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Reports and Papers

  1. Chatham House Reports are based on in-depth research conducted by experts based at or attached to Chatham House and include policy recommendations.
  2. Briefing Papers are shorter, policy relevant papers written by experts in their field.

This page lists Chatham House Reports and Briefing Papers.

You can view all research papers here. This includes all other resources - special reports, working papers, conference reports and proceedings, summary reports of meetings and seminars, transcripts and other relevant material produced by the different research areas at Chatham House.

Chatham House Reports

The Coming Oil Supply Crunch
Chatham House Report
Paul Stevens, August 2008

Ending Dependence: Hard Choices for Oil-Exporting States
Chatham House Report
John V Mitchell and Paul Stevens, July 2008

The Gulf as a Global Financial Centre: Growing Opportunities and International Influence
Chatham House Report
Chatham House, June 2008

Lost Opportunities in the Horn of Africa: How Conflicts Connect and Peace Agreements Unravel
Sally Healy, June 2008

The European External Action Service: Roadmap for Success
Chatham House Report
Brian Crowe, May 2008

Contemporary Chinese Views of Europe
Chatham House Report
Karine Lisbonne-de Vergeron, November 2007

Changing Climates: Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe
Chatham House Report
Bernice Lee, Antony Froggatt et al, November 2007

India and its Neighbours: Do Economic Interests Have the Potential to Build Peace?
Chatham House Report
Charu Lata Hogg, November 2007

Recommended Best Practices for Regional Fisheries Management Organizations: Technical Study No. 1
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations: Progress in Adopting the Precautionary Approach and Ecosystem-Based Management
Marjorie L Mooney-Seus and Andrew A Rosenberg, October 2007

Recommended Best Practices for Regional Fisheries Management Organizations: Technical Study No. 2
Practice of RFMOs Regarding Non-members
Daniel Owen, October 2007

Recommended Best Practices for Regional Fisheries Management Organizations: Technical Study No. 3
The Relevance of Bioeconomic Modelling to RFMO Resources: A Survey of the Literature
Trond Bjørndal and Sarah Martin, October 2007

Recommended Best Practices for Regional Fisheries Management Organizations
Chatham House Report
Michael W Lodge, David Anderson, Terje Løbach, Gordon Munro, Keith Sainsbury, Anna Willock, August 2007

Climate Change, Competitiveness and Trade
Chatham House Report
Aaron Cosbey and Richard Tarasofsky, June 2007

Growth and Responsibility: A Review of Business Action for Africa between the UK and German G8 Presidencies 2005-7
Chatham House Report
Richard Reeve, June 2007

Sierra Leone: Reform or Relapse? Conflict and Governance Reform
Chatham House Report
Brian Thomson, June 2007

Good Governance of the National Petroleum Sector
Chatham House Report
Glada Lahn, Dr Valérie Marcel, John Mitchell, Dr Keith Myers, Prof Paul Stevens, April 2007

The CBRN System: Assessing the threat of terrorist use of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons in the UK
Chatham House Report
Dr Paul Cornish, February 2007

The Doha Round and Beyond: Towards a lasting relationship between the WTO and the international environmental regime
Chatham House Report
Alice Palmer and Richard Tarasofsky, February 2007

Anti-Corruption Challenges in Post-Election Democratic Republic of Congo
Chatham House Report
Muzong W Kodi, January 2007

The UK Contribution to the G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction, 2002-06
Chatham House Report
Paul Cornish, January 2007

Nigeria-Related Financial Crime and its links with Britain
Chatham House Report
Michael Peel, November 2006

Child Recruitment in South Asian Conflicts: A comparative Analysis of Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh
Chatham House Report
Charu Lata Hogg, November 2006

EU and NATO: Co-operation or Competition?
Chatham House Report
Dr Paul Cornish, October 2006

Contemporary Indian Views of Europe
Chatham House Report
Karine Lisbonne-de Vergeron, September 2006

Turkey and the EU - Four Scenarios: From Train Crash to Full Steam Ahead
Chatham House Report
Kirsty Hughes (A Friends of Europe Report in association with Chatham House and the European Institute of the London School of Economics), September 2006

A New Era for Oil Prices
Chatham House Report
John V Mitchell, August 2006

Iran, its Neighbours and the Regional Crises
Chatham House Report
Middle East Programme, Chatham House, August 2006

Advancing Economic Growth: Investing in Health
Chatham House Report
Rifat A Atun and Susan Fitzpatrick, February 2006

The Importance of Politics to Nuclear New Build
Chatham House Report
Malcolm Grimston, December 2005

