilities for modern warfare from the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has provided an invaluable opportunity to assess the capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (AFRF) and the implications...

This report from UK think tank RUSI looks tracks the supply chains of Russia’s most successful UAV. A joint investigation between RUSI, Reuters and iStories has found that Russian companies closely associated with the St Petersburg-based Special Technology Centre Limited Liability Company (STC LLC or STC) – the Russian military-affiliated manufacturer of the Orlan-10 UAV1...

This report from UK think tank the Constitution Unit looks at the role of the monarchy in our political system. The Queen’s death has naturally prompted reflection on the role of the monarchy in our political system. The monarchy is tightly regulated by law and by convention. Laws passed by parliament regulate the rules of...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at realigning incentives to reduce intergenerational inequality. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest paper, written by John Macdonald, James Sean Dickson and Dr. Michael Turner, proposes policies to address the causes of Britain’s growing intergenerational inequality. Intergenerational inequality is not just an issue of fairness...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society looks at Labour's support in coastal towns. Not enough attention has been paid towards coastal towns, the opportunities and challenges they face, and what people in these places want from politicians. This briefing aims to change that by developing a new constituency grouping based on coastal...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at an international comparison for subnational government. England’s usually messy patchwork of governing arrangements makes it an international outlier in its subnational government structures. This report draws on comparable data across large, advanced economies and additional qualitative analysis of Germany and Japan (including interviews...

This report from UK think tank Joseph Rowntree Foundation is their cost of living tracker for winter 2022/23. This new research highlights that low-income households’ finances continue to buckle under the pressure of the cost of living crisis, as 7.2 million are going without the basics, and 4.7 million are behind on their bills. We...

This report from UK think tank IIED looks at how climate change-induced migration is creating physical health, mental health and wellbeing issues. Loss and damage is an urgent concern, driven by the increasingly harmful effects of climate change. Communities are experiencing new types and forms of climate impact, of higher frequency and intensity, which they are...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how the UK think tank sector can improve its diversity. Think tanks need to improve outreach, change perceptions of the sector and adapt their recruitment to improve their diversity. This report investigates why think tanks are not as diverse as they could be...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Cities looks at the geography of the UK’s new economy. The new economy encompasses knowledge-intensive sectors at the very forefront of new technologies and innovations including software, robotics, telecommunications and gaming. Fuelling these sectors is central to improving the UK’s productivity and prosperity, and to the...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the main challenge to the monarchy in the threat to the union. The main challenge to the monarchy lies in the threat to the union, says a new guest paper for the Institute for Government and Bennett Institute’s joint review of the UK’s...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at ensuring planning reform delivers affordable homes. A longstanding shortage of affordable housing is worsening the UK’s housing crisis. The Government’s proposal to level up affordable housing through a new ‘Infrastructure Levy’ is liable to make a bad situation worse. A safe, secure,...