Chatham House
What can NATO in Europe do if US threatens Greenland?
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- What can NATO in Europe do if US threatens Greenland?
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Dr Marion Messmer is the Director of the International Security Programme at Chatham House.
Read Dr Messmer's full analysis here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/us-intentions-towards-greenland-threaten-natos-future-european-countries-are-not-helpless?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=comms
Find more from Dr Messmer here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/marion-messmer?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=comms
#greenland #trump #chathamhouse #denmark #nato #usnationalsecurity
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- Does Venezuela usher in an era of might is right? | Independent Thinking Podcast
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- 37:00
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Host Bronwen Maddox is joined by Professor Marc Weller, Director of Chatham House's International Law Programme; Laurel Rapp, Director of the US and North America Programme; and Christopher Sabatini, Senior Fellow for Latin America.
They discuss the failure of regional diplomacy that preceded the 3 January 2026 attack by the US on Venezuela, the tentative response of the international community in its aftermath, the domestic impact on American politics, historic precedents like the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and how it is likely to influence Russia and China’s actions in their regions.
#venezuela
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- What can NATO Europe do if US threatens Greenland?
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Dr Marion Messmer is the Director of the International Security Programme at Chatham House.
Read Dr Messmer's full analysis here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/us-intentions-towards-greenland-threaten-natos-future-european-countries-are-not-helpless?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=comms
Find more from Dr Messmer here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/marion-messmer?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=comms
#greenland #trump #chathamhouse #denmark #nato #usnationalsecurity
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- 'Trump ran on a platform of bringing the US out of forever wars'
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Laurel Rapp. Director of the US and North America Programme at Chatham House explains the US domestic implications of president Trump's intervention in Venezuela.
Find more from Laurel Rapp here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/laurel-rapp?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=comms
#venezuela #trump #chathamhouse #maduro #maduroarrest #uspolitics
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- Who is in charge in Venezuela now?
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Dr Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America at Chatham House explains: 'Who is in charge in Venezuela now'.
Read more of Dr. Sabatini's analysis here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/christopher-sabatini?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=comms
#venezuela #trump #chathamhouse #maduro #maduroarrest
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- Venezuela Maduro capture 'was unlawful' says head of Chatham House's International Law Programme
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- The Trump administration's arguments about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026 were 'not at all persuasive', says Professor Marc Weller, Director of the International Law Programme at Chatham House international affairs think-tank.
Read his full analysis here:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/us-capture-president-nicolas-maduro-and-attacks-venezuela-have-no-justification
#venezuela #trump #chathamhouse #maduro #maduroarrest
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- Maduro capture in Venezuela 'was unlawful' says head of Chatham House's International Law Programme
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- The Trump administration's arguments about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026 were 'not at all persuasive', says Professor Marc Weller, Director of the International Law Programme at Chatham House international affairs think-tank.
Read his full analysis here:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/us-capture-president-nicolas-maduro-and-attacks-venezuela-have-no-justification
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- The World in 2026 – A Chatham House video podcast
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- 33:05
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Editors of The World Today, the international affairs magazine of Chatham House, discuss with experts from across the institute the global trends, looming flashpoints and potential areas for dialogue that may lie ahead in 2026.
With Chatham House’s foreign policy podcast ‘Independent Thinking’ on a seasonal break, Mike Higgins, editor of ‘The World Today’, parachutes down the chimney to host a special seasonal video podcast looking ahead to what we can expect in 2026.
Mike is joined in London by his Chatham House colleagues Tighisti Amare, director of the Africa Programme; Creon Butler, director of the Global Economy and Finance Programme; Dr Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, and Orysia Lutsevych, head of the Ukraine Forum, to talk about global security, tariffs, economics, new technologies and regional developments.
The magazine’s assistant editor Iona Allan speaks to Laurel Rapp, director of the...