Producer-Consumer Dialogue: What can energy ministers say to one another?
Chatham House Report
John Mitchell, November 2005

OPEC and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities
Chatham House Report
Jacqueline Karas and Tatiana Bosteels, November 2005

Angola - Drivers of Change: An Overview
Chatham House Report
Chatham House, May 2005

Reinvigorating European Elections: The Implications of Electing the European Commission
Chatham House Report
Dr Julie Smith, May 2004

EU Emissions Trading: Challenges and Implications of National Implementation
Chatham House Report
Fiona Mullins and Jacqueline Karas, November 2003

Angola's Future (Portuguese version attached)
Chatham House Report
Africa Programme, November 2003

Living with the Megapower - Implications of the War on Terrorism
Chatam House Report
A report on the series of consultations held at Chatham House July 2002-July 2003, September 2003

Global Environmental Institutions: Perspectives on Reform
Chatham House Report
Duncan Brack and Joy Hyvarinen (eds), August 2002

Security of European Natural Gas Supplies
Chatham House Report
Jonathan Stern, July 2002

Renewing Energy Security
Chatham House Report
John V. Mitchell, July 2002

Briefing Papers

After the Doha Débâcle: What Next for the Global Trade System?
Briefing Paper
Guy de Jonquières, September 2008

Angola's Elections: A Democratic Oil Giant?
Briefing Paper
Indira Campos, September 2008

Is the Euro Ready for ‘Prime Time’?
Briefing Paper
Benjamin J Cohen and Paola Subacchi, July 2008

EU Trade Policy: Approaching a Crossroads
Briefing Paper
Roderick Abbott, July 2008

The Past as Prelude? Negotiating the Palestinian Refugee Issue
Briefing Paper
Rex Brynen, June 2008

Israeli Perspectives on the Palestinian Refugee Issue
Briefing Paper
Orit Gal, June 2008

Controlling Illegal Logging: Using Public Procurement Policy
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack, June 2008

Thinking About the Future of Food: The Chatham House Food Supply Scenarios
Chatham House Food Supply Project, May 2008

The International Climate Change Agenda: Opportunities for the G8
Briefing Paper
Antony Froggatt, May 2008

An EU-Korea Free Trade Area: Playing Catch-Up or Taking the Lead?
Briefing Paper
Jim Rollo, May 2008

Prospects for an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Area: The World's First Region-to-Region FTA?
Briefing Paper
Jim Rollo, April 2008

Rising Food Prices: Drivers and Implications for Development
Briefing Paper
Alex Evans, April 2008

Stress-Testing the Regulators: Market Risks and the EU Economy
Briefing Paper
Max Watson, April 2008

European Multinationals: A Globalization Scorecard
Briefing Paper
Stephen Thomsen, March 2008

Exploiting Europe's Strong Potential: Governance, Institutions and Policies
Briefing Paper
Paola Subacchi, Benedicta Marzinotto and Vanessa Rossi, January 2008

UK Food Supply: Storm Clouds on the Horizon?
Briefing Paper
Chatham House Food Supply Project, January 2008

Forest Governance and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) - Revised from Dec 07
Briefing Paper
Jade Saunders and Ruth Nussbaum, January 2008

The Kurdish Policy Imperative
Briefing Paper
Gareth Stansfield, Robert Lowe and Hashem Ahmadzadeh, December 2007

Forest Governance and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)
Briefing Paper
Jade Saunders and Ruth Nussbaum, December 2007

Spice Route to Europe? Prospects for an India-EU Free Trade Area
Briefing Paper
Jim Rollo, October 2007

Coalition Warfare in Afghanistan: Burden-sharing or Disunity?
Briefing Paper
Timo Noetzel and Sibylle Scheipers, October 2007

Hong Kong Ten Years On: An Assessment of the Special Administrative Region
Briefing Paper
Kerry Brown, October 2007

Patenting Genetic Resources: Striving for the Right Balance
Briefing Paper
Alison L Hoare and Richard G Tarasofsky, October 2007

EU-ASEAN: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?
Briefing Paper
Stephen Thomsen, October 2007

Islam, Politics and Security in the UK
Briefing Paper
Chatham House and the Economic & Social Research Council, October 2007

Capital Flows and Emerging Market Economies: a larger playing field?
Briefing Paper
Paola Subacchi, September 2007

Unlocking the Eurozone's Potential
Briefing Paper
Vanessa Rossi, September 2007

Open for Business: Syria’s Quest for a Political Deal
Briefing Paper
Rime Allaf, July 2007

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: The UN on Trial?
Briefing Paper
Nadim Shehadi and Elizabeth Wilmshurst, July 2007

Illegal Logging
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack, July 2007

