Our remit is global and our interests correspondingly wide. The below are indicative rather than fully comprehensive questions of relevance for our work and are arranged into ten overlapping categories.
The dynamic nature of world events and diplomatic work around them mean that we often need research based insights to help anticipate, shape, manage and benefit from unfolding developments and possible futures. The synthesised expertise of researchers can help us make judgements in a policy environment where experimental trials and replicable results are often impossible or inappropriate.
Because time can be of the essence we value emerging results and insights shared via updates, short events, websites and similar, in advance of peer reviewed articles.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
FCO Areas of research interest coronavirus COVID 19 update May 2020 GOVUK
This research project will produce a detailed portrait of the geopolitical orientations of the populations in the countries across the post-Soviet regions of Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. The investigators will...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project focuses on understanding the geopolitical orientations of residents along Russia's borderland states, which is relevant to understanding how state and non-state actors are adjusting their approaches to geopolitical issues during the pandemic.
TThe proposed project addresses salient concerns about alleged failures of anticipation, preparedness and response in national and European foreign policy against a backdrop of three 'strategic surprises': the Arab Sprin...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: King's College London
What is meant by 'international intervention'? What are we trying to achieve, and who is the 'we' in this context? Are we guilty of assuming that everyone who talks about intervention is using the same language? Do we un...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Surrey