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The FCDO and the Integrated Review

Inquiry

When the Government announced the ‘Integrated Review of foreign policy, defence, security and development’ in February 2020, it was described as the largest foreign-policy review since the Cold War: examining the UK’s objectives abroad, and aiming to establish the country as a “problem-solving and burden-sharing nation”. The Review, according to the Government, will consider the UK’s strategic aims, its capabilities, the role of its allies, and the “necessary reforms” to the “systems and structures” of UK Government Departments.

But the Government initially announced few details about the Review process, what strategic questions drive it, or how resources will be allocated to match the UK’s ambitions. This inquiry will examine the FCO’s contribution to the Review process, and ask what role and resources the Review should give to the FCO for UK foreign-policy strategy.

 

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Past events

Tuesday 22 September 2020
2:30pm Public
The FCDO and the Integrated Review - Oral evidence 22 September 2020
2:30pm
  • Koji Tsuruoka
3:15pm
  • Ambassador-at-Large Prof. Chan Heng Chee
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 21 July 2020
2:30pm Public
The FCDO and the Integrated Review - Oral evidence 21 July 2020
2:30pm
  • Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
  • Juan Manuel Santos
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Thursday 18 June 2020
2:30pm Public
The FCDO and the Integrated Review - Oral evidence 18 June 2020
2:30pm
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 9 June 2020
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
The FCDO and the Integrated Review - Oral evidence 9 June 2020
2:30pm
  • Alexander Downer (former Australian Minister (1996-2007) at Foreign Affairs)
  • Asoke Mukerji (former Indian Ambassador (2013-15) at United Nations)
  • Marietje Schaake (former Member (2009-2019) at European Parliament)
Virtual meeting

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  • Email: fac@parliament.uk
  • Address: Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA