Briefings
We provide expert advice and analysis on the latest foreign policy developments.
The New Diplomacy Project publishes regular briefings that provide both detailed background and specific policy recommendations. These briefings are written by members of the executive committee alongside our network of researchers and policy specialists. Every paper is reviewed by external subject-matter experts. The views contained in them are those of the authors, not the New Diplomacy Project, our parliamentary supporters, or our advisory council.
The UK and the Future of NATO
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted a renewed discussion on the nature of transatlantic security, and the upcoming publication of the 2030 NATO Strategic Concept will mark an important moment for the Alliance. In this briefing, an NDP contributor examines the debate surrounding the future of NATO and offers analysis and guidance for Labour MPs on how they can engage with the British policy towards NATO and its strategy regarding the conflict in Ukraine.
Closing the emissions loophole: The case for a carbon border tax
A UK carbon border tax (CBT) could kill two birds with one stone: reducing global carbon emissions while also reducing UK reliance on Chinese and Russian energy and metal imports.
Labour's Russia policy: Managing modern threats
The UK is closer than it has been in years to a cross-party consensus on Russia. Labour and the Conservatives now share a justified perception of Russia as a clear threat to the UK as well as its allies and partners in Europe. Their mutual recognition of Russia’s malign behaviour, however, obscures a mutual failure to elaborate a detailed vision of what Britain’s relations with Russia should look like.
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