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Ebola in DR Congo: 'Catastrophic collision of disease and conflict' 🎙️ Independent Thinking Podcast
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- Ebola in DR Congo: 'Catastrophic collision of disease and conflict' 🎙️ Independent Thinking Podcast
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- 31:35
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The major Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeast is not just a public health emergency in an already impoverished and violence-beset region. Armed rebellion, fragile government and a collapse in public trust are combining to make outbreaks more frequent – and fostering dangerous disinformation that makes the virus harder to fight.
How dangerous is the Ebola virus? Could it spread to the rest of the world? And is America’s withdrawal from global health leadership at least partly to blame for its return?
Bronwen Maddox finds out from director of our Africa Programme Tighisti Amare, and director of our Global Health Programme Emma Ross.
Produced by Podmasters for Chatham House.
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- Wealth inequality makes countries less prepared for pandemics - UNAIDS chief
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Winnie Byanyima - @Winnie_Byanyima - Executive Director, UNAIDS - @UNAIDS- speaks at Chatham House on 27 May 2026.
On a panel titled 'Reimagining pandemic prevention, preparedness and resilience', she discussed wealth inequality and its relationship to pandemic preparedness.
🔗 Read more from Chatham House's Global Health Programme here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments-and-programmes/global-governance-and-security-centre/global-health
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- Reimagining pandemic prevention, preparedness and resilience
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- 1:06:33
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The world today is marked by persistent inequality and increased risk of disease outbreaks and pandemics. Recent systematic analysis by the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics has demonstrated that the COVID-19 pandemic, the global HIV epidemic and other high-impact epidemics have revealed there is a mutually reinforcing cycle, where inequality within and between countries both drives outbreaks to escalate into pandemics and worsens their impact, further widening inequalities.
This cycle is undermining the ability of scientific advances to keep the world safer from pandemics. It poses a threat to global prosperity and security, highlighting the need for an approach to pandemic prevention, preparedness and response that can interrupt the cycle, despite the pressures on international cooperation and competing priorities.
While experts have produced numerous recommendations in the aftermath of COVID‑19, global attention has shifted elsewhere, raisi...
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- Strait of Hormuz: What's next for US and China?
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- What’s the biggest takeaway on the Strait of Hormuz after the Trump–Xi summit in Beijing on 14–15 May 2026?
How might US–China relations, and an increasing Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean reshape one of the most globally critical networks of maritime trade routes?
Nitya Labh, Schwarzman Academy Fellow in Chatham House’s International Security Programme explains what the summit could mean for energy security, adherence to international law, and how countries and companies might look navigate the new reality in the region.
🔗 Read more from Nitya Labh here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/nitya-labh?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
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- US at 250: Internationalism vs. isolationism – America’s enduring foreign policy debate
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- 1:09:44
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Since gaining independence, America’s relationship with global partners and its role in the international order have changed to meet the evolving geopolitical landscape and America’s strategic objectives abroad.
From Washington’s warning against entangling alliances and Wilson’s failed bid to reshape world order, to Roosevelt’s reluctant march into World War Two and contemporary doubts about longstanding alliances, the push‑and‑pull between internationalism and isolationism has defined American statecraft.
President Trump’s America First policies are designed to redraw Washington’s relationship with its allies, international institutions and the rules-based order to place American interests first.
This session, part of a series of events dedicated to the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, asks whether today’s scepticism towards the international order marks a historic rupture or the latest swing of a familiar pendulum.
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- Oil crisis: 75% of all power plants installed in 2025 were renewables - IEA chief
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The continuing Strait of Hormuz closure has renewed focus on global energy security and energy transition debates.
During a visit to Chatham House on 21 May, Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, discussed the rapid global shift towards renewables, noting that they now account for 75% of newly installed power generation capacity worldwide, driven largely by falling costs rather than climate policy.
#ChathamHouse #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #climatepolicy #IEA
🎦 https://youtube.com/live/zMwxJuCCtKE?feature=share
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- Oil crisis: Rising food costs may hurt farmers, and push up inflation - IEA chief
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The continuing Strait of Hormuz closure has renewed focus on global energy security and energy transition debates.
During a visit to Chatham House on 21 May, Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, warns that rising energy prices and the continuing closure of the Strait of Hormuz could drive up fertiliser and fuel costs, placing pressure on global food production and agricultural supply chains.
