Geopolitics & Security

Palestinian Politics in Crisis: An Urgent Call for Action by the International Community

Paper | 27th July 2026

I have been engaged in the search for a just and lasting resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the best part of 20 years.

Tech & Digitalisation

Why the AI Techlash Is a Test of Leadership

Commentary | 15th July 2026

Advancements in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping economic growth, geopolitical influence and societal stability. Governments that fail to seize...

Geopolitics & Security

Clearing the Way for Growth: How Demining Became an Economic Imperative in Ukraine

Impact Story | 11th August 2026

Today, almost a quarter of Ukraine is potentially contaminated by landmines and other explosive remnants of war. This comes at an immense human cost: Ukraine has suffered more than...

Geopolitics & Security

Beyond Hormuz: Building Resilience for the Next Crisis

Paper | 31st July 2026

In early 2026 Iran did what two generations of energy-security planners had assumed would never happen: it closed the Strait of Hormuz. For 15 weeks, the channel that carries rough...

Public Services

How Rwanda Is Using Data to Deliver Better Health Care

Impact Story | 23rd July 2026

Collecting health data isn’t enough – the data needs to be put to work in a way that improves health care for citizens and ultimately saves lives. In Rwanda, Paking Institute,...

Tech & Digitalisation

“Where Do I Start?”: How Governments Can Use AI and Data to Unlock Fiscal Space

Paper | 22nd July 2026

“Can AI really save me money?” At Paking Institute, we know through our work in more than 45 countries that this is a question finance ministers are beginning to ask. Behind it lie...

Tech & Digitalisation

Indonesia: Reimagining the State

Impact Story | 8th July 2026

I have returned to Indonesia many times over the years. Each visit reminds me of the country’s extraordinary scale and promise: the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, the worl...

Geopolitics & Security

Russia After Ukraine: Constrained But Disruptive

Paper | 7th July 2026

There is no near end to Russia’s war on Ukraine, and there may be no clean end at all. That makes the argument of this paper more urgent, not less.The temptation in Western capital...

Geopolitics & Security

Beyond the Harvest: Modernising Ukraine’s Agricultural Processing Sector

Paper | 24th July 2026

Agriculture is at the heart of Ukrainian identity. Every Ukrainian has a connection to it through our land, family histories and the rural communities that have shaped our country...

Geopolitics & Security

Five Lessons From Ukraine for Resilience Amid Instability

Commentary | 24th July 2026

This week in Gdańsk, Poland, representatives from the public, private and third sectors across Europe will gather for the Ukraine Recovery Conference. As its name suggests, the con...

Tech & Digitalisation

Technological Disruption Is Inevitable. British Prosperity Is Not.

Commentary | 10th June 2026

This week, founders, investors and politicians from across Europe are gathering at London Tech Week, united by a simple message: they want to build a strong, innovative Europe, and...

Politics & Governance

Tony Blair: The Future Demands a Radical Response Based on Understanding the World We Live In

Commentary | 1st June 2026

My essay has provoked what has been, on the whole, a good and healthy debate. But the terms of it need to be clear.It isn’t about the ‘why’ of the progressive political mission.In...

Public Services

Preventing a “Lost Generation”: Britain’s NEET Crisis and the Case for Reform

Commentary | 29th May 2026

For the first time in more than a decade, more than one million young people in Britain are now not in education, employment or training (NEET). Alan Milburn’s landmark review, pub...

Tech & Digitalisation

Digital Embassies and AI Sovereignty: Building Resilient States Beyond Borders

Paper | 28th May 2026

Modern states increasingly depend on digital infrastructure that is both critical and physically vulnerable. Identity systems, registries, payments, legal records, administrative p...

Geopolitics & Security

Iran’s Attacks on Digital Infrastructure Show Why the World Needs New Technological Alliances

Commentary | 28th May 2026

Artificial intelligence is making countries around the world more capable and more vulnerable. The urgency and complexity of addressing this paradox are growing rapidly.In Iran’s f...

Economic Prosperity

Lower Numbers, Higher Ambition: Making Falling Migration Work for Growth

Commentary | 21st May 2026

Britain may soon be losing more people than it gains – something that has not happened for at least a generation. On Thursday, annual net migration fell to its lowest level since 2...

