Foreign Policy Centre

📖💷 New op-ed | A Camel Called the Investor Visa Should the UK revive an investor visa? Matthew McGlynn argues the proposal risks undermining the UK's anti-corruption agenda while offering little evidence it would attract meaningful investment. 🔗 fpc.org.uk/op-ed-a-camel-…

📢 Don't forget to save the date: FPC is partnering with the Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics 2026 for: America v China – clash of the superpowers? 🗓️ Friday 28 August 🕦 11:30–12:45 📍 Scottish Parliament 🎟️ tikt.link/americavchina

🟢📖 Final article | Rethinking Democracy: Through the Lens of Culture, Trust and Agency How should we measure the strength of a democracy? Liliana Gutan argues it's defined not only by elections, but by what happens between them. 🔗 fpc.org.uk/beyond-the-bal…

🟢📖 New in Rethinking Democracy: Through the Lens of Culture, Trust and Agency Palina Brodik argues that democratic movements must preserve their values while remaining adaptable to changing political realities. 🔗 Read: fpc.org.uk/resistance-is-… 🟢 Final article tomorrow

Joldoshbek Osmonov examines how authoritarian narratives, legal restrictions and misinformation erode public trust, and what civil society can do to rebuild credibility and reconnect with communities. ➡️ Read: fpc.org.uk/civil-society-…

Farrukh Irnazarov explores how education, civic habits and everyday experiences shape democratic resilience across Central Asia, arguing that there are no shortcuts to building trust. ➡️ Read: fpc.org.uk/no-shortcuts-t…

🟢📖 Continuing our mini-series | Rethinking Democracy: Through the Lens of Culture, Trust and Agency Today's contributions to our mini-series with the John Smith Trust explore this question from two complementary perspectives. 🧵⬇️ Trust cannot be created through policy alone.

📚 Series: fpc.org.uk/publications/r… 🟢 More articles coming next week.

🟢📖 Mini-series: Rethinking Democracy: Through the Lens of Culture, Trust and Agency Aaron Campbell and Gulshat Ayydova explore how meaningful youth participation can strengthen trust, social cohesion and democratic resilience. 🔗 Article: fpc.org.uk/gen-z-democrat…

📖🟢 Continuing our mini-series: Rethinking Democracy: Through the Lens of Culture, Trust and Agency In the latest contribution, Botagoz Zhumabekova argues that beneath apathy, cynicism and low trust often lies something deeper: fear. Article: fpc.org.uk/the-psychologi…

☢️ 🇦🇲 New long read | Armenia is considering how to reduce its nuclear dependency on Russia - but what are the technological limits? by Ilya Roubanis Read more: fpc.org.uk/long-read-the-…

@WigginLLP @tinastowell @JWhittingdale Thank you to our other speakers @joshi, Matthew Dando, Gavin Millar KC and @pia_sarma, and to @skcoughtrie for chairing the discussion.

@WigginLLP Kindly co-sponsored by Baroness @tinastowell and Sir @JWhittingdale MP, the event brought together parliamentarians, journalists, campaigners, legal experts and those directly affected by SLAPPs.

📸 Yesterdayy, FPC, the Centre for Freedom of the Media, and the Centre for Journalism and Democracy co-organised a parliamentary reception on strengthening protections against #SLAPPs in the UK, with support from @WigginLLP.

📖 Also out today From Silence to Agency, Olga Reka reflects on Ukraine's experience, arguing that culture and storytelling are not luxuries in times of crisis, but foundations of agency and democratic resilience. Read the article: 🔗 fpc.org.uk/from-silence-t…

📖 Out today @AlderdiceLord opens the series by asking how we can secure a healthy political and social order in an increasingly fragmented world, arguing that democracy must be rethought for a changing global landscape. Read the article: 🔗 fpc.org.uk/how-can-we-sec…

📢 🟢New mini-series | Rethinking Democracy: Through the Lens of Culture, Trust and Agency We're publishing a new mini-series in partnership with the John Smith Trust, bringing together contributors from Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Moldova and the UK.

📬 Our latest newsletter: Hybrid interference, media freedom and democratic resilience Catch up on our newest publications and recent webinar series exploring mis/disinformation, online manipulation, media freedom and political literacy. 📖mailchi.mp/fpc.org.uk/fpc…

Themes include political rhetoric as a symptom of structural change; AI accelerating vulnerabilities in the information ecosystem; political and media literacy as democratic infrastructure; and the need for systemic responses. 📄 Download the briefing: fpc.org.uk/expert-briefin…

Chaired by FPC’s ED Susan Coughtrie, the event featured contributions from Dr Sasikumar Sundaram, Prof Inderjeet Parmar, Effie Webb, Amelia Fairney and Matt Bishop MP. Together, they explored the pressures reshaping democratic discourse and public trust.

🔴 New briefing | Rhetoric, Disorder and the Crisis of Democracy This briefing shares key insights from a parliamentary discussion co-hosted by FPC, the Global Disorder Group at City St George’s, Shout Out UK and the APPG on Political and Media Literacy. 📄fpc.org.uk/expert-briefin…