Key Takeaways from the Foreign Office’s 2018-19 Departmental Accounts
BFPG Associate Sam Goodman takes a look at the 2018-19 Foreign Office Accounts and provides a useful summary of budget and staff data...
15 July, 2019
Author: BFPG Admin
Running Out of Credit? The Decline of the Foreign Office and the Case for Sustained Funding
A new report from the British Foreign Policy Group Associate Sam Goodman lays out the trajectory and impact of cuts to the FCO budget back to 1973, arguing that the FCO is a shadow of its former self, and emphasises the need for a new...
18 June, 2019
The British Foreign Policy Group welcomes Flora Holmes
Flora Holmes joins the British Foreign Policy Group The British Foreign Policy Group is today delighted to welcome Flora Holmes, who joins the team as a Researcher. Previously, Flora has worked in research in both the UK and EU Parliaments - directly for a Member of Parliament...
15 June, 2019
The UK Should Stay Committed to the Iran Nuclear Deal — Student Ambassador Series
Current news cycles have been dominated by growing tensions between American and Iranian forces. The foundations of this tension lie with Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Iran nuclear deal last year and reimpose US sanctions....
03 June, 2019
Event Summary: Has Brexit Challenged Global Justice? The UK and the Responsibility to Protect
On Thursday 9th May the BPFG’s Student Ambassador team based at the University of Leeds hosted an exciting panel discussion titled ‘Has Brexit Changed Global Justice?’ The event was hosted in conjunction with the Leeds University Politics and International Studies society and focused on the...
28 May, 2019
King’s College London Event Summary: the UK’s Foreign Policy After Brexit
As the Brexit negotiations trundle on, it is sometimes difficult to look past our relationship with the EU to the wider world. On 28th March, the BFPG student ambassadors from King’s College London organised a panel discussion on the future of British Foreign Policy post-Brexit. The...
23 April, 2019
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Towards a British Response Strategy – Student Ambassador Series
Since its inception in 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has seen enormous expansion over 2018 and the first quarter of 2019. It has become President Xi Jinping’s foreign policy ‘brand’. At present, the BRI aims to connect 71 economies through Europe, Asia and...
10 April, 2019
Escaping the past: Why we need an honest re-assessment of British Foreign Policy priorities
As Britain edges ever closer to the date of its exit of from the European Union, the UK’s diplomatic failure over the last few years becomes increasingly evident. There is a growing consensus that the UK Government has been outmanoeuvred and outgunned in its...
12 March, 2019
Huawei or the Highway: Is the Tech Giant Really a Threat?
Huawei is facing an existential crisis throughout Europe and North America. The Chinese tech giant is the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker and has recently overtaken Apple in becoming the world’s second-largest supplier of smartphones. Founded in 1987, boasting 180,000 employees and over $92.55 billion...
05 March, 2019
Global Britain in the United Nations
This report, written by three UK academics, looks at the implications of Brexit on the UK’s standing in the UN. It considers the UK’s role as a Permanent member of the Security Council and the British public’s understanding of the Government’s ‘Global Britain’ strategy. The...
19 February, 2019