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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The following post was written by Paul Brummell, Head of Soft Power and External Affairs Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Paul was a panellist on the second panel session at Leicester Global Links: Soft Power Perspectives. I headed on Wednesday to Leicester, for two...
Diaspora communities in the UK play increasingly critical roles in mediating key aspects of UK bilateral and multilateral relationships. Yet often their contribution and potential is misunderstood or even seen as a threat. On October 31st The BFPG hosted a roundtable event to bring together...
The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a global crisis involving organised criminal networks and is estimated to be worth up to £17 billion a year. It is a foreign policy issue because not only does it threaten species with extinction, but it damages economic growth...
On Monday 10th December the BFPG co-hosted the Coventry a Global City event with the West Midlands Economic Forum and Coventry University as part of our National Engagement work. The event assessed how Coventry might further enhance its international profile by utilising its soft power...