#ChathamHouse #EnergySecurity #FoodSecurity #Inflation #IEA
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- 'Red Zone' looms for oil markets in July/August if Hormuz stays closed, IEA chief warns
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- 2:58
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The continuing Strait of Hormuz closure has renewed focus on global energy security and energy transition debates.
During a visit to Chatham House on 21 May, Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, warns that oil markets are under mounting pressure from high prices, declining stocks, and the continuing closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with the risk of entering a 'red zone' of volatility as oil demand rises during the summer travel season.
#ChathamHouse #IEA #EnergySecurity #OilMarkets #StraitOfHormuz
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- Brexit: Could Britain really rejoin the EU? 🎙️ Independent Thinking Podcast
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- 37:49
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Almost exactly ten years since Britain’s seismic vote to leave the EU, the debate reopens thanks to early skirmishes in the fight for leadership of the Labour Party and thus the prime ministership. Could a credible bid to rejoin make its way onto Britain’s political agenda? Are the drastically changed economic and defence environments making the case for re-entry unanswerable? And under what terms would European leaders consider the return of their often-troublesome former partner?
Bronwen Maddox talks over a major potential shift for the entire continent with Chatham House visiting fellow Ben Judah, director of our UK in the World programme Olivia O’Sullivan, and associate fellow and Financial Times international trade specialist Alan Beattie.
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- Oil crisis: Electric car growth driven by 'cheap' not 'clean' - IEA chief Fatih Birol
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The continuing Strait of Hormuz closure has renewed focus on global energy security and energy transition debates.
During a visit to Chatham House on 21 May, Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, discussed the rapid global growth of electric vehicles. He singles out falling prices rather than environmental concerns as a key factor driving this trend.
#EnergySecurity #ElectricVehicles #IEA #StraitOfHormuz #Renewables #ChathamHouse #oilcrisis
🎦 https://youtube.com/live/zMwxJuCCtKE?feature=share
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- Dr Fatih Birol, IEA executive director, on the Strait of Hormuz crisis and global energy security
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- 1:18:14
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has thrust the global energy system into acute crisis. The repercussions extend far beyond surging oil and gas prices: flight cancellations are mounting, fuel rationing is being introduced, and governments are rapidly revising fiscal plans to shield consumers and economies from shock.
With markets swinging daily on the prospects of de-escalation between the US, Israel and Iran, global economic stability hangs in the balance. At this critical juncture, Dr Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, will assess the scale, duration and implications of the disruption for global energy supplies and what the world can expect in the coming months.
Key questions:
How sustained will the disruption be across global energy markets?
What policy responses are proving most effective - and what lessons are emerging?
Will this crisis accelerate or derail the energy transition?
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- Oil crisis: More North Sea drilling won't cut UK oil price - Dr Fatih Birol
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, visited Chatham House on 21 May to discuss the continuing Strait of Hormuz crisis, US energy policy, the global impact of renewable energy and artificial intelligence, and the UK’s own energy security debate.
Asked his position on the UK’s energy policy, Dr Birol said ‘the future of the UK energy system is electrification’, which might be powered by renewables, nuclear energy and natural gas. ‘If the UK wants to be a strong, sovereign industrial country I see electrification as the future,’ he said.
🎦 https://youtube.com/live/zMwxJuCCtKE?feature=share
#NorthSeaOil #FatihBirol #EnergySecurity #UKPolitics #IEA #EnergyCrisis #oilcrisis #ClimatePolicy #ChathamHouse
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- Electrification not North Sea oil is future of UK energy - Dr Fatih Birol
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, visited Chatham House on 21 May to discuss the continuing Strait of Hormuz crisis, US energy policy, the global impact of renewable energy and artificial intelligence, and the UK’s own energy security debate.
Asked his position on the UK’s energy policy, Dr Birol said ‘the future of the UK energy system is electrification’, which might be powered by renewables, nuclear energy and natural gas. ‘If the UK wants to be a strong, sovereign industrial country I see electrification as the future,’ he said.
🎦 https://youtube.com/live/zMwxJuCCtKE?feature=share
#NorthSeaOil #FatihBirol #EnergySecurity #UKPolitics #IEA #EnergyCrisis #ClimatePolicy #chathamhouse
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Chatham House is a London-based international affairs think-tank.
Its mission is to address geopolitical challenges and international problems, aiming to help governments...
