Join us for the launch of our newest report ‘Development in the Pre-War Era’, and an ‘In Conversation’ Event with foreword author and former Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps at Royal United Services Institute.

The rules-based international order is under threat in a way it has never been before. The new axis of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea seek the creation of a new international order that fits their interests and allows them to dominate their respective regions.

To do this, members of the new axis are looking to influence and shape the trajectory of developing nations to change global alignments in their favour and achieve their foreign policy objectives.'Development in the pre-war era' argues that UK development spending can and must play a decisive role in combating the rising influence of the new axis to stabilise the rules-based international order and contribute to UK and Western security.