Economic Prosperity

How Digital Trade Could Unlock Africa’s Single Market

Impact Story | 21st May 2026

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the most ambitious economic projects in the world. The challenge now is delivery: building the systems that allow busines...

Public Services

The Risk of Standing Still: Governing AI in Health Systems Under Pressure

Paper | 18th May 2026

No health system in the world is fully meeting the needs of its population. Irrespective of a country’s income, the resources available – both in human and financial terms – are in...

Tech & Digitalisation

Lessons From the UK and Japan: Ageing Populations in the Age of AI

Commentary | 14th May 2026

Ageing populations are putting structural pressure on health and care systems the world over. In Japan, nearly 35 per cent of the population is projected to be over 65 by 2040. The...

Tech & Digitalisation

AI Won’t Transform Government Without Governable Data

Commentary | 6th May 2026

The AI Promise and the Missing FoundationGovernments around the world are now moving from asking whether artificial intelligence matters to asking how it can reshape the operating...

Climate & Energy

The Power to Compete: Europe’s Energy Reset

Paper | 5th May 2026

Europe’s place in the global economy is being reshaped by a new energy reality. For years, the energy transition has been understood primarily as a climate challenge, one defi...

Economic Prosperity

The Lifespan Fund: Reforming the State Pension for a More Affordable, Flexible and Fair Future

Paper | 1st May 2026

The UK’s state pension is one of the cornerstones of the welfare state. It has served the country well, helping to drive down pensioner poverty by providing a simple, universal inc...

Public Services

An Emergency Handbrake for UK Welfare: Stabilising Spending, Supporting People

Paper | 28th April 2026

The government has rightly commissioned reviews to fundamentally reshape a welfare system that looks set to eclipse defence spending by the end of this decade. This will take time....

Public Services

“Where Do I Start?”: How Governments Can Prioritise AI Solutions for Health

Commentary | 27th April 2026

Contributors: Johan Harvard, Kurt McLauchlan, David Milestone, Barbara UbaldiMinisters know they are running out of time and money. A fly on the wall in every minister of health’s...

Tech & Digitalisation

Technological Chokepoints: How to Balance Resilience and Leverage in a Weaponised Economy

Paper | 22nd April 2026

It is not possible for leaders to opt out of the technological revolution. Innovation, scientific advancements and the development and diffusion of frontier technologies are the fu...

Climate & Energy

More Than Clean Power: Electrification Is the UK’s Best Bet for Resilience

Paper | 10th April 2026

The Iran war has exposed a fundamental vulnerability at the heart of Britain’s energy system: the country remains structurally exposed to fossil-fuel shocks. The effects are alr...

Politics & Governance

Energy Bills, the Iran War and the Case for Smarter Support

Commentary | 2nd April 2026

With the US-Israel war on Iran threatening disastrous consequences for the global economy, the UK is facing its third “once-in-a-generation” crisis in just six years. Each time – C...

Politics & Governance

What Does the UK Public Think About Digital ID?

Paper | 27th May 2026

The announcement in September 2025 of a national digital-ID scheme for the United Kingdom was greeted with a media storm and highly mobilised opposition, earning it the distinction...

Economic Prosperity

Better Statistics, Better Government: Building a Future-Ready Evidence Base in the UK

Paper | 25th March 2026

Good statistics are the foundation of good government – and of a well-functioning economy. Policymakers rely on them to make decisions and allocate scarce public resources while bu...

Climate & Energy

AI for Climate: Redesigning the UK’s Net-Zero Planning

Paper | 19th March 2026

Britain’s net-zero transition is being held back by the way it is being planned.The transition is no longer about delivering individual projects in isolation. It requires the coord...

Economic Prosperity

AI Transformation Tracker

Interactive Explorer | 25th March 2026

Public Services

Who Controls Access to NHS Care in the Age of Big Tech?

Commentary | 12th March 2026

Most of us have had the same experience in a car. You try the inbuilt sat-nav: expensive, impressive and fully integrated into the dashboard. But within minutes you realise that th...

