Owen Jenkins will join Chatham House as Research Director for Africa, Middle East and North Africa, and Asia Pacific on 9 March. Owen is a senior British diplomat and highly experienced leader in ...
Ever since US President Trump declared a national energy emergency on his first day in office last year, energy has been a major focus of his administration. He aims to achieve ’dominance’ by growing ...
The global industrial landscape has shifted dramatically since the turn of the century. China’s rise as a manufacturing powerhouse has enabled the country to produce increasingly sophisticated goods ...
The gold trade connects Sudan’s civil war to the wider region and highlights the roles that commodities play in perpetuating violent conflict. Even before the start of the civil war in 2023, Sudan’s ...
Americans go to the polls on 3 November to elect a third of the US Senate and all the House of Representatives. The Republicans currently have majorities in both chambers of Congress. But their ...
In the aftermath of 7 October, the common mantra in Israeli politics is that things can neither go back to how they were the previous day, nor should they. To a large extent this is correct, not only ...
The attacks on Saudi airports have further demonstrated the vulnerability of critical infrastructure across the GCC to missiles, drones and other asymmetric threats. This exposure is not confined to ...
Groups such as the PMF, Hezbollah or the Houthis are not mere ‘non-state actors’, but are entrenched within state structures and wield significant power in their own right. Axis members have developed ...
The UK government has delayed further debate in the House of Lords on ratification of the Chagos Archipelago treaty, an agreement signed by the UK and Mauritius in May 2025. The pause follows an ...
Image — Senior Chinese officials arrive for a press conference of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on 24 October 2025. Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images. Any ...
Image — President Donald Trump signs executive orders following the Presidential Parade at Capital One Arena on 20 January 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty ...
Image — France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) sign an agreement at the Villacoublay air base near Paris on 17 November 2025. Photo by CHRISTOPHE ...