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- Yemen’s conflict: The Islah Party's evolving role, and vision for a post-war society
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- 1:02:55
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Since the outbreak of Yemen’s civil war in 2014, Yemen’s Islamist Islah Party has remained a pivotal actor within the country’s complex political landscape. As one of the largest political parties in Yemen, and the second biggest parliamentary bloc, Islah has played a significant role in Yemen’s political life since the legalisation of political parties in 1990. During the current conflict, the party has maintained is position as one of the most prominent actors and remains represented in the internationally recognised government of Yemen.
This conversation with Acting Secretary General, Abdulrazak al-Hijri, takes place shortly after the 35th anniversary of the party’s formation and will examine the Islah party’s current position within Yemen’s shifting political spectrum, its relationships with regional and international actors, and its role in shaping post-war governance. The discussion will also explore the party’s vision for a sustainable political sett...
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- 2025: Debate, dialogue and discussion at Chatham House
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chair of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee Dame Emily Thornberry and former US Vice President Mike Pence were among the politicians and world leaders who came through the blue door of London’s international affairs think-tank Chatham House in 2025.
In turn Chatham House fellows reached out across global media, gave evidence in parliament and published influential research papers, sharing expertise to inform policy decisions around the world.
Question and answer sessions with global decision-makers – and in-depth reports providing independent analysis – are part of Chatham House’s mission to address geopolitical challenges and international problems.
Read more about the home of the Chatham House Rule:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-mission-and-values?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtu...
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- Trump Year One – China’s economic rivalry with the US is here to stay | Independent Thinking podcast
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- 40:05
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Tariffs, technological competition and a US drive to carve out hemispheres of influence between the US and China marked the opening months of President Donald Trump’s second term.
In the last Independent Thinking podcast of 2025, host Bronwen Maddox is joined by David Lubin, Senior Research Fellow with Chatham House's Global Economy and Finance Programme; Dr Marion Messmer, Director of the International Security Programme; and Yu Jie, a senior research fellow on China in Chatham House’s Asia-Pacific Programme
For further analysis read ‘The economics of the new Monroe Doctrine’ by David Lubin, examining how President Trump’s actions seem to indicate the emergence of a hemispheric US foreign policy.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/02/economics-new-monroe-doctrine
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- Free speech in Europe and in Trump’s US - US Ambassador to NATO at Doha forum 2025
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Ambassador Matthew Whitaker, Permanent Representative of the US to NATO, spoke with Chatham House Director Bronwen Maddox at the Doha Forum 2025 in Qatar on 6 December 2025.
The discussion covered freedom of speech, and the newly released National Security Strategy of the United States.
The event was titled: In Conversation with US Ambassador to NATO Mathew Whitaker - Doha Forum 2025
#trump #usforeignpolicy #doha2025 #chathamhouse #nato #chathamhouse
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- How Gen Z is reshaping protest in North Africa
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- 1:02:56
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- More than a decade after the Arab uprisings, young people across North Africa are once again taking to the streets, echoing a global wave of movements led by Gen Z activists demanding accountability, equity, and a voice in shaping their futures.
In Tunisia and Morocco, this new activism channels both frustration and creativity, drawing on the memory of 2011 but reframing it through today’s digital and economic realities.
This panel brings together North Africa analysts from different generations to explore how young people’s aspirations and forms of dissent are attempting to reshape politics in the region, and what these shifts might mean for the future of governance and reform.
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- Ukraine analysis at the Doha Forum 2025: 'The Road to Ceasefire: A Durable Peace in Ukraine'
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- 34:40
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Bronwen Maddox, Director of Chatham House, moderated a panel discussion about Ukraine at the Doha Forum in Qatar on 6 December 2025: The Road to Ceasefire: A Durable Peace in Ukraine'. The event was in partnership between the Doha Forum and Chatham House, the London-based international affairs think tank.