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- Ukraine’s recovery: How to ensure economic stability in wartime and prosperity in the long term
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- 6:34
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- On the sidelines of Chatham House’s recent conference ‘From destruction to recovery: Building Ukraine’s future prosperity’ organised in partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, speakers and participants discussed Ukraine’s key economic assets, the reforms needed to improve its investment climate, and the role their respective organisations are already playing in ensuring a successful recovery.
🔗 Read more about the event here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/standard-event/destruction-recovery-building-ukraines-future-prosperity
🔗 Chatham House's Ukraine Forum: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments-and-programmes/russia-and-eurasia-programme/ukraine-forum
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Its mission is to address geopolitical challenges and intern...
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- AUKUS:A bad deal for Australia?
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Is AUKUS a bad deal for Australia?
Speaking at Chatham House on 11 May, former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull described AUKUS as a ‘huge wealth transfer from the Australian government to the US and the UK’.
‘It’s a submarine deal with no submarines…It was a terribly bad deal, a really stupid deal,’ he said, adding that US naval yards are not producing submarines at sufficient scale and speed to meet AUKUS needs.
From an event titled: ‘The Australian model: Navigating the US–China divide with Malcolm Turnbull’
🎦 Watch the full event here: https://youtube.com/live/9cfJdJqZt3U?feature=share
#AUKUS #Australia #australiapolitics #MalcolmTurnbull #ChathamHouse #Geopolitics #Defence #USChina #IndoPacific
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- Is AUKUS a bad deal for Australia?
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- 6:59
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Is AUKUS a bad deal for Australia?
Speaking at Chatham House on 11 May, former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull described AUKUS as a ‘huge wealth transfer from the Australian government to the US and the UK’.
‘It’s a submarine deal with no submarines…It was a terribly bad deal, a really stupid deal,’ he said, adding that US naval yards are not producing submarines at sufficient scale and speed to meet AUKUS needs.
From an event titled: ‘The Australian model: Navigating the US–China divide with Malcolm Turnbull’
🎦 Watch the full event here: https://youtube.com/live/9cfJdJqZt3U?feature=share
0:09 – ‘It’s a submarine deal with no submarines’
0:47 – ‘What do the Americans get’?
1:24 – The US is ‘not producing enough Virginia-class submarines’
1:56 - US naval yards are not producing submarines at sufficient scale and speed to meet AUKUS needs
3:48 –...
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- US–Israel war with Iran: What is the impact on Gaza?
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- 1:00:22
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- How has the war distracted attention from Palestine? And how will it affect the Trump peace plan?
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- US-Israel war on Iran: What will Netanyahu do next?
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- 1:06:52
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Experts discuss how the Israeli state and society have responded to the war so far, and examine possible political, military and security trajectories for the country.
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- Ukraine - something new being born out of rubble
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- 'Ukraine will not be Ukraine without Ukrainians. A Ukrainian revolution in military affairs would not happen if people were not giving that innovation.'
Orysia Lutsevych OBE, Deputy Director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme and Head of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House on Ukraine's revolution in military affairs.
From a session held at Chatham House on 14 May 2026, titled: 'Ukraine: The route to prosperity'. Part of a half day conference on the war-time recovery of Ukraine and necessary policies to support its long-term prosperity: 'From destruction to recovery: Building Ukraine’s future prosperity'
#chathamhouse #ukraine #ukrainewar
🎦 Watch more here: https://www.youtube.com/live/jgQzn61UTr0?si=hda2fcuDYnIplWB1
🔗 Read more from Orysia Lutsevych here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/orysia-lutsevych
🔗 Event information here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/standard-ev...
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- Despite war, Ukraine delivers structural reforms at pace
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- 'Ukraine is delivering the implementation of the reforms as one of the highest of all the candidate countries, even if the country is at war.'
Marta Kos - @MartaKosEU - European Commissioner for EU Enlargement on Ukraine's delivery of structural reforms and her perspective on what the country should do next to ensure prosperity.
From a session held at Chatham House on 14 May 2026, titled: 'Ukraine: The route to prosperity'. Part of a half day conference on the war-time recovery of Ukraine and necessary policies to support its long-term prosperity: 'From destruction to recovery: Building Ukraine’s future prosperity'
#chathamhouse #ukraine #ukrainewar
🎦 Watch more here: https://www.youtube.com/live/jgQzn61UTr0?si=hda2fcuDYnIplWB1
🔗 Event information here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/standard-event/destruction-recovery-building-ukraines-future-prosperity
🔗 Russia and Eurasia Programme: ...
