Future Foreign Policy

Future Foreign Policy is a student and graduate-led initiative that engages young people across the world in an open forum for discussing progressive policies, and allows them to promote their ideas on the future direction of foreign affairs. By communicating, contributing and cooperating with a variety of political decision makers and professionals in the field, students can shape the world they live in, become mobilised around key international issues, and fight for the policies and campaigns they believe in. Our contributors produce robust policy papers for the national and international campaigns they are passionate about in order to drive progressive change. These can then be presented to policymakers, advocacy groups and political decision makers across the board. This form of engagement allows bright young people to become involved in political activism, powered by fresh thinking and innovative ideas. In the wake of difficult times for UK graduates trying to break into the public sector, foreign policy and think tank research, FFP was set up to utilise a new generation of young people’s political ideas that may have otherwise been lost. By making meaningful moves to engage young people in politics, FFP recognises that young people can put their energy into their own ideas, provide beneficial research and positively influence UK international affairs. Empowered in this way, students and recent graduates can go on to become the new political thought leaders of the future.