The UK’s most prominent foreign policy think-tank was founded in 1998 to address the challenges of globalisation.

Address: Suite 11, Second Floor, 23-28 Penn Street, London, N1 5DL
Telephone: 020 7729 7566
Email: events@fpc.org.uk
Website: http://fpc.org.uk

Director: Stephen Twigg
Policy Director: Adam Huq
Programme Director, Democracy and Development: Josephine Osikena
Events & Projects Director: Anna Owen
Programme Manager, China: Feng Zhang

The UK’s premier foreign policy think-tank was launched in 1998 by Tony Blair, at a time when New Labour was keen to promote an ‘ethical’ foreign policy. Its founding president was the late Robin Cook, then serving as Foreign Secretary.

Since then, the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) has aimed to promote a more consistent and sophisticated approach to globalisation. It is committed to seeking multilateral solutions to global problems and to promoting the spread of liberal democracy. The Centre received much attention in 2007 after setting up an all-party commission on Britain’s presence in Iraq, jointly chaired by Lord Ashdown, Baroness Jay and Lord King. The subsequent report influenced the shift to a less aggressive British strategy.

The Centre is politically independent but maintains its strongest relations with the centre-left and the Labour Party. Its current director is the former Labour minister Stephen Twigg, who took up the position in August 2005.

The group has recently carried out significant research on Africa and will launch a new report on assisting African women and girls suffering from HIV/AIDS early in May.

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