Summary
Contents
- Global Britain for an open world? – Executive Summary by Adam Hug (FPC) and Devin O’Shaughnessy (WFD)
- Examining the importance of open societies to the UK’s ‘force for good’ ambitions by Adam Hug and Devin O’Shaughnessy
- The importance of open societies to the UK’s ‘force for good’ ambition – A politician’s perspective by Rt. Hon Alistair Burt (Pro-Chancellor at Lancaster University and former Minister of State for the Middle East)
- Soft Power and the UK’s ‘force for good’ ambitions by Stephen Twigg (Commonwealth Parliamentary Association)
- Bringing politics back in: The implications of the FCDO’s focus on open societies for diplomacy and development by Graham Teskey and Tom Wingfield (Abt Associates)
- The centrality of women’s political leadership to democratic governance, open societies, and human rights by Rt Hon Maria Miller MP
- Leading by example: Renewing UK democracy at home by Joe Powell (Open Government Partnership)
- Countering authoritarianism by James Rogers (Council on Geostrategy)
- Anti-corruption and open societies by Phil Mason (Independent anti-corruption specialist)
- Supercharging UK support to the rule of law abroad by Murray Hunt (Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law)
- As a ‘force for good’, what could and should Global Britain do to help defend civic space around the world? by Iva Dobichina (Open Society Foundations), Poonam Joshi (The Funders Initiative for Civil Society [FICS]), Sarah Green (FICS) and James Savage (The Fund for Global Human Rights)
- The link between open economies and open societies by Kim Eric Bettcher (Center for International Private Enterprise)
- Learning from autocrats: The future centrality of media support by James Deane (BBC Media Action and International Fund for Public Interest Media)
- Digital democracy by Catherine Stihler (Creative Commons)
- Enhancing electoral integrity in modern day society: A role for the UK? by Dame Audrey Glover (FPC)
- How open societies can save the planet: The environmental democracy approach by Rafael Jiménez Aybar (WFD)
- Global Britain for an open world? – Conclusions and Recommendations by Adam Hug and Devin O’Shaughnessy
This report was launched with a webinar on Tuesday 19th October, with the following speakers: Rt Hon Alistair Burt (Pro-Chancellor at Lancaster University and former Minister of State for the Middle East) ; Catherine Stihler (Chief Executive Officer of Creative Commons); Joe Powell (Deputy Chief Executive Office of the Open Government Partnership); and Yasmine Ahmed (UK Director of Human Rights Watch). The event was chaired by Adam Hug (Director of the FPC).