Wojciech Zajaczkowski: Undersecretary of State, Republic of Poland
Dmytro Lubinets: Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang: Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization; Former Counselor of China State Council
Bronwen Maddox: Director and CEO, Chatham House (Moderator)
#doha2025 #chathamhouse #ukraine #ukrainerussiawar #ukrainepeacetalks
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- US National Security Strategy - US Amb. to NATO Mathew Whitaker talks to Chatham House at Doha Forum
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- 25:08
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Bronwen Maddox: Director of the Chatham House international affairs think tank, spoke with Ambassador Matthew Whitaker, Permanent Representative of the US to NATO, at the Doha Forum 2025 in Qatar on 6 December 2025.
The discussion covered the newly released National Security Strategy of the United States and what it said about Europe, China, Russia, Ukraine, the Middle East, and freedom of speech.
The event was titled: In Conversation with US Ambassador to NATO Mathew Whitaker - Doha Forum 2025
#doha2025 #chathamhouse #nato #usforeignpolicy
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- Free speech in Europe and in Trump’s US – US Ambassador to NATO at Doha Forum
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Saturday 6 December
Doha, Qatar
In Conversation with US Ambassador to NATO Mathew Whitaker
Bronwen Maddox: Director and CEO, Chatham House
Amb. Matthew Whitaker: Permanent Representative of the US to NATO
Doha Forum 2025 in partnership with Chatham House
#trump #nato #freespeech #chathamhouse #doha2025
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- What Trump's national security strategy means for Europe, China, Middle East | Independent Thinking
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- 29:06
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- This is a special edition of Chatham House's Independent Thinking international affairs podcast, recorded at the Doha Forum 2025 over the weekend.
This year many of the official and backroom discussions at Qatar’s annual gathering of more than 5,000 world leaders, policymakers, dialogue, corporate and humanitarian organizations from 162 countries were dominated by discussions of President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy, which was released on the eve of the forum. Including one of the first events, Chatham House Director Bronwen Maddox’s on-stage interview on Saturday with US Ambassador to NATO Mathew Whitaker.
The podcast examines the implications for Europe, Asia, the Middle East and US foreign policy generally of the NSS document, which reinforces the Trump administration’s ‘America First’ strategy, and contains stark language about Europe, talking about its ‘economic decline’ and ‘the real and more stark prospect of civilization...
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- NATO and ‘America First’ values - US Ambassador to NATO at Doha Forum 2025
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Saturday 6 December
Doha, Qatar
In Conversation with US Ambassador to NATO Mathew Whitaker
Bronwen Maddox: Director and CEO, Chatham House
Amb. Matthew Whitaker: Permanent Representative of the US to NATO
Doha Forum 2025 in partnership with Chatham House
#americafirst #nato #doha2025 #chathamhouse
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- Is Europe 'a relic of the past?' - US Ambassador to NATO at Doha Forum 2025
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Ambassador Matthew Whitaker, Permanent Representative of the US to NATO, spoke with Chatham House Director Bronwen Maddox at the Doha Forum 2025 in Qatar on 6 December 2025.
The discussion covered the newly released National Security Strategy of the United States and what it said about Europe, China, Russia, Ukraine, the Middle East, and freedom of speech.
The event was titled: In Conversation with US Ambassador to NATO Mathew Whitaker - Doha Forum 2025
#doha2025 #chathamhouse #nato #usforeignpolicy #chathamhouse
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- Europe: 'A relic of the past'? - US Ambassador to NATO at Doha Forum 2025
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Saturday 6 December
Doha, Qatar
In Conversation with US Ambassador to NATO Mathew Whitaker
Bronwen Maddox: Director and CEO, Chatham House
Amb. Matthew Whitaker: Permanent Representative of the US to NATO
Doha Forum 2025 in partnership with Chatham House
#trump #china #doha2025 #chathamhouse
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- Europe scrambles to avoid being sidelined on Ukraine | Independent Thinking
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- 28:08
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Russia and the US sought to strike their own deal, while Putin warned that Moscow, while not planning for war with Europe, is ‘ready right now’.