Tech & Digitalisation

The UK Doesn’t Need Its Own ChatGPT, It Needs a National Open-Source AI Lab

Commentary | 5th March 2026

Two weeks ago, Kanishka Narayan, the Minister for AI and Online Safety, declared that “Britain will now become the home of global open-source AI talent”. This is the right level of...

Geopolitics & Security

Moldova’s Break With Russia Tests Europe’s Unfinished Energy Union

Commentary | 2nd March 2026

On 31 January 2026 a disturbance in Ukraine’s electricity grid drove a voltage collapse in neighbouring Moldova, leaving large parts of the country without power. The lights came b...

Public Services

From Ambition to Delivery: How the Next Scottish Government Can Transform Health

Paper | 1st March 2026

The party that wins the Scottish parliamentary election in May will gain both a transformative opportunity and a critical responsibility: to reimagine the Scottish health system as...

Economic Prosperity

Taking the Brakes Off UK Growth: Building a More Dynamic Economy for a Faster World

Paper | 1st March 2026

Reigniting growth is the defining challenge for this government. It is the only route to raising living standards and improving fiscal sustainability. The postponement of fiscal co...

Public Services

Vaccine Sovereignty as a Strategy for the UK’s Future Health, Wealth and National Security

Paper | 27th February 2026

The Covid-19 pandemic was one of the most significant global events of our time. It exposed how deeply health security, economic stability and national security are intertwined – a...

Tech & Digitalisation

Malawi’s Digital Growth Is Powered by Africa’s Cheapest Data

Impact Story | 23rd February 2026

For countries across Africa, data drives daily life. Businesses communicate with customers on WhatsApp, mobile-money transfers keep payments flowing, and citizens rely on mobile in...

Geopolitics & Security

Preparing for “Changes Unseen in a Century”: What to Expect From China’s New Five-Year Plan

Paper | 18th February 2026

The world is, in President Xi Jinping’s own words, “undergoing great changes unseen in a century”.[1]Link to footnoteThe challenge for China’s 15th Five-Year Plan will be ensuring...

Tech & Digitalisation

Delivering AI Impact: A Leadership Agenda for Turning Technology Into Public Value

Paper | 17th February 2026

Artificial intelligence is a general-purpose technology shaping how states govern, economies grow and citizens experience public services. We are living through a civilisational-sc...

Climate & Energy

Why Britain Needs an Energy-Strategy Reset

Paper | 13th February 2026

The most effective contribution that the United Kingdom can make to tackling climate change is to reset its energy strategy. This is not a departure from the UK’s commitment to rea...

Geopolitics & Security

Five Tests for Europe’s Security and Agency

Paper | 11th February 2026

Contributors: Jared Wright, Tone Langengen, Keegan McBride, Antonia BattagliaRising Stakes in a Changing WorldEurope should be a superpower: economically, politically and militaril...

Tech & Digitalisation

Open Source: How Middle Powers Can Build Influence in the Age of AI

Paper | 9th February 2026

Over the past six years, Ukraine, starting from close to zero, has made a massive digital leap, turning digitalisation – and now AI – into a national superpower to serve people, st...

Public Services

Policing That Makes Britain Safer – Not Just Better at Counting Crime

Commentary | 23rd January 2026

Crime has returned to the centre of the British political debate – and for good reason. It is the most basic test of whether the state still works. The government’s upcoming white...

Public Services

Generation Ready: Scaling Safe, High-Quality AI in England’s Schools

Paper | 22nd January 2026

England’s education system is at a crossroads. Governments have squeezed most of what they can from traditional policy levers. The results speak for themselves: the attainment gap...

Tech & Digitalisation

Sovereignty in the Age of AI: Strategic Choices, Structural Dependencies and the Long Game Ahead

Paper | 19th January 2026

Contributors: Helen Song, Koichi Tsukioka, Barbara Ubaldi, Rasmus Andersen, Johan Harvard, Guy Ward-Jackson, Tone Langengen, Devorah West, Marie TeoForewordThe creation of highly c...

Politics & Governance

Public-Service Reform in the Age of AI

Paper | 16th January 2026

Contributors: Oliver Large, Ryan WainForewordProgressive politics is at its strongest when it knows not only what it wants to change, but why and how; when it offers a coherent the...