Controlling Illegal Logging: Lessons from the US Lacey Act
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack, July 2007

Transforming our energy within a generation
Briefing Paper
Walt Patterson, June 2007

Linking trade, investment and climate change policies
Briefing Paper
Richard Tarasofsky, June 2007

Incentives, risk and decision-making in mitigating climate change
Briefing Paper
William Blyth, June 2007

How climate change is pushing the boundaries of security and foreign policy
Briefing Paper
Cleo Paskal, June 2007

Climate change: the leadership challenge
Briefing Paper
Beverley Darkin, June 2007

Accepting Realities in Iraq
Briefing Paper
Gareth Stansfield, May 2007

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations through Trade and Market Measures
Briefing Paper
Richard Tarasofsky, May 2007

Best Practices for High Seas Fisheries Management: Lessons Learned
Briefing Paper
Marjorie L Mooney-Seus and Andrew A Rosenberg, May 2007

China and India: Cooperation and Competition
Briefing Paper
Gareth Price, May 2007

India and West Africa: A Burgeoning Relationship
Briefing Paper
Sushant K Singh, April 2007

The Rise and Fall of Mogadishu’s Islamic Courts
Briefing Paper
Cedric Barnes and Harun Hassan, April 2007

Israel and Iran: From war of words to words of war?
Briefing Paper
Yossi Mekelberg, March 2007

Managing International Fisheries: Improving Fisheries Governance by Strengthening Regional Fisheries Management Organizations
Briefing Paper
Michael Lodge, March 2007

Oil for Asia
Briefing Paper
John Mitchell and Glada Lahn, March 2007

The End of the 'Post-Soviet Space': The Changing Geopolitical Orientations of the Newly Independent States
Briefing Paper
Alexander Nikitin, February 2007

Infrastructure and Indian Development: Reform First, Invest Later
Briefing Paper
Stephen Thomsen, January 2007

Ethiopia and Eritrea: Allergic to Persuasion
Briefing Paper
Sally Healy and Martin Plaut, January 2007

UK Food Supply in the 21st Century: The New Dynamic
Briefing Paper
Food Supply Research Team, January 2007

Blair's Foreign Policy and its Possible Successor(s)
Briefing Paper
Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas, December 2006

Post-Conflict Security-Building
Briefing Paper
Chatham House and the Economic & Social Research Council, November 2006

Japan and China: reaching reconciliation or stuck in the past?
Briefing Paper
Haruko Satoh, October 2006

Fit for EMU? Comparing the new member states with Southern Europe
Briefing Paper
Benedicta Marzinotto, October 2006

Public-Private Partnerships in State-Building and Recovery from Conflict
Briefing Paper
John Bray, September 2006

The 'War on Terror': Do the Rules Need Changing?
Briefing Paper
Charles Garraway, September 2006

Al-Qaeda Five Years On: The Threat and the Challenges
Briefing Paper
Maha Azzam, September 2006

Climate Change Policy Uncertainty and the Electricity Industry: Implications and Unintended Consequences
Briefing Paper
Rory Sullivan and William Blyth, August 2006

Illegal Logging (revised from March 2005)
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack, August 2006

Torture: an overview of the law
Briefing Paper
Gabriela Echeverria and Elizabeth Wilmshurst, May 2006

A new fiscal framework for GCC countries ahead of monetary union
Briefing Paper
Daniel Hanna, May 2006

Two cheers for the UK's EU Presidency (Revised from Dec 05)
Briefing Paper
Richard Whitman and Gareth Thomas, May 2006

'Boffins' and 'Buffoons': Different Strains of Thought in Russia's Strategic Thinking
Briefing Paper
Yury E Fedorov, March 2006

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Domestic Implementation: Comparing Mexico, China and South Africa
Briefing Paper
Aarti Gupta and Robert Falkner, March 2006

Pakistan's Foreign Policy Under Musharraf: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Briefing Paper
Owen Bennett Jones and Farzana Shaikh, March 2006

Human Security and Resilience
Briefing Paper
Chatham House and the Economic & Social Research Council, February 2006

Thinking Longer, Working Harder: how long-dated bonds can help Europe's ageing population
Briefing Paper
Paola Subacchi and Vanessa Rossi, February 2006

The Syrian Kurds: A People Discovered
Briefing Paper
Robert Lowe, January 2006

Two cheers for the UK's EU Presidency
Briefing Paper
Richard Whitman and Gareth Thomas, December 2005

Croatian Opinion and the EU's Copenhagen Criteria
Briefing Paper
Richard Rose, December 2005

The World Trade Organization and Sustainable Development: A Guide to the Debate
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack, December 2005