To discuss Europe's options after being marginalized by US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, podcast host Bronwen Maddox is joined by Grégoire Roos, Director of the Europe and Russia and Eurasia Programmes; Natalie Sabanadze, a Senior Research Fellow and former Georgian Ambassador, and Jaroslava Barbieri, Research Fellow with our Ukraine Forum.
Read Chatham House’s report Tightening the oil-price cap to increase the pressure on Russia about how the current international sanctions regime is failing, and how to fix it here: https://kntn.ly/90cfce65
About Independent Thinking
Independent Thinking is a weekly international affairs podcast hosted by our director Bronwen Maddox, in conversation with leading policymakers, journalists, and Chatham House experts providing insight o...
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- Estonia to EU on Putin’s hybrid threats: ‘Push back!’
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Estonia, speaks in Berlin on 2 December 2025, at the Chatham House conference 'Europe’s strategic choices 2025'.
#russia #putin #russiaukrainewar #hybridwarfare #shorts
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- How did Europe lose its diplomatic hand over Ukraine? | Bronwen Maddox
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- 3:10
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Bronwen Maddox, Director & Chief Executive of Chatham House speaks on 1 December 2025, at the 'Europe’s strategic choices 2025' conference in Berlin.
#ukrainewar #ukrainerussiawar #chathamhouse #shorts
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- Ukraine: No better security guarantee than NATO membership
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- 2:58
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Oleksii Makeiev, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Federal Republic of Germany, speaks in Berlin on 1 December 2025, at the Chatham House conference 'Europe’s strategic choices 2025'.
#ukrainewar #ukrainerussiawar #chathamhouse #shorts
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- Britain’s budget – a recipe for growth or decline? | Independent Thinking podcast
- Runtime
- 28:20
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves published her – widely leaked – budget this week. How does it leave her ruling Labour Party positioned in Britain? And what do the calculations look like from overseas, where other countries have adopted different solutions to the problems facing them?
For this discussion on Chatham House’s international affairs podcast, host Bronwen Maddox is joined by Olivia O’Sullivan, Director of the UK in the World Programme. And, giving an international perspective on UK finances, are Sébastien Maillard, an Associate Fellow in the Europe Programme and James Kynge, a Senior Research Fellow for China and the World in the Asia-Pacific Programme.
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- Can the UK afford to fight a war?
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- 1:03:35
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- In the aftermath of the UK Budget, this discussion examines what the government’s fiscal choices reveal about Britain’s capacity to meet its defence and security ambitions. With global threats intensifying — from Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine to rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific — the UK faces growing pressure to reconcile its strategic commitments with economic realities.
Panellists will assess how the Budget’s spending priorities affect the government’s ability to sustain its NATO obligations, modernize the armed forces, and respond to emerging security challenges. The conversation will also explore the political and economic trade-offs between fiscal restraint and defence preparedness, and what they mean for Britain’s credibility as a military and diplomatic power in an era of renewed great-power competition.
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- A new multilateralism. How are the UN and other global organizations adapting to a new world?
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- 59:50
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- At a time when global cooperation is under unprecedented strain, how can global institutions such as the United Nations remain relevant and effective in a world defined by competition, great power rivalries and rapid change? From climate to trade, the established multilateral system faces mounting challenges to its legitimacy and its ability to deliver collective solutions.
Join experts, including Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, for a conversation on how the UN can adapt to the realities of the 21st century and rival emerging global orders. From reforming global bodies and rebalancing representation to ensuring that trade, technology, and development serve all nations fairly, this session will explore what saving multilateralism really means in practice, and how the UN can evolve to meet the expectations of a new global era.
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- John Kerry, 68th United States secretary of state, speaks at Chatham House
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- 1:00:42
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- In the aftermath of the COP 30 Summit in Brazil, John Kerry discusses the state of global climate leadership, and the sprint to build a clean energy economy.
