Commentary

16 March 2021 B y Thomas Peak , Research Associate The Chinese government has long been accused of persecuting Uighur and other Turkic minorities in Xinjiang. Evidence has been found of concentration camps holding up to 1 million people, targeted killings of Uighurs, systematic policies of forced abortions and...

15 March 2021 By James Vitali , Research Assistant. An apt metaphor for the confused nature of the UK’s stance on China can be found in the events of February 2019. That month, a statement by the then Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson of his intention to send a British Carrier to the Pacific caused consternation in some...

3 March 2021 By Professor Brendan Simms , Director Britain’s economic and political connection to the Baltic Sea Region stretches back more than a thousand years. During the Middle Ages, England and Scotland traded extensively there and maintained close contacts with the Hanseatic League. In the 18th century, the Baltic...