Cyprus: Entering another stalemate?
Briefing Paper
Tim Potier, November 2005

The Globalization of Security
Briefing Paper
Chatham House and the Economic & Social Research Council, October 2005

The Trial of Saddam Hussein
Briefing Paper
Sonya Sceats, October 2005

Partnership is no privilege: the alternative to EU membership is no Turkish delight
Briefing Paper
Fadi Hakura, September 2005

Environmental Civil Society and Governance in China
Briefing Paper
Yiyi Lu, August 2005

The Caspian Sea: Legal Status and Regime Problems
Briefing Paper
Barbara Janusz, August 2005

Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: the private-sector response to improved governance
Briefing Paper
Stephen Thomsen, July 2005

Crisis in the Niger Delta: How Failures of Transparency and Accountability are Destroying the Region
Briefing Paper
Michael Peel, July 2005

Assessment of 'Additional Measures' to Exclude Illegal Timber from EU Markets
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack, July 2005

Security, Terrorism and the UK
Briefing Paper
Chatham House and the Economic & Social Research Council, July 2005

Petroleum, Poverty and Security
Briefing Paper
Keith Myers, June 2005

Blair's G8 Gamble: Prospects for Gleneagles
Briefing Paper
Chatham House, June 2005

Friction or Fiction: The Gas Factor in Russian-Belarusian Relations
Briefing Paper
Chloe Bruce, May 2005

State Immunity: The United Nations Convention and its Effect
Briefing Paper
Joanne Foakes and Elizabeth Wilmshurst, May 2005

Pragmatism Prevails: Barroso's European Commission
Briefing Paper
Michelle Cini, May 2005

Implications of External Imbalances for Monetary Policy-Makers: how much should the Fed worry and what can it do?
Briefing Paper
Ellen E Meade, May 2005

The Chinese Economy: Risky Reporting
Briefing Paper
Vanessa Rossi, April 2005

The Challenges for India's Education System
Briefing Paper
Marie Lall, April 2005

Illegal Logging
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack, March 2005

The Growth of Civil Society in China: Key Challenges for NGOs
Briefing Paper
Yiyi Lu, February 2005

Food Security in India: Policy Challenges and Responses
Briefing Paper
Debashis Chakraborty, February 2005

European Economic Governance: Forging an Integrated Agenda
Briefing Paper
Erik Jones, February 2005

Referendums on the EU Constitutional Treaty: The State of Play
Briefing Paper
Nasser Hussain with Genevieve Maitland Hudson and Richard Whitman, February 2005

Partnerships for Technology Transfer. How can investors and communities build renewable energy in Asia?
Briefing Paper
Tim Forsyth, February 2005

Temporary Immigration: A Viable Policy for Developed Countries
Briefing Paper
Paola Subacchi, January 2005

Senegal: Mouvement des Forces Democratique de la Casamance
Briefing Paper
Martin Evans, December 2004

Implementing the Biosafety Protocol: Key Challenges
Briefing Paper
Robert Falkner and Aarti Gupta, November 2004

Petroleum Reserves in Question
Briefing Paper
John Mitchell, October 2004

Oil and Gas Reserves: Communication with the Financial Sector
Briefing Paper
Rob Arnott, October 2004

Iraq in Transition: Vortex or Catalyst?
Briefing Paper
Middle East Programme, September 2004

Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction:United Nations Security Resolution 1540
Briefing Paper
Gabriel H Oosthuizen and Elizabeth Wilmshurst, September 2004

The CITES treaty and compliance: progress or jeopardy?
Briefing Paper
Rosalind Reeve, September 2004

The Slovak Presidential Election of 3/17 April 2004
Briefing Paper
Karen Henderson, July 2004

The 2004 Spanish General Elections of 14 March 2004
Briefing Paper
Luis Ramiro, July 2004

Trade & Environment in the WTO: after Cancun
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack & Thomas Branczik, February 2004

China`s stock market: Out of the valley in 2004?
Briefing Paper
Stephen Green and He Ming, February 2004

Water of Strife - The Geopolitics of Water in the Euphrates-Tigris and Jordan River Basins
Briefing Paper
Suki Jobson, December 2003

The Next Trade War? GM Products, the Cartagena Protocol and the WTO
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack, Robert Falkner and Judith Goll, September 2003

The Millennium Development Goals: At a Decisive Stage?
Briefing Paper
Joy Hyvarinen, September 2003

Europe and the Estonian Parliamentary Elections of 2 March 2003
Briefing Paper
Evald Mikkel, September 2003

The Belgian Federal Elections of 18 May 2003
Briefing Paper
Martine Van Assche, September 2003