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry joins Chatham House to reflect on the outcomes of COP30 and assess what they mean for the future of international climate cooperation. Drawing on his experience from the Rio Earth Summit to Paris and breakthrough COPs in Glasgow and Dubai as US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, Mr Kerry will explore the shifting dynamics of global climate leadership, the role of major economies, and how the United States private sector and subnational leadership can still help drive meaningful progress.
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- China's renewables will 'eclipse everybody else' - John Kerry
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- John Kerry, 68th United States Secretary of State, 25 November 2025
Watch the full video from Chatham House here: https://tinyurl.com/nhbrawhy
#china #usforeignpolicy #climatechange
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- China's renewables will 'eclipse everybody else'. John Kerry
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- John Kerry, 68th United States Secretary of State, 25 November 2025
Watch the full video from Chatham House here: https://tinyurl.com/nhbrawhy
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- Climate change: 'costs are growing' - John Kerry
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- John Kerry, 68th United States Secretary of State, 25 November 2025
Watch the full video from Chatham House here: https://tinyurl.com/nhbrawhy
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- Ukraine: ‘A country of solutions’ - experts call for a new narrative.
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- 6:48
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- On the sidelines of Chatham House's recent conference ‘War in Ukraine: the battleground for the future of Europe’, some panellists were asked about Ukraine, its role in wider European security and economy, and the lessons to be learned.
In this video we explore key insights on why Ukraine could become a powerhouse for Europe, and what are the most urgent needs for Ukraine and the West today.
To read more on Chatham House’s latest work on Ukraine, visit our website here:
https://tinyurl.com/zxpank23
Learn about the 2025 conference here:
https://tinyurl.com/3bcxjmu2
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- Sudan: the internal and external forces tearing it apart | Independent Thinking podcast
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- 29:34
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- After the North Darfur capital El Fasher fell to the Rapid Support Forces, aid agencies and survivors talk of civilians being massacred in the streets. The international affairs podcast of Chatham House examines the human toll, and the dynamics of a war fueled by regional powers and their proxies seeking to control Sudan's territory, gold, natural resources, and access to key waterways.
Host Bronwen Maddox is joined by Ahmed Soliman, a Senior Research Fellow in Chatham House’s Africa Programme; Hubert Kinkoh, a Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellow; Kholood Khair, director of the think-tank Confluence Advisory, and Bashair Ahmed, a researcher at the University of Sussex who focuses on migration, human rights, and humanitarian action.
Read the Chatham House report: ‘Gold and the war in Sudan’.
It covers how Sudan’s main warring parties – the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – were in competition for the country...
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- Dina Kallay: Keynote address, competition policy 2025 conference
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- 35:43
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Dina Kallay, deputy assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice, delivers a keynote address at Chatham House's competition policy 2025 conference.
This year's conference explores how competition frameworks are being redefined in response to growing geopolitical pressures.
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- Sarah Cardell: Keynote address, competition policy 2025 conference
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- 58:32
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Sarah Cardell, the chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), gives the keynote address at Chatham House's competition policy 2025 conference.
This year's conference explores how competition frameworks are being redefined in response to growing geopolitical pressures.
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- 'I would not have said that' - Pence on Trump defending Saudi prince over Khashoggi killing
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Former US Vice President Mike Pence was asked at a Chatham House event on 19 November 2025 about President Donald Trump’s statement that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘knew nothing’ about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
#saudiarabia #trump
Read the Chatham House report of the event -https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/...
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- Mike Pence, 48th vice president of the United States, speaks at Chatham House
- Runtime
- 59:29
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Join us at Chatham House for a special conversation with Mike Pence, 48th vice president of the United States. Drawing on his experience at the heart of the US administration, Mr Pence will offer insights into America’s evolving role in the world and the principles that should guide its foreign policy today.
The discussion will explore how the United States approaches its global alliances, responds to emerging security challenges, and balances domestic priorities with international leadership.
