A UK-China Engagement Strategy
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....
22 May, 2020
Author: Sophia Gaston
Richard Wike from Pew Research on Public Opinion and the Global Soft Power Struggle
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...
21 May, 2020
Alice Baudry on France’s Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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...
14 May, 2020
Sir Simon Fraser & Rt. Hon. Gisela Stuart: The Future of British Foreign Policy After COVID-19
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...
12 May, 2020
The Evolution of UK Public Opinion in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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....
07 May, 2020
Prof. Rana Mitter on China’s ‘Great Test’ in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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,...
05 May, 2020
Nina Jankowicz & Peter Pomerantsev on the Future of Disinformation
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...
04 May, 2020
Sir Simon Fraser & Rt. Hon. Gisela Stuart on UK Foreign Policy After the Pandemic
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....
03 May, 2020
Scorched Earth: Nostalgia in the Shadow of the Coronavirus
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....
30 April, 2020
The Future of Globalism after the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sophia Gaston, Director of the British Foreign Policy Group, speaks to Dalibor Rohac, a political scientist and author who specialises in Central and Eastern European politics and the future of multilateralism. They spoke about the American and European responses to the pandemic, the future of...
30 April, 2020