The Maltese Parliamentary Elections of April 2003
Briefing Paper
Michelle Cini, September 2003

Kibaki`s Triumph: The Kenyan General Election
Briefing Paper
David W. Throup, June 2003

A Strategic Assessment of the Kyoto-Marrakech System. Synthesis Report
Briefing Paper
Michael Grubb et al, June 2003

Europe and the Finnish Parliamentary Election of March 2003
Briefing Paper
Tapio Raunio, May 2003

Europe and the Dutch Parliamentary Elections of January 2003
Briefing Paper
Dr Robert Harmsen, April 2003

Belgian Federalism
Briefing Paper
Wilfried Swenden, April 2003

Elections in Africa: The Past Ten Years
Briefing Paper
Heather Deegan, April 2003

Doves Vote Hawk: The January 2003 Elections in Israel
Briefing Paper
Yossi Mekelberg, March 2003

Iraq: The Regional Fallout
Briefing Paper
Rosemary Hollis et al, March 2003

Al-Qaeda: the Misunderstood Wahhabi Connection and the Ideology of Violence
Briefing Paper
Dr Maha Azzam, February 2003

Liberia: Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD)
Briefing Paper
James Brabazon, February 2003

Post-Election Bulletin:Seychelles 2002
Briefing Paper
Heather Deegan, February 2003

Europe and the Slovak Parliamentary election of September 2002
Briefing Paper
Karen Henderson, December 2002

The Future of Oil in Iraq: Scenarios and Implications
Briefing Paper
Valerie Marcel, December 2002

The German Bundestag Election of September 2002
Briefing Paper
Dr Charles Lees, December 2002

Europe and the Czech Parliamentary Elections of June 2002
Briefing Paper
Seán Hanley, November 2002

The Political Context of EU Accession in Poland
Briefing Paper
Aleks Szczerbiak, November 2002

The Political Context of EU Accession in Hungary
Briefing Paper
Agnes Batory, November 2002

The Political Context of EU Accession in the Czech Republic
Briefing Paper
Sean Hanley, October 2002

Europe and the Swedish Parliamentary Elections of September 2002
Briefing Paper
Dr Nicholas Aylott, September 2002

Oil and Governance: Focus on West Africa
Briefing Paper
Malcolm Keay, July 2002

Europe and the French Presidential and Legislative Elections of April/May and June 2002
Briefing Paper
Catherine Fieschi, June 2002

Corporate accountability in search of a treaty? Some insights from foreign direct liability
Briefing Paper
Halina Ward, May 2002

Europe and the Irish General Election of May 2002
Briefing Paper
Dr Karin Gilland, May 2002

Europe and the Dutch Parliamentary Election of May 2002
Briefing Paper
Robert Harmsen, May 2002

Europe and the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections of April 2002
Briefing Paper
Agnes Batory, May 2002

Towards Global Corporate Social Responsibility
Briefing Paper
Malcolm Keay, April 2002

Double or Quits? The Global Future of Civil Nuclear Energy
Briefing Paper
Peter Beck and Malcolm Grimston, April 2002

The Convention on the Future of Europe
Briefing Paper
Mariana Tsatsas, April 2002

A New Interpretation of the Kyoto Protocol: Outcomes from The Hague, Bonn and Marrakesh
Briefing Paper
Christiaan Vrolijk, March 2002

The European 'Roma Question'
Briefing Paper
Martin Kovats, March 2002

EU Immigration and Asylum Policy: From Tampere to Laeken and Beyond
Briefing Paper
Christina Boswell, February 2002

Indonesia After Wahid The New Authoritarianism
Briefing Paper
Christopher Candland and Siti Nurjanah, December 2001

Burma: Companies, NGOs and the New Diplomacy
Briefing Paper
John Bray, October 2001

Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol: The Case for Japanese-Russian Joint Implementation
Briefing Paper
Benito Muller, May 2001

From Rio to Johannesburg: The Earth Summit and Rio +10
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack, Fanny Calder and Muge Dolun, March 2001

Trade and Environment after Seattle
Briefing Paper
Duncan Brack, April 2000

Gas for Oil Markets
Briefing Paper
Koji Morita, February 2000

Changing Oil
Briefing Paper
Norman Selley, January 2000

Oil for Wheels
Briefing Paper
Jon Mitchell, December 1999

The Election of Ishihara: A Symbol of Rising Nationalism in Japan?
Briefing Paper
Christopher P. Hood, November 1999

Liberalizing European Electricity: Impacts on Generation and Environment
Briefing Paper
Walt Patterson and Michael Grubb, November 1996