By mapping the global expansion of 12 of China’s largest and most influential technology companies across a range of sectors, this project contributes new data and analysis to help consider the geostrategic, political and human rights implications of China's technological expansion.

This paper reviews the use of digital tools by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and sets out a number of recommendations to enable the department to improve its use of digital diplomacy.

With an estimated SDG financing gap of $2.5 trillion a year in developing countries alone, the international development community is placing an increasing emphasis on blended finance. This report aims to provide hard evidence to inform the discussion on the role of blended finance in plugging the SDG financing gap in developing countries.

This paper argues that like the Bush Administration with Iraq, the Trump Administration appears to have given little or no strategic thought to the future of Iran beyond any possible removal of the clerical regime.

This briefing note is the outcome of an ongoing process within the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) to answer the question - how can DFID design and manage programmes to address complex development challenges without creating too much staff workload?