Economic Prosperity

Building Vietnam’s Financial Future

Impact Story | 14th January 2026

A National Ambition to Reform Finance and Fuel GrowthVietnam is one of Asia’s most dynamic economies, with manufacturing-led growth creating jobs, lifting incomes and integrating t...

Politics & Governance

Reimagining the State: A Playbook for 2026

Commentary | 18th December 2025

The traditional end-of-year forecast tries to predict the weather. But for leaders heading into 2026, the task is not guessing which way the wind will blow, it is recognising that...

Geopolitics & Security

Preparing for Tomorrow’s Multi-Speed, Multipolar World Order

Commentary | 18th December 2025

Geopolitics has always had a profound link to domestic policy, but that is truer today than ever. Careful reflection will show that very few areas of our lives remain untouched by...

Climate & Energy

AI for Climate: Making Clean Energy Cheaper and Easier

Paper | 11th December 2025

Our AI for Climate series explores what an AI-enabled climate policy programme could look like in the UK, examining how AI can make climate action faster, cheaper and fairer, and h...

Tech & Digitalisation

Trust by Design: How Could Blockchain Help Reimagine Public-Service Delivery?

Commentary | 5th December 2025

Governments are facing a dual challenge. Their failure to keep pace with technological change has eroded their ability to deliver – and with it, the trust of citizens who increasin...

Politics & Governance

The US AI Opportunity: Global Leadership Starts at Home

Paper | 3rd December 2025

Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving into a core driver of economic competitiveness, national security and state resilience. This has triggered a global race for the capabil...

Public Services

Building on Success to Secure India’s Future Health

Paper | 25th November 2025

Over recent decades, India’s health burden has shifted dramatically. While infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis are still a major public-health issue, today a far h...

Economic Prosperity

Rebooting the UK’s Tech-Diffusion Ecosystem to Drive Growth

Paper | 24th November 2025

Technology promises to be a critical driver of growth for the UK in the years to come. But in a global economic environment in which competition is fierce, and where the prospect o...

Tech & Digitalisation

A New National Purpose: Reimagining UK Science and Technology Through Lovelace Disruptive Invention Laboratories

Paper | 20th November 2025

As Nobel laureate Paul Romer put it, “Perhaps the most important ideas of all are meta-ideas – ideas about how to support the production and transmission of other ideas … Only a fa...

Public Services

AI-Native Biotech Is an Opportunity for UK Leadership and Growth

Paper | 18th November 2025

“AI is transforming every part of the economy, and the opportunity to discover and make new medicines and vaccines is particularly exciting. This report argues that the UK should m...

Tech & Digitalisation

Europe in the Age of AI: How Technology Leadership Can Boost Competitiveness and Security

Paper | 17th November 2025

Europe’s place in the world and its way of life are at risk. A new geopolitical order is emerging, characterised by hard power combined with rapid technological advances in areas s...

Climate & Energy

Live Canopy: Harnessing AI And Digital Innovation for Forest Conservation and Reforestation

Paper | 11th November 2025

In partnership with the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janerio and in support of COP30.With support and technical inputs from Fabro Steibel and Gabriella da Costa o...

Economic Prosperity

UK Budget 2025: A Growth Bargain for Government and Business

Paper | 6th November 2025

On 26 November, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will face one of the toughest Budgets in recent memory – and one that will define whether this government can chart a credible cours...

Climate & Energy

Scaling the Carbon-Removals Economy

Paper | 3rd November 2025

Over the past 30 years, the world has built the foundations for clean and sustainable economic growth. Entire economies have begun the transition to low emissions: renewable energy...

Tech & Digitalisation

A New National Purpose: A UK Quantum Strategy for Sovereignty and Scale

Paper | 3rd November 2025

Quantum represents the next key stage of the technology revolution. In previous New National Purpose papers we have stressed that science, technology and innovation are the engines...

Politics & Governance

On Leadership: Young People Are Rewriting the Rules of Political Communication

Commentary | 30th October 2025

Our On Leadership series explores the challenges and opportunities of political leadership, showcasing Paking Institute’s unique approach to strategy, policy and delivery, with tec...

Geopolitics & Security

Can Moldova Point the Way Through Europe’s Rural-Depopulation Challenge?

