Insight
Africa in 2026: Conflict, elections and a new UK framework
What challenges and opportunities face the African continent in 2026? This brief discusses the G20 summit, elections, armed conflict, aid and UK engagement.
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Insight
The UK and international development: Global issues for 2026
Major aid donors will continue to cut aid budgets. UN agencies are planning reforms and reductions in their programmes.
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Research Briefing
The US capture of Nicolás Maduro
This briefing looks at the January 2026 US military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, statements by President Trump and US officials, the UK and international response, and questions of international law.
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Debate Pack
Religious minority persecution in Myanmar
A Westminster Hall debate on religious minority persecution in Myanmar is scheduled for Thursday 8 January 2026, from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. The debate will be opened by Jim Shannon MP.
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Research Briefing
UK-EU reset: Agreement on UK participation in the EU Erasmus+ programme
The UK and EU have agreed that the UK will participate in the EU Erasmus+ programme from 2027
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Research Briefing
Syria one year after Assad: Reconstruction and sanctions
Humanitarian need and population displacement in Syria remains high. Reconstruction is limited. Most sanctions have been removed.
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Insight
Bosnia and Herzegovina: What’s behind the change in leadership in the Republika Srpska?
Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has a new president, after the previous president was removed from office.
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Research Briefing
Bosnia and Herzegovina: secessionism in the Republika Srpska
The leadership of the Republika Srpska, the majority-Serb territory within Bosnia and Herzegovina, has adopted an assertive separatist stance viewed as endangering the 1995 peace agreement.
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Research Briefing
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dayton agreement and political system
The constitution for Bosnia and Herzegovina was set out in the 1995 Dayton Agreement. It is a single state comprising a predominantly Bosniak-Croat political entity, and a Serb-majority entity.
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Research Briefing
Strategic Defence Review 2025: The British Army
What did the UK's Strategic Defence Review 2025 recommend for the British Army?
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Research Briefing
Georgia’s ‘foreign influence’ law: legal and political developments one year on
This research briefing considers the impact of Georgia’s “foreign influence” law and legal and political developments that have followed in its wake.
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Research Briefing
Support for Veterans: Policy overview
An overview of the evolution of veterans’ policy in the UK since 2010.
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Research Briefing
Chinese state threat activities in the UK
China has been accused of conducting state-threat activities in the UK such as industrial espionage, cyber-attacks, and spying on politicians. The UK Government has responded by passing new legislation to counter state threats, while still trying to pursue stronger economic relations with China.
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Research Briefing
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Introductory profile
This briefing provides an introduction to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq's politics, human rights, and relations with Iraq. It also signposts further reading.
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Research Briefing
The impact of foreign interference on security, trade and democracy
A debate on the impact of foreign interference on security, trade and democracy is scheduled to take place in the House of Commons Chamber on Thursday 11 December 2025. The debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by James MacCleary MP
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