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- 'I would not have said that' - Pence criticises Trump’s comment over Khashoggi killing
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Former Vice President Mike Pence was asked at a Chatham House event on 19 November 2025 about President Donald Trump’s statement that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘knew nothing’ about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
#saudiarabia #trump
Read the Chatham House report of the event -https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/vice-president-mike-pence-us-saudi-summit-very-real-concern-f35-sales-criticizes-trumps
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- F35 sale to Saudi a ‘very real concern’ over risk of China acquiring tech - Pence
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States, visited Chatham House on 19 November 2025 to discuss the challenges and opportunities that US foreign policy faces in a changing world.
He expressed concern about the sale of F35 fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia, saying the US must take steps to ensure it does not become accessible to China.
Watch the full discussion here: https://tinyurl.com/2f4dvbty
#MikePence #SaudiArabia #China #USForeignPolicy #ChathamHouse
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- Former VP Mike Pence on US-Saudi summit: ‘very real concern’ on F35 sales
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States, visited Chatham House on 19 November 2025 to discuss the challenges and opportunities that US foreign policy faces in a changing world.
Watch the full discussion here: https://tinyurl.com/2f4dvbty
#MikePence #SaudiArabia #China #USForeignPolicy #ChathamHouse
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- Brexit: 'We lost 4% of our GDP' - Baroness Ashton
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Baroness Catherine Ashton, former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks on a Chatham House panel titled: ‘Aid in an age of security: What should the UK’s global priorities be?’ on 17 November 2025.
Watch the full discussion here: https://tinyurl.com/27nhrpc4
#UKForeignPolicy #Brexit #UKEURelations #Shorts
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- ‘I don’t think you can govern a country like this’. Clare Short on governing Britain by focus group
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Clare Short, Former UK Secretary of State for International Development (1997-2003), speaks on a Chatham House panel titled: ‘Aid in an age of security: What should the UK’s global priorities be?’ on 17 November 2025.
Watch the full discussion here: https://tinyurl.com/27nhrpc4
#UKForeignPolicy #InternationalRelations #Shorts
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- Aid in an age of security: What should the UK’s global priorities be?
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- 1:03:27
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- This panel will examine the security and geopolitical stakes of this historic shift in global aid.
The global aid system is under more pressure than it has been in decades. Spending by the 17 largest aid donors is projected to fall by billions between 2023 and 2026. Major reductions from France, the UK and Germany have contributed, but the most dramatic has been the United States’ 2025 decision to shutter USAID, cancelling over 80% of its aid contracts in 2025. This comes alongside growing uncertainty over the US’s support for multilateral institutions central to humanitarian and development response.
These cuts will have immediate human costs—undermining food security, health, education and relief for those caught in crisis. But the wider consequences extend further. Reduced aid spending and weakening international institutions will undermine how the world responds to conflict, manages humanitarian emergencies and provides global public goods such as pa...
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- Syria is an ICU patient being asked to run a marathon – Foreign Minister
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Asaad Al-Shaibani, foreign minister of Syria, visited Chatham House for an interview and discussion on 13 November 2025, his first public event in the United Kingdom. He discussed Syria’s transition since the fall of President Bashar Al-Assad, and the country’s international reengagement and priorities as it navigates a shifting regional and global order.
Watch the full discussion here: https://tinyurl.com/bd9eucn2
#SyriaDiplomacy #SyriaTransition #SyriaForeignPolicy #InternationalRelations #shorts
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- Syria is an intensive care patient being asked to run a marathon – Foreign Minister
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Asaad Al-Shaibani, foreign minister of Syria, visited Chatham House for an interview and discussion on 13 November 2025, his first public event in the United Kingdom. He discussed Syria’s transition since the fall of President Bashar Al-Assad, and the country’s international reengagement and priorities as it navigates a shifting regional and global order.
Watch the full discussion here: https://tinyurl.com/bd9eucn2
#SyriaDiplomacy #SyriaTransition #SyriaForeignPolicy #InternationalRelations
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- ‘Are we ready for life beyond 1.5°C of Global Warming?’ The World Today – Chatham House
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- #COP30 has kicked off, bringing urgent climate issues to the table. 🌏
Building on their latest story, David Gunn & Matt Harris from Chatham House Environment and Society explore how societies might cope with more frequent and severe climate shocks.