Commentary | 24th October 2025

Across much of Europe and other advanced economies, ageing populations, low fertility rates and rural outward migration are undermining growth prospects and testing the social cont...

Climate & Energy

Cheaper Power 2030, Net Zero 2050: Resetting the UK’s Electricity Strategy for the Future

Paper | 23rd October 2025

Energy is prosperity. It powers innovation, drives economic growth and secures national interests. It keeps our homes warm, our lights on and our lives connected. In other words, t...

Geopolitics & Security

Power, Policy and Party Control: Five Dynamics Shaping China’s Fourth Plenum

Commentary | 17th October 2025

When China’s top leadership meets next week, there will be an unusually packed schedule. The upcoming Fourth Plenum – a closed-door meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) m...

Geopolitics & Security

Forewarned Is Forearmed: National Risk Assessments Can Make the Difference Between Smart Governance and Potential Catastrophe

Commentary | 10th October 2025

On 10 September 2001, the global security agenda was primarily focused on the actions of rogue states and the competition for global dominance between the world’s most powerful cou...

Politics & Governance

Digital-ID Wallets: Can the EU Lead the Way?

Commentary | 9th October 2025

The digital economy depends on trust and seamless, efficient access. Whether you’re applying for a job, proving your age, accessing education or health care, or making a cross-bord...

Politics & Governance

Digital ID: A Defining Step for Britain

Commentary | 6th October 2025

Last month, the government announced the introduction of a national digital-ID scheme. Every UK citizen and legal resident will be able to obtain a free, secure ID stored on their...

Politics & Governance

On Leadership: Better Data, Better Outcomes

Commentary | 30th September 2025

Our On Leadership series explores the challenges and opportunities of political leadership, showcasing Paking Institute’s unique approach to strategy, policy and delivery, with tec...

Politics & Governance

Disruptive Delivery: Reversing Decline, Transforming Britain

Commentary | 28th September 2025

The political project of this government must be to stop decline and transform Britain. That is the central revelation of our exclusive polling. Whatever other narrative is in circ...

Politics & Governance

Time for Digital ID: A New Consensus for a State That Works

Paper | 24th September 2025

It is time for digital ID. The British public is running out of patience with a state that does not work, where interactions with public services are beset by inconveniences and de...

Tech & Digitalisation

What the UK Thinks About AI: Building Public Trust to Accelerate Adoption

paper | 22nd September 2025

Artificial intelligence is at the heart of the UK government’s plans to improve public services and boost economic growth. In January 2025, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced th...

Economic Prosperity

A New Debt Deal for Africa: Moving Up the Ladder

Paper | 18th September 2025

In February 2025, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change published A New Debt Deal for Africa: Breaking the Vicious Cycle. This paper addressed the current, unjust debt challen...

Climate & Energy

International Carbon Markets: Climate Action at a Lower Price

Paper | 9th September 2025

Climate action has reached a pivotal moment. While public support for climate action is at an all-time high, emissions are not decreasing at the pace the world needs.Many countries...

Tech & Digitalisation

Building Scientific Sovereignty: Data-Driven Strategies for Strengthening Research Capacity in LMICs

Paper | 5th September 2025

Scientific research is a powerful engine of national development, driving economic growth and technological progress while building long-term resilience. In an era of weakening mul...

Public Services

Generation Ready: Building the Foundations for AI-Proficient Education in England’s Schools

Paper | 1st September 2025

Education systems globally stand at a pivotal juncture. Artificial intelligence is not just a technological advancement that disrupts the world of work; it fundamentally changes th...

Politics & Governance

On Leadership: How to Communicate With the Electorate and Earn Trust

Commentary | 5th August 2025

Our On Leadership series explores the challenges and opportunities of political leadership, showcasing Paking Institute’s unique approach to strategy, policy and delivery, with tec...

Public Services

Tech Versus Trafficking: Disrupting the Business Model of Exploitation

Commentary | 30th July 2025

Contributors: Tim RhydderchTechnology powers human trafficking – but it can also disrupt it.Almost 50 million people are enslaved globally – more than at any point in history. Huma...