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- 2025 Chatham House Prize awarded to Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) - Arabic
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Sudan’s grassroots mutual aid groups – the Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) – have been awarded the 2025 Chatham House Prize, in recognition of their crucial role in delivering humanitarian support during the ongoing war in Sudan.
These community networks are said to have been the difference between life and death for millions – saving lives in areas often inaccessible to international organizations. They step in where state structures have broken down, providing essentials like food, water and medical supplies and maintaining or repairing power and water systems.
Their work has been praised and recognized by several international bodies including the Norwegian Nobel Committee – particularly for their impartial nature and attempts to provide aid for all parties caught up in the war.
The Chatham House Prize is voted for by Chatham House members, following nominations from the institute’s staff and presented to ‘the person, persons, or ...
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- Trump-Xi summit: What does Trump want from China and will he get it? 🎙️ Independent Thinking Podcast
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- 32:40
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump brings a band of senior US business executives seeking trade deals to China for what is possibly the biggest bilateral summit of 2026. But what does the US hope to achieve? More sales of Boeings, beef and soybeans; an off-ramp from the US-Israel war on Iran; a sense of world pre-eminence; or all three?
Our experts discuss whether Taiwan will end up paying the price for Chinese help in ending the Iran war, and whether the success of the summit really boils down to the chemistry between Trump and the world’s other most powerful man, Xi Jinping.
Host Bronwen Maddox discusses the visit and what it means with Dr Yu Jie, senior research fellow with our Asia-Pacific Programme, and Laurel Rapp, director of our US and North America Programme.
Produced by Podmasters for Chatham House, with thanks to Stephen Farrell.
#china #trump #xijinping #trumpchinavisit #chinaforeignpolicy #uschinarelations #chathamhouse #podcast...
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- From destruction to recovery: Building Ukraine’s future prosperity
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- 2:11:55
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Chatham House in partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is convening a high-level conference to discuss the roadmap for Ukraine’s economic recovery. The first two sessions will be livestreamed.
The destruction caused by the Russian invasion is staggering. After four years of war the total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is almost $588 billion. Sustaining economic stability in war time and preparing for the most ambitious economic recovery project of the century, require effective collaboration of Ukrainian state, western donors, private sector and wider civil society. Ukraine’s integration with the EU and deep structural reforms could catalyse economic growth and enable social recovery and industrial reconstruction.
How can Ukraine and its international partners develop security arrangements that provide credible long term assurances and strengthen regional stability?
Which reforms could strengthen Ukrain...
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- Ukraine: Destruction and ‘amazing’ reconstruction, side by side
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Odile Renaud-Basso - @OdileRenaud-b1n - President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - @Ebrdhq - on Ukraine's 'amazing' reconstruction.
From a session held at Chatham House on 14 May 2026, titled: 'Ukraine: The route to prosperity'. Part of a half day conference on the war-time recovery of Ukraine and necessary policies to support its long-term prosperity: 'From destruction to recovery: Building Ukraine’s future prosperity'
#EBRD #chathamhouse #ukraine #ukrainewar
🎦 Watch more here: https://www.youtube.com/live/jgQzn61UTr0?si=hda2fcuDYnIplWB1
🔗 Event information here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/standard-event/destruction-recovery-building-ukraines-future-prosperity
🔗 Russia and Eurasia Programme: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments-and-programmes/russia-and-eurasia-programme
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- China and US in a ‘world turned upside down’ – Australian ex-PM
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Malcolm Turnbull, former Prime Minister of Australia speaking at Chatham House event titled ‘The Australian model: Navigating the US–China divide with Malcolm Turnbull’, on 11 May, 2026.
🎦 Watch the full event here: https://youtube.com/live/9cfJdJqZt3U?feature=share
#china #uschinarelations #australia #trump #chathamhouse
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- Oil and gas from Alberta means ‘less dependence on dictators’ @ABDanielleSmith
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- ‘Our province has enough energy within our borders to help meet growing global demand for decades’.
Alberta’s Premier, Danielle Smith speaking at Chatham House event titled ‘Canada’s foreign and energy policy: In conversation with the Premier of Alberta’, on 30 April, 2026.
