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Earlier this week BFPG Director Evie Aspinall appeared on The Media Show to discuss how authoritarian and foreign states are leveraging influencers to spread pro-regime content and the dangerous impact this is having on public opinion on foreign policy.

https://t.co/LHw2WVMpiI

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Yesterday, the BISA/BFPG Undergraduate Network hosted its Undergraduate Development Day in Brighton. Students heard from leading practitioners on careers in international affairs and presented original research.

https://t.co/0FNGvhir1F

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See what BFPG have been up to this last month

https://t.co/ffuRFVakHS

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This week, in partnership with @WiltonPark, we brought together senior policymakers and security experts to examine the UK's growing national security vulnerabilities and what a whole-of-society response really looks like. A vital conversation, and one we're eager to continue.

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This week the BFPG was pleased to support the GGF in hosting Defence Secretary John Healey who spoke on defence investment and the case for boosting UK jobs and innovation.

Watch his answer to a question on obtaining public buy-in for defence from Director @EvieAspinall_

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Russia and China spend £6–8bn a year on international state media. The World Service reaches 300m people weekly at 44p per user in gov funding.

The maths on soft power is hard to dispute. @jack_pannnell explains why the UK can't afford to let it slide.

https://t.co/l808JhPwtD

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To come along to more events and get involved, you can sign up to join the network here:

https://t.co/7JMJwkcMbM

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On Wednesday our BISA/BFPG Undergraduate Network met at @warwickuni for 'The future of EU-UK relations'
Students heard from:
@PedroSerranoEU (EU Ambassador to the UK)
@JannikeWach (@UKandEU)
Prof @HusseinHKassim (Warwick)
Prof @ChrisgeoGeorge (Warwick)

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On Monday BFPG Director @EvieAspinall_ spoke to Bloomberg TV about King Charles III's visit to the U.S., wider UK-United States relations, and the conflict in Iran.

Watch Below 👇

https://t.co/yYSIk42Bmi

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As King Charles prepares to speak in Congress tomorrow, I explore why we shouldn't expect any great progress from the meeting but why it is nevertheless, critically important the meeting goes ahead as smoothly as possible.

https://t.co/1z0rPzotmI

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What can King Charles III actually achieve on his US visit this week, and is the pageantry worth it?

BFPG Director @EvieAspinall_ analyses the careful diplomatic dance the UK is performing in a moment of major geopolitical uncertainty.

https://t.co/BTogkvnxu8

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Director @EvieAspinall_ spoke to Time Magazine on why the Royal visit is a "unique opportunity to strengthen the bilateral relationship at a moment where it is fracturing.”

https://t.co/HR1iAI1cla

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To come along to more events and get involved, you can sign up to join the network here:

https://t.co/7JMJwkcMbM

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Last Monday we hosted a brilliant event on the Politics of Latin America for the BISA/BFPG UGN at the Uni of Manchester.

Our panel explored everything from domestic politics to Latam's evolving relationship with the US.

Thanks to all our speakers and everyone who came along!

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"When the relationship with the United States is fracturing, it means there's reduced opposition to a closer relationship with the EU"

Director @EvieAspinall_ spoke to AFP on how the Iran conflict is accelerating the UK's EU reset, featured in France 24.

https://t.co/TTXvkViEbS

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Last week the BFPG was delighted to host the Shadow Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon Dame Priti Patel, for an in conversation on the UK's foreign policy challenges, from Ukraine and the Middle East to the future of the Transatlantic relationship.

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Lord Robertson's warnings about UK defence are compelling. But if the assessment is that we must increase defence spending, the question isn’t just how do we do it militarily, it is how to do it politically.

Read our latest analysis from @EvieAspinall_

https://t.co/fn4D12zot7

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As President Trump threatens to withdraw from NATO, BFPG Director Evie Aspinall spoke to the I twice last week to explore how Trump's actions may embolden Russia and what should happen with King Charles' state visit to the US.

https://t.co/9JvzOftwDm

https://t.co/sipM4OXUFL

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Take a look at what BFPG got up to in March:

https://t.co/iRp8Nw7Ikc

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New Guest Article: David Allfrey @thetoptattoo introduces the idea of Britain as a 'subtle power' superpower - the influence that works through norms, networks, language and trust, often before anyone notices.

https://t.co/KAc3DEpvPR