🌍✍️ New FPC article: At COP30, UK Leadership Requires Paying Up on #ClimateFinance By Sophie Powell, Chief of UK Advocacy at Christian Aid 📖 fpc.org.uk/op-ed-at-cop...

📣 FPC Research Fellow Dr Andrew Gawthorpe spoke to the BBC on Trump’s push to remove South Africa from the #G20. 📰Read the article via BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🇬🇧✍️ New Op-Ed by Patrick Stevens, Rule of Law Director at International Justice Development & UK Soft Power Council member How can the UK more strategically harness its #softpower – from cultural reach and education to diplomacy and legal expertise? 📖 Read: fpc.org.uk/op-ed-uk-sof...

🧭✍️ Trump’s Central Asia Gambit by FPC Fellow Alex Folkes As President Trump prepares to meet leaders of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan & Tajikistan on 6 Nov, what are the aims and implications of this move? 📖 Read the full piece: fpc.org.uk/op-ed-trumps...

🗞️ Ending Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists More than a decade after the UN declared 2 Nov the Intl Day to #EndImpunity for crimes against journalists, impunity persists. In a new FPC piece, Fiona O’Brien @rsf.org calls for urgent action. ➡️🔗 fpc.org.uk/op-ed-if-we-...

🕊️🇺🇳 Today marks 25 years since #UNSCR1325 on Women, Peace & Security To mark #WPS25, Anna Chernova reflects on UK leadership as WPS penholder & challenges ahead. 📖https://fpc.org.uk/op-ed-british-soft-power-and-increasing-defence-holding-the-pen-on-gender-in-an-age-of-violence/

🗳️ New Op-Ed: Georgian Elections – Unpacking the Fallout of 4th October by Davit Jintcharadze Georgia’s recent local elections saw record-low turnout, a partial opposition boycott, and renewed concerns over electoral integrity. 📖 Read: fpc.org.uk/op-ed-georgi...

🔍 New FPC Long Read: Dealing with the #SanctionsBubble in #Georgia By Dr Ilya Roubanis & Co-author Sanctions on Russia were meant to constrain — instead, they’ve enabled a global ecosystem of intermediaries, offshore hubs & political enablers. 📄 Read: fpc.org.uk/dealing-with...

📢 Happening Tomorrow! | Webinar hosted by FPC & @sepad.bsky.social Forging New Futures: Looking Ahead at the #MENA Region 📅 Tues 28 Oct | ⏰ 12:30–13:30 UK | 📍 Zoom Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📖 New long read: The New 1730s – Lessons from Britain’s Historic Involvement in #EasternEurope by Dan Sperrin How should the UK respond to the current Ukraine war after 3+ years of conflict? Dan turns to the past — drawing on Britain’s history in the region. Read: fpc.org.uk/the-new-1730...

🗳️🇳🇱 New Op-ed: The enduring relevance of the Far Right ahead of the #DutchElection By Prof. @stijntvankessel.bsky.social Ahead of the 29 Oct vote, far-right narratives continue to shape Dutch politics. 🔗 Read: fpc.org.uk/op-ed-the-en...

📢 One Week to Go! - Webinar w/ @sepad.bsky.social Forging New Futures: Looking Ahead at the #MENA Region 🗓️ Tue 28 Oct | ⏰ 12:30–13:30 UK 🔗 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We’re pleased to see our #SoftPower report featured in Influence Online by Farzana Baduel, highlighting the urgent need for a coordinated strategy to protect UK influence in today’s competitive global landscape. 📘 Our report: fpc.org.uk/wp-content/u... Read @farzanabaduel.bsky.social's piece ⬇️

🔵 FPC at Conservative Party Conference 2025 From 5–8 Oct, FPC’s Izzy Cutts & Stevie Wolfe joined #CPC25 in Manchester, engaging in fringe events on foreign policy, aid, #corruption & the UK’s global role. Key takeaways ⬇️

📢 Upcoming Webinar! Forging New Futures: Looking Ahead at the #MENA Region w/ @sepad.bsky.social 📅 Tues 28 Oct | 🕧 12:30–13:30 (UK) Register here➡️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... For more info visit the event page: fpc.org.uk/events/forgi...

🗳️⚖️ New Op-ed by Mohammad Al Abdallah, Jalal Alhamad & Riad Ali On 5 Oct, #Syria held its first parliamentary #elections since regime change — but the process entrenched executive control, sidelining accountability and reform. 🔗 Read: fpc.org.uk/op-ed-the-fi...