🎦 Watch the full event here: https://youtube.com/live/HOs34LK4KJY?feature=share
🔗 Read more about the event here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/standard-event/canadas-foreign-and-energy-policy-conversation-premier-alberta
#canada #chathamhouse
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- 'Buy American' - What Trump wants from the Xi summit in China.
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for meetings with President Xi Jinping on May 14-15, 2026.
In this two-part video series, analysts from Chatham House’s US and North America and Asia- Pacific programmes examine the key challenges facing both countries ahead of the summit, and what each side hopes to gain from the meeting.
In this video, Laurel Rapp, Director of the US and North America Programme and Max Yoeli, Senior Research Fellow, discuss the summit from the US perspective.
What will Washington hope to achieve on issues like trade, Iran, and fentanyl?
Conversation hosted by Stephen Farrell.
🎦 Watch the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/jSiEfmvTMGE
🔗 More from Laurel Rapp here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/laurel-rapp
🔗 More from Max Yoeli here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/max-yoeli
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- What does China want from the Trump - Xi Summit?
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- President Xi Jinping will host meeting with President Donald Trump in Beijing on May 14-15, 2026.
In this two-part video series, analysts from Chatham House’s US and North America and Asia- Pacific programmes examine the key challenges facing both countries ahead of the summit, and what each side hopes to gain from the meeting.
In this video, Ben Bland, Director of the Asia-Pacific Programme and Dr Yu Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China, discuss the summit from China’s perspective, and discuss the implications for the wider Asia-Pacific region.
Conversation hosted by Stephen Farrell.
🎦 Watch the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/G2imqNv6NZQ
#china #chinaforeignpolicy #chathamhouse
🔗 More from Ben Bland here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/ben-bland
🔗 More from Dr Yu Jie here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/yu-jie
🔗 Chat...
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- The Australian model: Navigating the US–China divide with Malcolm Turnbull
- Runtime
- 1:00:11
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- As US–China rivalry reshapes the international order, few countries have had to navigate its pressures more acutely than Australia – economically connected to China, strategically anchored to the United States, and geographically planted in the Indo-Pacific at the centre of the contest.
The question preoccupying governments from Canberra to London is how America’s allies manage in a world where might increasingly makes right. The rules-based order that the United States built and once guaranteed is now being challenged from within – with Washington itself cast in the role of revisionist power, while Beijing presents itself as a champion of stability, multilateralism, and the rule of law.
From the US alliance to trade tensions with Beijing, Malcolm Turnbull reflects on the choices, costs, and limits of strategic hedging for middle powers. What does Australia’s model offer allies seeking to preserve strategic autonomy without sacrificing economic inter...
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- Trump-Xi Summit: What does China want?
- Runtime
- 6:40
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- President Xi Jinping will host meeting with President Donald Trump in Beijing on May 14-15, 2026.
In this two-part video series, analysts from Chatham House’s US and North America and Asia- Pacific programmes examine the key challenges facing both countries ahead of the summit, and what each side hopes to gain from the meeting.
🎦 Watch our other video here: https://youtu.be/jSiEfmvTMGE
In this video, Ben Bland, Director of the Asia-Pacific Programme and Dr Yu Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China, discuss the summit from China’s perspective, and discuss the implications for the wider Asia-Pacific region.
What does Beijing hope to achieve on issues like trade, technology, manufacturing and Taiwan?
Conversation hosted by Stephen Farrell.
00:10 – What do we expect to come out of this meeting?
00:47 – Is it likely to be about show rather than substance?
01:58 – What does China want most...
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- Trump - Xi Summit: What does the US want?
- Runtime
- 7:43
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for meetings with President Xi Jinping on May 14-15, 2026.
In this two-part video series, analysts from Chatham House’s US and North America and Asia- Pacific programmes examine the key challenges facing both countries ahead of the summit, and what each side hopes to gain from the meeting.
🎦 Watch our other video here: https://youtu.be/G2imqNv6NZQ
In this video, Laurel Rapp, Director of the US and North America Programme and Max Yoeli, Senior Research Fellow, discuss the summit from the US perspective.
What will Washington hope to achieve on issues like trade, Iran, and fentanyl?
Conversation hosted by Stephen Farrell.
00:11 – What is the one thing President Trump wants to go home with?
01:23 – What might be on the agenda?
