The week in foreign policy
In a week of dramatic and turbulent news stories, we have put together our picks of opinion and analysis from across the world that you might have missed....
10 January, 2020
Author: Matt Gillow
The only way is up – matching aspirations with action in space
Space is in. On the 20th November, NATO Foreign Ministers met in Brussels to prepare for last week’s NATO Summit in London. Much of the noise around the summit has been political - in the UK, it was focussed on how Boris Johnson would nullify the...
09 December, 2019
BFPG at Big Tent Ideas Festival
Big Tent Ideas Festival - Sport & Diplomacy (Mihir Bose, Author; Dr Sarah Zipp, University of Sterling; Stuart Meaker, Surrey and England Cricketer) Our second panel at the Big Tent Ideas Festival explored the role that sport and sports players can play in UK diplomacy and...
05 November, 2019
Foreign Interference in Elections – Should We Be Concerned?
On Monday, 18th November the British Foreign Policy Group hosted Peter Pomerantsev, Deborah Haynes, David Anderson QC and James Ball for a lively panel discussion chaired by Sophia Gaston on foreign interference in elections. The conversation ranged from subjects including Russian meddling, the role of quality...
04 November, 2019
Around the world, young people are fighting for freedom
Nearly nine years on from the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi, the Tunisian fruit seller prevented from selling vegetables by state officials, that kickstarted the ‘Arab Spring’, protests are once again gripping several Arab countries....
01 November, 2019
BFPG at Big Tent Ideas Festival
Throughout the General Election campaign, the British Foreign Policy Group have been traveling across the UK to listen to the foreign policy views of our youngest voting demographic: students. Whilst voter turnout was lowest amongst young people in 2017, two thirds of the over three...
28 October, 2019