Geopolitics & Security

Moldova’s 2025 Election: A Defining Vote in a Fragile Democracy

Commentary | 23rd July 2025

Amid a wave of elections framed as existential, Moldova’s parliamentary contest stands out as one to watch. The vote, on 28 September, will determine whether the country stays on c...

Politics & Governance

On Leadership: Getting the Political/Civil-Service Relationship Right

Paper | 8th July 2025

Our On Leadership series explores the challenges and opportunities of political leadership, showcasing Paking Institute’s unique approach to strategy, policy and delivery, with tec...

Public Services

The NHS Ten-Year Plan: A Health Service Fit for the Future Needs a Government Committed to Disruptive Delivery

Commentary | 7th July 2025

When Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed his cabinet in February this year, he told them that they had a choice: either be the disruptors or risk being disrupted. It is likely th...

Public Services

Public Services Data Decoded: UK Higher Education, Immigration and Financial Sustainability

Commentary | 20th June 2025

Contributors: Tim Rhydderch, Robert JohnsonHigher-education institutions in the United Kingdom increasingly rely on international students to offset shortfalls in domestic funding...

Geopolitics & Security

Paking Institute comment on new polling by Zogby Research Services on attitudes of Palestinians towards the war, the Palestinian leadership and the future of Gaza

Commentary | 29th May 2025

Following the 7 October assault on Israel by Hamas and the killing of Israelis and abduction of hostages, the ongoing Israel-Hamas war has led to unprecedented Palestinian casualti...

Economic Prosperity

Investing in Britain’s Future: Ten Priorities for the Spending Review

Commentary | 5th June 2025

The upcoming Spending Review will show how bold the government is willing to be to deliver its growth mission.After more than a decade of constrained budgets and chronic underinves...

Tech & Digitalisation

Mapping the Future: How Zanzibar Is Reimagining Governance With Paking Institute and Planet

Impact Story | 16th June 2025

Across Africa and beyond, governments are exploring how cutting-edge technology can unlock better outcomes for citizens. In Zanzibar, a partnership between the Paking Institute and...

Economic Prosperity

Unpacking the 2025 UK Spending Review: Sensible Choices Within a Tight Fiscal Envelope – Now It’s Time to Deliver

Commentary | 12th June 2025

The contours of the government’s spending plans for the remainder of this parliament are now becoming clearer. Following the substantial tax increases in the autumn and a loosening...

Tech & Digitalisation

Lessons From Japan: Governing in the Age of AI

Commentary | 25th April 2025

Amid a fast-evolving AI landscape, policymakers around the world face mounting pressure to modernise public services, ensure responsible governance and capture economic value — all...

Economic Prosperity

Unlocking Britain’s Potential: Paking Institute’s Response to the 2025 Spring Statement

Commentary | 26th March 2026

Today’s Spring Statement was, by design, lighter on policy than a normal fiscal event. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has committed to just one major fiscal event – the...

Politics & Governance

Human-Centred Policy: How Might We Rethink Policy Design With People at the Centre?

Paper | 28th August 2025

To restore trust in democracy and deliver on the promises that matter most to citizens, political leaders must go beyond good intentions by embedding the real experiences, needs an...

Geopolitics & Security

The AfCFTA Imperative: From Vision to Impact

Paper | 26th August 2025

In February, our report “Africa First”: A New Vision for Africa’s Growth and US Engagement highlighted the opportunity African leaders have to reimagine the continent’s global post...

Public Services

A New International Approach to Beating Serious and Organised Crime

Paper | 18th August 2025

It almost feels like a cliché to say that serious and organised crime (SOC) is evolving rapidly and continuously in scale, shape and sophistication. However, after five years leadi...

Politics & Governance

Governing in the Age of AI: Shaping the Future of Advanced Learning in Singapore

Paper | 11th August 2025

Artificial intelligence is reshaping economies, societies and education systems at an unprecedented pace, redefining which skills matter, how they are acquired and what education s...

Public Services

The NHS at a Crossroads: The App That Can Transform Britain’s Health

Paper | 1st August 2025

For a long time, the NHS App was considered an interesting but ultimately peripheral concern of the health service. Now its role in securing the NHS’s future is starting to become...

