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Americas - Press Releases

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Conceptualizing AfPak: The Prospects and Perils

28 January 2010
In this new programme paper, Ayesha Khan examines US engagement with Afghanistan and Pakistan in the context of the AfPak military strategy. The paper concludes that the AfPak strategy...

Chatham House Again Named No.1 Non-US Think-Tank

26 January 2010
Chatham House is pleased to have been ranked the 'No. 1 think-tank based outside the United States' by an international survey for the second year in a row. It...

The World Today - January issue

18 December 2009
For the new Afghan strategy to be successful it must be given time, writes Prem Shankar Jha in this month's The World Today. The strategy needs time to wear...

President Lula Named as Winner of the Chatham House Prize 2009

29 September 2009
President Lula to Visit London to Collect Major International Award President Lula of Brazil has been voted the winner of the Chatham House Prize 2009, the annual award given to...

The World Today - August Issue

24 July 2009
'In marking sixty years of the Geneva Conventions, it is not just their endurance that should be praised, but their remarkable capacity to adapt to changed circumstances', writes Adam...

International Affairs - July Issue

1 July 2009
With preparations for Britain's next defence review underway, International Affairs publishes a timely article outlining the implications for UK defence in the 'age of austerity'. In an article published in...

The World Today - July Issue

25 June 2009
Iran's elections were a monumental miscalculation and now the Islamic Republic faces the most serious crisis of authority in a generation, writes Ali Ansari in this month's The World...

Urgent Need for Progress at G8

25 June 2009
There is an urgent need for progress at the G8 on a number of key items that were not adequately addressed at the London G20 Summit, says this new...

The World Today - June Issue

21 May 2009
In this month's issue, Dr David Heymann, Head of Chatham House's new Centre on Global Health Security, and formerly Assistant Director-General at the World Health Organization, traces the means...

The World Today - May issue

23 April 2009
Climate of Change? Ahead of the Copenhagen summit in December, this month's The World Today looks at how China, Russia and Brazil are preparing for a post-Kyoto climate change agreement. Linda...

Britain Should Offer to Give Up its Seat on the IMF

28 March 2009
Prime Minister Gordon Brown should offer to give up Britain's single seat on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the London summit as part of a fundamental consolidation of...

Chatham House Prize 2009 – Nominees Announced

27 February 2009
We are pleased to announce the nominees for the 2009 Chatham House Prize. The nominees are: Prince Saud Al-Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of...

America Must Change the Way it Uses its Power

22 February 2009
A major new Chatham House report, drawing on our international expertise and contacts, offers an in-depth analysis of the Obama administration's ambitions to renew US leadership in the world. One...

Food Prices Are Set to Rise Again

26 January 2009
Recent falls in food prices are no more than a temporary reprieve and are set to resume their upward trend once the world emerges from the current economic downturn. This...

President Obama's Inauguration

20 January 2009
Dr Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House says: 'It is just possible that the country's financial meltdown will now give President Obama the chance to carry out one of the largest...

Chatham House named No.1 non-US think tank

6 January 2009
Chatham House has been named as the No. 1 think tank based outside of the United States in a major survey published in the new issue of Foreign Policy...

Breaking the Nuclear Deadlock: Weak Economy is Iran's Achilles' Heel

17 December 2008
'…..we have not exhausted our non-military options in confronting this threat; in many ways, we have yet to try them.' Barack Obama Iran's economic and political weaknesses could provide the catalyst...

Key Foreign Policy Issues Facing Barack Obama

5 November 2008
Chatham House experts offer their perspectives on the key foreign policy and economic challenges facing the new administration. The following quotes and comments from Chatham House are available for immediate...

Economic Crisis May Need More 'Out of the Box' Measures

15 October 2008
A new paper by Chatham House says that the once-in-a-century economic meltdown means that OECD countries' simultaneous collapse in consumer and business spending will get worse and more extraordinary...

The World Today - October issue

6 October 2008
The current financial crisis should come as no surprise, writes Dr Paola Subacchi in this month's The World Today. As early as 2004 structural cracks became apparent and now...