02:13 – Is this a meeting about mood, substance, or timing?
03:40 – How does the Iran war affect this summit?
04:3...
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- Is Putin losing control of his war in Ukraine? 🎙️ Independent Thinking podcast
- Runtime
- 33:24
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Is the Ukraine war beginning to bite for the average Russian? The economic crisis is tightening, and Moscow and St Petersburg are increasingly subject to lengthy internet and mobile blackouts.
Fearing Ukrainian drone attacks, Russia has vastly scaled down its traditional celebration of military power – the Victory Day parade – while president Vladimir Putin is reported to be increasingly isolated, micromanaging the war from an assortment of bunkers.
Is the initiative on the Ukraine war slipping out of Putin’s hands? And how has Trump’s attack on Iran changed Moscow’s calculus in the Middle East? Bronwen Maddox talks to Grégoire Roos, director of Chatham House’s Europe and Russia and Eurasia Programmes, and Associate Fellow John Lough.
Produced by Podmasters for Chatham House, with thanks to Stephen Farrell.
Independent Thinking is a weekly international affairs podcast hosted by our director Bronwen Maddox, in conversatio...
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- From the archive: Sir David Attenborough receives Chatham House Centenary Lifetime Award
- Runtime
- 2:59
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Chatham House wishes Sir David Attenborough many happy returns on his 100th birthday!
To mark the occasion, we have taken a look back through the archives to 13 October 2021, when as part of the institute’s centenary celebrations, the staff of Chatham House awarded Sir David with the Centenary Lifetime Award.
🎦 Full event here: https://youtube.com/live/8lCH3OK1W4Y
🎦 Sir David receiving the 2019 Chatham House Prize here: https://youtu.be/yVNLAFO77DM
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- Did King Charles's US visit save the ‘special relationship’? 🎙️ Independent Thinking podcast
- Runtime
- 33:49
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- King Charles III’s state visit to the US won acclaim as the monarch charmed President Donald Trump. But can it really rescue US-UK relations from their current dire state? The ‘special relationship’ – a term first voiced by Chatham House before becoming widely popularized by Winston Churchill – now seems not so special.
Our experts discuss what Britain and Europe should do now that the US wants to bear less of the burden of European defence, whether Prime Minister Starmer is right to stand up to President Trump on Iran, and where all of this leaves the NATO alliance.
On this week's panel, host Bronwen Maddox is joined by Laurel Rapp, director of the US and North America Programme at Chatham House. And by General Sir Richard Barrons, a former Commander Joint Forces Command who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and was one of the leaders of the UK’s Strategic Defence Review 2025. He is now a senior consulting fellow with the International Security Progr...
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- Canada’s foreign and energy policy: In conversation with the Premier of Alberta
- Runtime
- 1:13:04
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Premier Danielle Smith discusses Alberta’s vision for Canada’s role in the world at a moment of acute external pressure and internal debate.
Alberta brings distinctive leverage to some of the most consequential debates in Canadian politics. As Canada’s most significant energy producer, its huge contributions to federal revenues, and a province closely tied to the United States through deeply integrated energy markets and cross-border investment, Premier Danielle Smith’s government has both high stakes in the current moment and a clear view of how Canada should respond to it. The conflict in the Middle East has sharpened that picture further, accelerating international interest in North American supply and raising the profile of Canada’s export choices.
How Alberta’s priorities interact with the Carney government’s foreign policy agenda - its assertion of Canadian economic sovereignty, its recalibration of alliances, and its positioning of Canada ...
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- ‘EU officials going to Washington with burner phones’ - Liam Byrne MP
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- 'The transatlantic relationship is not going back to what it used to be. And I think between the threats to Greenland and the asks over Iran when we look back in history, we will see that window as a real kind of turning point.'
The Rt Hon Liam Byrne - @liambyrnempLabour - MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North on the current state of the transatlantic relationship, and how the UK and Europe should respond.
From a Chatham House event titled: '‘Parliaments in dialogue’: Bringing Westminster and Brussels closer together to defend Europe'
Watch the full event here:
🎦 https://youtube.com/live/qPV5rn9ocQU?feature=share?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
#transatlanticrelations #usukrelations #ukforeignpolicy #internationalrelations #euforeignpolicy #europe
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Chatham House is a London-based international affairs think-tank.
Its mission is to address geopolit...
