This report examines international views of the UK and the impact the recent European Union referendum has had on them. It highlights both strengths and weaknesses in the UK’s ‘image’ and points to opportunities – and risks – that the country should address as it moves towards a future outside the EU....
What’s the first thing you do when you wake up? In my case – and assuming the kids are enjoying a rare bout of combined slumber – I check my smartphone and scroll through Twitter. A bad habit, but an addictive one. And just one...
UK Universities are a national asset. Why? It remains one of the world leading study destinations for international students and offers a first class experience. The students seem to think so too. To see what they think, read more in this report....
This publication is a compilation of essays revealing a great variety of views regarding the United Kingdom’s identity. The report looks to align culture and politics by questioning who we are as a nation and what we might become in the future in order to...
This communique gives an overview of the humanitarian, security, and constitutional issues discussed at the London Somalia Conference, held in May 2017. Bringing together leaders from around the world, this conference accelerated progress on security sector reform, built on the international response to the ongoing...
This report outlines the need for UK engagement in the MENA region to be sustained and developed, but with a substantially revised approach. The report details the profound disorder which exists in the MENA region, and how that complicates, but more importantly necessitates UK engagement....
Nine months into office Theresa May has appeared increasingly to centralise foreign policymaking back in No.10. Long gone are the days of the laissez-faire approach of David Cameron, which was often represented by a high level of ministerial autonomy reinforced by collective decision-making. Instead May’s...
During a conversation in December 2016 with a representative from the Council of Europe it was noted that Russia’s 2015 ruling allowing its courts to override judgments handed down by the ECtHR should be seen in a broader context of non-compliance amongst certain signatory...
With Britain edging ever closer to negotiating our departure from the EU, the UK’s defence and security represents perhaps the most critical policy area which could see a significant shakeup. It was therefore in timely fashion that the UK’s International Defence Engagement Strategy (IDES)...