This report offers a number of starting principles for what the UK's strategy in Asia should look like. It explores how engaging more in Asia opens the doors to new opportunities but also examines the possible dilemmas that the UK is likely to face as...
This paper explores how, with the right oversight and a balanced approach, defence engagement can help to deliver prosperity and increase private-sector involvement in UK national security....
This paper examines the implications of the US Third Offset Strategy for the UK. It finds that UK defence equipment capabilities costing £16 billion a year are increasingly vulnerable to low-cost, technology-rich weapons from hostile states. It argues that the UK government has focused more...
In this report, John Baron MP analyses changing global circumstances and this country’s strengths and weaknesses against the international picture. He welcomes the new government’s determination to return to a foreign policy serving Britain’s interests, which also tends to benefit other countries internationally. He ends with a series...
A country's influence on the world stage is more than just economic and military strength. It is also about soft power. This ResPublica report looks at how the UK should incorporate soft power into it's foreign policy....
The leading edge of research and technology innovation is tied to international collaborative research. It is therefore essential that UK science policy enables continuing participation in this network at the highest level, with a targeted and cost-effective management structure....
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...