The BFPG and the CGP held and event to understandhow the UK’s development agenda should relate to the government’s Global Britain policy and how to encourage the development and diplomacy sectors to work better together...
As part of our‘National Engagement Series’, the BFPG hosted its third university event in Edinburgh in partnership with the University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science’s Centre for Security Research and the Asia-Scotland Institute. The event, which took place in McEwan Hall in...
British foreign policy has long been underpinned by the democratic ideals and well-established freedoms that we enjoy in our daily life. Yet today that credibility is under threat and with it our role as an international moral arbiter....
In early December the BFPG held an event a roundtable event, British Foreign Policy After Brexit with former Foreign Secretary, Lord Owen, and former senior UK Government trade expert and banker David Ludlow. The event provided an opportunity to discuss some of the main foreign...
In early November, The British Foreign Policy Group held a pre-launch discussion for our latest report, ‘Rising Power: Revitalising British Foreign Policy in A New Global Era’. The event was chaired by former Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Jack Straw, and had comments from Head of...
For the UK-EU deal, the only element that could shorten the odds and bring optimism to the table is good will; good will being the desire to get a successful resolution quickly. If all thirty-one parliaments, the EU Commission and the British Government share...
The issue of national identity, inextricably tied to the notion of patriotism, remains a thorny and politically charged issue to the detriment of our national story. It’s about time we embraced what being patriotic should mean, and what better place to start than The Great...
Arm exports are often defended on the basis of jobs and security. After Brexit, the UK must scrutinise these arguments to address whether our arms policy truly advances or undermines British interests in such volatile political circumstances....
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....
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...