In conversation with the BFPG’s Director, Sophia Gaston, Tom Tugendhat MP explored the bearings of the pandemic on the UK's foreign affairs agenda, as well as broader discussion around the UK’s rapidly evolving relationship with Europe, the United States, Russia and China....
Sophia Gaston on the urgency of the need for a UK-China Engagement Strategy, its core components, and what Britain can learn from Australia's experience with China....
Sophia Gaston speaks with Richard Wike, the Director of Global Attitudes Research at Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. They discuss how Americans, Germans and Brits are viewing one another's performances in the pandemic, whether the EU might step up as a global actor, and...
Sophia Gaston speaks with Alice Baudry of the Institut Montaigne think tank in Paris about the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. They discuss President Macron's handling of the crisis, the particular malaise French citizens direct towards their leaders, and the consequences of the...
Sir Simon Fraser & Rt. Hon. Gisela. Stuart, the Presidents of the British Foreign Policy Group, join its Director, Sophia Gaston, to discuss how the pandemic is changing the UK's foreign policy landscape. They explore the future of the Integrated Review, the emerging opportunities for...
In this paper, we set out the evolving nature of UK public opinion on international affairs during the coronavirus pandemic, mapping the shifts taking place and emerging trends since we benchmarked citizens' attitudes in January and February 2020....
Sophia Gaston, Director of the British Foreign Policy Group, speaks with Prof. Rana Mitter about China’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rana is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China and the Director of the University China Centre at the University of Oxford,...
Sophia Gaston spoke with Nina Jankowicz and Peter Pomerantsev, two of the leading expert researchers into contemporary disinformation, to explore the role that it is playing in the Coronavirus pandemic. They discussed the differing ways in which disinformation was being harnessed, the challenges of studying...
The British Foreign Policy Group is bringing together our two inaugural Presidents, Sir Simon Fraser and Rt. Hon. Gisela Stuart, to discuss the new paradigms of foreign policy in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic....
Sophia Gaston explores the potential for powerful nostalgic sentiment to grow in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, as citizens look back fondly at life before the crisis....