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FCO research analyst papers

This document collection brings together papers prepared by Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) research analysts.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 12 November 2013
• Last updated: 14 November 2016
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  1. 14 November 2016

     Southeast Asian haze: the current picture published.

  2. 23 August 2016

     Papers added on reintegration and reconciliation in conflicts, and legal dimensions to peace agreements.

  3. 31 March 2016

     New research papers added.

  4. 23 November 2015

     New papers added.

  5. 20 July 2015

     documents added

  6. 9 October 2014

     Added 4 new Research Analysts archive papers.

  7. 12 November 2013

     First published.

These research analyst papers are intended to inform and provoke thought: they do not represent government policy.

2016

• Southeast Asian haze: the current picture
  • 14 November 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Legal dimensions of peace agreements in internal conflicts
  • 23 August 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Reintegration and reconciliation in conflict
  • 23 August 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Human rights and conflict
  • 31 March 2016
  • Research and analysis
• South East Asia: women’s status and rights
  • 31 March 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Freedom of religion and belief in South East Asia
  • 31 March 2016
  • Research and analysis

2015

• Vetoed draft resolutions in the UN Security Council, 1946-2015
  • 23 November 2015
  • Research and analysis
• An overview of the OSCE, 1975-2014: from CSCE to OSCE
  • 23 November 2015
  • Research and analysis
• The Security Council in the twenty-first century: continuity and change
  • 23 November 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Protection of Civilians (POC): developments since 2009
  • 23 November 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO): an overview
  • 20 July 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Conference on Inter-Action & Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA)
  • 20 July 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Chinese and East Asian engagement in Latin America
  • 20 July 2015
  • Research and analysis
• China’s regional diplomacy: everybody loves good neighbours
  • 20 July 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Al Qaida versus ISIL: the battle for ownership of the global jihad
  • 23 March 2015
  • Research and analysis
• 2014: trends in Islamist terrorism
  • 23 March 2015
  • Research and analysis
• The link between ‘ungoverned spaces’ and terrorism: myth or reality?
  • 23 March 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Armenia’s Diaspora – its role and influence
  • 8 January 2015
  • Research and analysis

2014

• Refugees and internally displaced persons in the South Caucasus
  • 9 December 2014
  • Research and analysis
• The South-East Asia Diaspora in the UK
  • 9 December 2014
  • Research and analysis
• 'One China’? Beijing and its Diaspora - opportunities, responsibilities and challenges
  • 9 December 2014
  • Research and analysis
• The UN – does the rhetoric matter?
  • 9 October 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Mikhail Gorbachev - a personal assessment
  • 9 October 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Herald of a noisy world - interpreting the news of all nations
  • 9 October 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Communism in Spain before the Franco Regime
  • 9 October 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Senegalese Islam: old strengths, new challenges
  • 17 July 2014
  • Research and analysis
• South Africa’s 2014 elections (guest paper by Dr Alexander Beresford, Leeds University)
  • 17 July 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Pan-Africanism
  • 17 July 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Africa’s First World War
  • 17 July 2014
  • Research and analysis
• The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway project
  • 5 June 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Kazakhstan-China: Bilateral water issues
  • 5 June 2014
  • Research and analysis
• China in the South Caucasus
  • 5 June 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Hate speech, freedom of expression and freedom of religion: a dialogue
  • 24 March 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Islam in Georgia
  • 24 March 2014
  • Research and analysis
• The Christian Churches in Latin America
  • 24 March 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Negotiating with the Taliban: Insights from before 2001
  • 24 March 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Friends of Yemen: How has it performed and where is it going?
  • 16 January 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Tackling War Crimes
  • 15 January 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Tensions in Sino-Japanese Relations in 2012 and 2013
  • 15 January 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Central African Republic: background brief and analysis of the current crisis
  • 15 January 2014
  • Research and analysis
• International water disputes - What's at stake for the UK?
  • 15 January 2014
  • Research and analysis

2013

• The Changing Structure of Al Qaida
  • 12 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Trafficking and Terrorism in the Sahel
  • 12 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• The Organisation of American States and the Drugs Debate
  • 12 November 2013
  • Research and analysis