🧭 New expert briefing: ‘#Syria’s transition nine months on’ Our roundtable, co-hosted with @ibahri.bsky.social & @sepad.bsky.social, brought together Syrian and international experts to assess the political & legal transition following Assad’s fall. 🔗- fpc.org.uk/expert-brief...

🔴 FPC at Labour Party Conference 2025 The FPC team was in Liverpool engaging with civil society, decision-makers & party members on issues at the core of our work — from anti-corruption & #SLAPPs to diplomacy, #ForeignPolicy & democratic resilience. Key takeaways ⬇️

🟡 FPC at Lib Dem Party Conference From 20–23 Sept, Susan Coughtrie (FPC Exec Director) and Stevie Wolfe (APPG Anti-Corruption) joined the Lib Dem Conference in Bournemouth.

🔎 Strengthening Financial Transparency This week, UK Anti-Corruption Champion Baroness Hodge visited the BVI to assess progress on beneficial ownership registers — vital tools to expose illicit finance & corporate secrecy. 💡 A topic the Foreign Policy Centre has long explored ⬇️

Timely reflection from @fabianhamilton.bsky.social highlighting the strategic value of UK soft power. 🗨️ “The FPC’s latest Soft Power Report could not have been more timely...if we invest in our strengths, we’ll help shape the solutions."” 🔽 Read the article: www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

LABOUR: UKACC x @thefabians.bsky.social : Brave New World? Fighting Corruption in the New Trump Era. Featuring @margarethodge.bsky.social, @philbrickellmp.bsky.social, @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, and @suehawley.bsky.social.

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: Brave New World: Fighting Corruption and Oligarchs in an era of Trump. Featuring @dominicmartin.bsky.social, Mike Martin MP, @richardfoordld.bsky.social, @edwardlucas.bsky.social, and @skcoughtrie.bsky.social.

💡Great to see @philbrickellmp.bsky.social raise a written Q on the UK Gov’s assessment of TNR over the past 5 years. Dan Jarvis MP replied, citing the Defending Democracy Taskforce’s review, saying the UK won’t tolerate foreign intimidation. 📄 www.parallelparliament.co.uk/question/746...

🔔 New from Tax Policy Associates: Carter-Ruck used legal threats to defend OneCoin and later sought anonymity in an attempt to keep the professional conduct hearings of one of its partners behind closed doors FPC joined fellow NGOs pushing back to ensure open justice.

🌍🗳️ Today is the International Day of Democracy. At FPC, democratic values shape our work - from engaging with civil society and governance institutions, to examining authoritarian trends and transnational repression. 🔗 Explore: fpc.org.uk/issues/democ...

🗞️💷 Sustaining UK leadership on countering #IllicitFinance: FPC Director Susan Coughtrie joined leading voices urging Deputy PM David Lammy & Foreign Sec Yvette Cooper to ensure the UK remains a global leader in the fight against dirty money. 📄 Read the two open letters:

🇸🇾 🎉Thank you to all who joined us in Parliament for our roundtable on Syria’s transition nine months on. Our expert panel reflected on interim governance, legal reform & the prospects for meaningful accountability. 📝 A takeaway report will be out soon: fpc.org.uk/join/

#UNGA80 opens as China fills the void left by the US Rewriting norms, choking civil society, escaping accountability 🚨 The UN is being reshaped from within — the UK and Europe must respond. ✍️ My piece for @fpcthinktank.bsky.social 🔗 fpc.org.uk/op-ed-us-ret...

🌐📰 New op-ed by Florian Irminger ( @florianirminger.ch ): As #UNGA80 opens, he warns the US retreat from multilateralism is enabling China to reshape the UN – eroding human rights, silencing civil society & avoiding accountability. 📖 Read: fpc.org.uk/op-ed-us-ret...

✨ Yesterday we launched 'Playing to our strengths: The future of the UK’s soft power in foreign policy' with a parliamentary reception. Speakers included Fabian Hamilton MP, Sir John Whittingdale MP, Catriona Laing, Jonathan Munro & Poppy Ogier. Photo by: Andriy Shevchuk #SoftPower #ForeignPolicy

Fascinating to attend the launch of the @fpcthinktank.bsky.social report on UK cultural power. Such an important part of helping to cultivate value of truth, democracy, human rights, and rule of law around the world. Vital for government to fund this.

