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What Next for Pakistan?

A crisis is simmering in Pakistan with speculation that President Zardari's days in office are numbered, an ongoing war against Islamist militants, and a deepening economic crisis, says Dr Farzana Shaikh. Read / watch video >>

UK Defence: Strategic or Budgetary?

The forthcoming Strategic Defence Review should be open-minded in its analysis of strategic threats and challenges and not let resource constraints determine strategy, writes Paul Cornish. Defence policy must be flexible enough to meet an uncertain future. Read >>

US Ambassador on US Foreign Policy

Speaking at Chatham House, Louis Susman, US Ambassador to Britain, discussed President Obama's foreign policy challenges. He said the international community 'cannot stand idle' as Iran develops its nuclear facilities. Transcript >> 'Rethinking America's Role' >>

Intervention and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

This new paper highlights the strategic potential that an international peacekeeping mission could bring to transforming the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as acting as a catalyst for the revival of a peace process. Read >>

AfPak Strategy Risks Destabilizing the Region

The AfPak strategy is likely to create friction between the two neighbours rather than the cooperation necessary to defeat the Taliban insurgency, writes Ayesha Khan. To succeed there must be a political and development plan outside the military paradigm. Read >>

Chatham House Rated No.1 Non-US Think-Tank

Chatham House is delighted to have been ranked the 'No. 1 think-tank based outside the United States' by a major international survey for the second year in a row. It is also listed as the top think-tank in Western Europe. More about the survey >>

Yemen: Fear of Failure

HE Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, Yemen's Foreign Minister, discussed Yemen's efforts to tackle terrorism at the launch of the Yemen Forum. Transcript/audio >> Ginny Hill argues that US and UK policy-makers must take a holistic approach to Yemen's challenges. Video/comment >>

Islam and Russia

Does Russia face a serious threat of Islamic radicalization? This article in International Affairs argues that Islamic radicalization represents a lesser threat than it has done in the past, and looks at how Russian exceptionalism interacts with political Islam. Read >>