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- China: 'a harbour of stability' during US-Iran war?
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- David Lubin, Michael Klein Senior Research Fellow in Chatham House's Global Economy and Finance Programme on how the US-Iran war is affecting the country.
From a panel discussion held at Chatham House on 9 April, 2026 titled: 'Same engine, new fuel? China's economic model and the AI bet'
More from David
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/david-lubin?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
Chatham House membership
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/become-member/individual-membership?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
#chathamhouse #usiran #usiranwar #foreignpolicy #china #chinaforeignpolicy
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- What is happening in Gaza now? - UN aid chief Tom Fletcher
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Tom Fletcher, @UnReliefChief, joined Chatham House for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of humanitarian action and the reform agenda facing the UN system.
Mr Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, spoke to Olivia O’Sullivan Director of Chatham House's UK in the World Programme.
🎦 You can see the full video here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/aqF02FIpoMY
#gaza #gazawar #un #humanitarianaid #humanitariancrisis #chathamhouse
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Chatham House is a London-based international affairs think-tank.
Its mission is to address geopolitical challenges and international problems, aiming to help governments and societies build a secure, sustainable, prosperous and just world.
Find out more about our mission and values here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-mission-and-values?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referr...
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- What’s happening in Gaza now? - UN aid chief Tom Fletcher
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Tom Fletcher, @UnReliefChief, joined Chatham House for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of humanitarian action and the reform agenda facing the UN system.
Mr Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, spoke to Olivia O’Sullivan Director of Chatham House's UK in the World Programme.
🎦 You can see the full video here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/aqF02FIpoMY
#gaza #gazawar #un #humanitarianaid #humanitariancrisis #chathamhouse
- Title
- The China Paradox
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Does China's economic policy actually endanger its stability in the world, 'because the rest of the world just can't stand it'?
Chatham House experts discuss:
➡ Dr Yu Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China
➡ David Lubin, Michael Klein Senior Research Fellow
➡ James Kynge, Senior Research Fellow for China and the World
From a panel discussion held at Chatham House on 9 April, 2026 titled: 'Same engine, new fuel? China's economic model and the AI bet'
More from Yu Jie
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/yu-jie?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
More from David Lubin
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/david-lubin?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
More from James Kynge
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/james-kynge?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
...
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- Chatham House expert gives policy recommendations to parliament on critical minerals
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- ‘The art of the possible’ - Chatham House expert gives policy recommendations to parliament on critical minerals.
James Kynge, Senior Research Fellow for China and the World in Chatham House's Asia-Pacific Programme give evidence to the Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls on 22 April 2026.
🎦 Watch the full recording here:
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/d0737baf-a7ff-4f37-991a-3939615cc7a0
🔗 Read more from James here:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/james-kynge?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
#chathamhouse #criticalminerals #rareearth #ukforeignpolicy #uksecurity
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright-parliament/open-parliament-licence
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Chatham House is a London-based international...
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- How do we pursue arms control in an unstable world?
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- (Ret.) Brigadier Feroz Hassan Khan, Lecturer in the Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School on how we can pursue arms control in today's complex global strategic environment.
Read more from Brigadier Khan:
🔗 https://nps.edu/web/iris/faculty/-/asset_publisher/eHb4tK5KXorI/content/feroz-khan-gen
Brigadier Khan's book 'Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb'
🔗 https://www.sup.org/books/politics/eating-grass
Chatham House's International Security Programme:
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments-and-programmes/global-governance-and-security-centre/international?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
- Title
- China and AI: 'China is already there'
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- 'We are literally at such a historic pivot point in China's development'
James Kynge, Senior Research Fellow for China and the World in Chatham House's Asia-Pacific Programme on the rollout and adoption of AI technology across China, part of the 'AI Plus' initiative, mentioned in the 15th Five-Year Plan.
From a panel discussion held at Chatham House on 9 April, 2026 titled: 'Same engine, new fuel? China's economic model and the AI bet'
More from James
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/james-kynge?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
Chatham House membership
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/become-member/individual-membership?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
#chathamhouse #china #chinatechnology #ai #chinaai #openclaw #agenticai
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- Is the shock of the US-Iran war helping Europe come together? Independent Thinking podcast
- Runtime
- 34:40
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- This week’s episode comes from the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece, where host Bronwen Maddox is joined by Grégoire Roos, director of our Europe, Russia and Eurasia programmes.