🆕📖 Today we launch our latest report - Playing to our strengths: The future of the UK’s soft power in foreign policy. 📖 Read & download 👉 fpc.org.uk/publications... #SoftPower #UKForeignPolicy #FPC

📣🌐 FPC Senior Adviser Craig Oliphant spoke to The Globe and Mail ahead of today’s Trump-Zelensky meeting at the White House. 💬“[Zelensky] is going with back-up… He’ll be looking to leaders like Starmer to do their bit.” 🔗 www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... #Ukraine #Diplomacy #FPC

🗞️🆕Last week we focused on transnational repression (TNR) and the broader threats to democratic resilience and international cooperation. 👇Catch up on the key contributions from our team and network #TNR #Democracy #HumanRights #ForeignPolicy

📅🎉 One week to go! Susan Coughtrie, Director of FPC, will join the “Making America Great Again?” panel at the Festival of Politics. 🕐 Wed 20 Aug, 13:00 BST 📍@parliament.scot 🎟️ festivalofpolitics.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festi...

I was greatful to share my views on TNR with FPC. As I mention in the piece the US disengagement from TNR marks a real opportunity for other democracies to take leadership on TNR —but it will falter without multilateral cooperation, engagement with civil society and increasing pressure on dictators.

🗳️🌍 New op-ed by Nick Hopkinson @nickhopkinson.bsky.social, former director of @wiltonpark.bsky.social: The urgent need to revive democracy and the power of diplomacy 📖Read the article: fpc.org.uk/op-ed-the-ur...

📢 Continuing our focus on transnational repression (TNR), FPC Research Fellow Dr Saipira Furstenberg examines the challenges democracies face in confronting authoritarian TNR. She explores policy gaps, risks to human rights, and why coordinated, rights-based strategies are essential. ⬇️

🚨 Addressing Transnational Repression in the UK The Foreign Policy Centre is working to raise awareness of transnational repression (TNR) as a growing threat to democratic resilience and fundamental rights. ➡️ fpc.org.uk/tackling-tra...

🎉🌐 Our Director, Susan Coughtrie , joins the Festival of Politics on 20 Aug at the @parliament.scot for the panel: “Making America Great Again?” What does Trump’s renewed “America First” agenda mean for the UK & Europe? 🎟️ festivalofpolitics.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festi... 🕐 13:00–14:30 BST

📘 Our expert mini-series on #GeopoliticalShifts w/ John Smith Trust now live in full. Eight contributors from Europe and Central Asia reflect on how democracy, identity and diplomacy are currently being reshaped. 🔗 fpc.org.uk/publications... 🧵In this thread: 8 key quotes from the series ⬇️ 1/9

Concluding our #GeopoliticalShifts series with the John Smith Trust is an article by @svitla.bsky.social exploring how digital tools are reshaping citizenship from exile: 🗣️“Those in exile are not merely adapting to digital governance; they are pioneering it...” Read ⤵️ fpc.org.uk/belarus-from...

As part of our #GeopoliticalShifts mini-series w/ the John Smith Trust, Nataliia Danova reflects on the experience of displaced #Ukrainians in the UK & what it would take to unlock their full economic potential. 🗣️ “Integration is shaped by opportunity and agency.” Read ⤵️ fpc.org.uk/ukraine-lega...

Week 2 of our #GeopoliticalShifts mini-series with The John Smith Trust kicks off w/ 2 articles focused on #CentralAsia: First up is a piece by Ainur Kanafina, which examines the opportunity to build stronger relationships with the region based on "genuine partnership." fpc.org.uk/beyond-trans...

⭕ How can we start conversations to shift colonial mindsets? As part of our mini-series on #Geopolitialshifts, John Smith Trust Fellow Aigulle Sembaeva explores the importance of cross-border dialogue & challenging false narratives. Read her insights ⬇️ fpc.org.uk/russia-how-c...

⏰ Final few days left to apply to be FPC's Policy & Parliamentary Affairs Manager. The deadline is this Sunday 20th July ⤵️

Our 'Geopolitical Shifts' mini-series with The John Smith Trust continues today with an article from Nino Gogoladze on the importance of inclusive policymaking. She sets out why "We must make the connection between diversity and peace." 🔗 Read her insights: fpc.org.uk/georgia-we-m...

📣 Our new mini-series w/ The John Smith Trust is live! Geopolitical shifts: crisis or opportunity for Europe and Central Asia? Across the next two weeks, eight contributors from across the region will reflect on #democracy, #civicspace & international #cooperation ⤵️ 1/3 fpc.org.uk/publications...

📃 #CentralEurope at a time of European & transatlantic challenges - our latest expert briefing is out! Capturing the takeaways from a recent panel discussion, the briefing explores political shifts in #Poland, #Hungary, #Czechia & #Slovakia. Read ⤵️ fpc.org.uk/expert-brief... 1/2