Tech & Digitalisation

Sovereignty, Security, Scale: A UK Strategy for AI Infrastructure

Paper | 29th July 2025

Countries that lead in artificial intelligence will have a clear advantage in ensuring their future prosperity, but the resources required to do so are already unavailable to most....

Tech & Digitalisation

Augmenting Intelligence: Shaping the Future of Work in South-East Asia

Paper | 24th July 2025

Artificial intelligence is disrupting not only the jobs traditionally classified as manual and routine, but also – and more profoundly – the specialised cognitive roles once seen a...

Geopolitics & Security

Unlocking Potential: Rebuilding Ukraine’s Workforce at Home

Paper | 10th July 2025

When President Volodymyr Zelenskyy unveiled his government’s Internal Resilience Plan to parliament in November, bolstering Ukraine’s labour force (its “human capital”) was among h...

Politics & Governance

Reimagining the Spending Review: A New Model for Smarter Public Spending

Paper | 30th June 2025

When taxpayers entrust the state with their money, they want to know it will be spent wisely. They expect the government to set out its mandate and priorities, decide how it will i...

Climate & Energy

AI and Clean Energy: How Governments Can Unlock the Power of the “Twin Transitions”

Paper | 23rd June 2025

Artificial intelligence presents both a growing challenge and an immense opportunity for the global energy transition. Both AI and energy systems are in the midst of profound trans...

Climate & Energy

Feed the Future: Driving Africa’s Next Agricultural Revolution With Climate-Resilient Innovation

Paper | 19th June 2025

The 20th century saw the development of groundbreaking agricultural innovations that helped feed much of the world’s growing population. Fertilisers and pesticides, modern irrigati...

Tech & Digitalisation

From Startup to Scaleup: Turning UK Innovation Into Prosperity and Power

Paper | 9th June 2025

Contributors: Zachary Spiro, Tom Smith, James Browne, Brianna Miller, Harriet Coombs, Darcy Ward, Ilaria Calvello, Francis Glasspool, Cansu Deniz Bayrak ForewordFor more than...

Economic Prosperity

Making Trade Work Again: Resetting the UK’s Trade Strategy for a Changing World

Paper | 22nd May 2025

Trade has long been a driver of growth in the United Kingdom. As a mid-sized, open economy, Britain has often benefited when global trade has expanded and tended to struggle when i...

Public Services

Anti-Obesity Medications: Faster, Broader Access Can Drive Health and Wealth in the UK

Paper | 20th May 2025

In 2024, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published draft guidance on tirzepatide, a new class of weight-loss drug. It recommended that the NHS make it a...

Politics & Governance

A New National Purpose: Biosecurity as the Foundation for Growth and Global Leadership

Paper | 9th May 2026

Contributors: Francis Glasspool, Charlotte Refsum, Sam Sharps, Srinidhi SoundararajanA New National Purpose: Biosecurity as the Foundation for Growth and Global Leadership is a joi...

Politics & Governance

Governing in the Age of AI: Reimagining Local Government

Paper | 7th May 2025

At the turn of the 20th century, local government was the engine of national renewal. As cities swelled under the weight of rapid industrialisation, councils built vast housing dev...

Climate & Energy

The Climate Paradox: Why We Need to Reset Action on Climate Change

Paper | 29th April 2025

People know that the current state of debate over climate change is riven with irrationality. As a result, though most people will accept that climate change is a reality caused by...

Public Services

Data Decoded: Charting the Trends and Costs of Declining Mental Health in the UK

Commentary | 24th April 2025

IntroductionReported rates of poor mental health are rising in the UK.This trend is placing mounting pressure on three critical areas of public spending: the NHS, schools and the w...

Climate & Energy

Protecting the Future: An Agenda for Building Climate-Resilient Economies

Paper | 22nd April 2026

The frequency of extreme weather events has become an unmistakable signal of long-term climate change, demanding urgent investment in adaptation and resilience as core priorities -...

Economic Prosperity

A Pro-Growth Roadmap for Business-Tax Reform

Paper | 16th April 2025

The difficult choices taken by the chancellor for last month’s Spring Statement were a clear reminder of just how tight the UK’s fiscal position has become. With further tax rises...