As the fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran ripples through global markets, Europe finds itself under renewed pressure.
Recorded on location amid the activity and discussions of the forum, they explore how Europe is responding to an increasingly unpredictable United States, reconsidering its own economic and security priorities, and navigating its relationship with Russia. Is this a moment of fragmentation – or the beginning of a more coherent European stance?
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Chatham House is a London-based international affairs think-tank.
Its mission is to address geopolitical challenges and international problems, aiming to help governments and societies build a secure, sustainable, prosperous and just world.
Find out more about ...
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- ‘Parliaments in dialogue’: Bringing Westminster and Brussels closer together to defend Europe
- Runtime
- 58:54
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Join us at Chatham House to hear from UK and European parliamentarians and defence experts about how to improve defence cooperation between Britain and Europe.
This panel discussion is the first in a new series, ‘Parliaments in dialogue’–convened in partnership between Chatham House and other leading think tanks, and the European Parliament Liaison Office in the UK.
Amid increasing uncertainty around the global security architecture, this first event will focus on security and defence cooperation.
The European Parliament will be represented by MEP Sandro Gozi, who is a co-chair of the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly and a key Member of the European Parliament on EU-UK reset.
It will bring members of the UK and European Parliaments together with defence experts for direct engagement on questions central to EU-UK relations. Such as: how can Brussels and Westminster work to align their strategic ambitions and to deepen pr...
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- China and AI: 'Societal acceptance' of new tech
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Dr Yu Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China in Chatham House's Asia-Pacific Programme on the acceptance of AI and new technology in China across society and generations.
From a panel discussion held at Chatham House on 9 April, 2026 titled: 'Same engine, new fuel? China's economic model and the AI bet'
More from Dr Yu Jie
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/yu-jie?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
Chatham House membership
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/become-member/individual-membership?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
#chathamhouse #china #chinatechnology #ai #chinaai #openclaw #agenticai
- Title
- Why should states engage in nuclear arms control?
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Kathleen Lawand, Executive-in-Residence Fellow, Global Fellowship Initiative at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy on why states should engage in nuclear arms control.
Find out more about Kathleen Lawand here:
🔗 https://www.gcsp.ch/experts/ms-kathleen-lawand
Chatham House's International Security Programme:
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments-and-programmes/global-governance-and-security-centre/international?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
- Title
- US-China Rivalry: Manufacturing and national security
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- 'You cannot win a war with an economy that is based on Google selling adverts'
David Lubin, Michael Klein Senior Research Fellow in Chatham House's Global Economy and Finance Programme on the US-China rivalry, and why voices in the US are pushing for investment in domestic manufacturing, seeing it as a 'core component of national security'.
From a panel discussion held at Chatham House on 9 April, 2026 titled: 'Same engine, new fuel? China's economic model and the AI bet'
More from David
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/david-lubin?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
Chatham House membership
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/become-member/individual-membership?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
#chathamhouse #uschinarelations #uschinatensions #usdefense #usforeignpolicy #ai
- Title
- Why is arms control still important?
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- (Ret.) Brigadier Feroz Hassan Khan, Lecturer in the Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School on why arms control is still important.
Read more from Brigadier Khan:
🔗 https://nps.edu/web/iris/faculty/-/asset_publisher/eHb4tK5KXorI/content/feroz-khan-gen
Brigadier Khan's book 'Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb'
🔗 https://www.sup.org/books/politics/eating-grass
Chatham House's International Security Programme:
🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments-and-programmes/global-governance-and-security-centre/international?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=comms
- Title
- The not‑so‑special relationship? Can UK–US relations survive Trump 2.0?
- Runtime
- 1:00:28
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- As the UK navigates a dramatically shifting and turbulent geopolitical picture, the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee will join us at Chatham House to examine the future of UK–US relations in the era of Trump 2.0.
With America adopting an increasingly transactional approach to alliances and long‑term political trends reshaping its global outlook, the inquiry assesses the implications of these developments for British foreign, defence and economic policy — and for the wider rules‑based international order.
This event brings Committee members to Chatham House to unpack their findings, explore the dilemmas facing UK policymakers, and assess how Washington and London can adapt to a more volatile strategic environment. The discussion will consider the implications of shifting US priorities, areas of both continuity and change in the bilateral relationship, and what the UK must prepare for as the transatlantic partnership enters a ...