Read their story: https://tinyurl.com/tkevdk2b
Subscribe to The World Today here: https://tinyurl.com/fpp6x4ns
David Gunn: https://tinyurl.com/5evxr8cy
Matthew Harris: https://tinyurl.com/nhb83yaj
Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator: https://tinyurl.com/4nrawwj3
Chatham House Environment and Society Centre: https://tinyurl.com/4u8z6r6x
#cop30 #globalwarming #sustainability #chathamhouse
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- What does Ukraine need to get through the winter? - Independent Thinking Podcast
- Runtime
- 30:42
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Nearly four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian officials and analysts look at the prospects for a ceasefire, and at the military, economic and human cost that President Vladimir Putin’s campaign has inflicted on the country.
They discuss the Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, intended to demoralise the civilian population, and what European allies should do to bolster its defence efforts, and to rebuild the country if there is a ceasefire.
Host Bronwen Maddox is joined by Andriy Zagorodnyuk, a former Minister of Defence of Ukraine; Daryna Marchak, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture; Olha Aivazovska, Chair of the Board of the Opora Civic Network; Simon Smith, Chair of Chatham House’s Ukraine Forum and Dominic Nicholls, Associate Editor of The Telegraph.
The discussion came as Chatham House hosted a conference - 'War in Ukraine: The battleground for the future of Europe'.
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- Syria's foreign policy - Asaad Al-Shaibani interview at Chatham House
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- 1:05:25
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Asaad Al-Shaibani, foreign minister of Syria, speaks at Chatham House to describe the hopes and ambition for a new Syria’s role in the region and world.
More than a decade after the outbreak of civil war that ravaged the country, Syria is seeking to rebuild.
As the process of rebuilding begins, Syria’s international role is undergoing significant change. It is looking to restore diplomatic ties, build new relationships and define its place in a rapidly shifting regional landscape. Amid the regional turbulence, what vision does Syria want and what are the foreign policy objectives of its new government?
In his first public event in the United Kingdom, Asaad Al-Shaibani, foreign minister of Syria, visits Chatham House to discuss Syria’s transition since the fall of President Bashar Al-Assad, and the country’s international reengagement and priorities as it navigates a shifting regional and global order.’
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- Is the age of central bank independence under threat?
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- 1:04:48
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Experts examine challenges presented to central banking by the current turbulence in the global economy and a shifting political consensus.
Over the past four decades, orthodox monetary policy has been defined by the pursuit of low and stable inflation, anchored by central bank independence and the use of interest rates as the primary lever. That framework is now being tested.
The global financial crisis, a sustained period of quantitative easing, the return of inflation in the 2020s, and the pressures of climate risk, geopolitical shocks and fiscal activism are raising fundamental questions: has the orthodox consensus reached its limits? The Trump administration’s efforts to undermine the Federal Reserve, including efforts to dismiss leading policymakers, represents the most significant attack on the traditional monetary policy model. Populist political parties are increasingly taking aim at central banks and the monetary policy orthodoxy that has underpinn...
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- Shaping the future of global health: Who will make the rules?
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- 1:01:49
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Following the release of the America First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS), Dr Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC director, and other experts assess how the Global South can respond.
Since returning to office, the Trump administration’s policies towards global health security have had lasting consequences.
Budgets cuts and a withdrawal of leadership have exposed the weakness in the system leaving the Global South in a precarious position. For decades, the US was the single largest supporter of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other organisations, providing and supporting programmes around the world. As countries first respond and react to this dramatic shift in US policy, there is something of an transformative opportunity - what new systems might come about?
The AFGHS has fundamentally changed America’s approach to global health. Adopting a transactional strategy with countries it wants to deal with, Africa is particularly exposed. Nigeria lost ov...
