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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...
The World Today - Aug/Sept issue
29 July 2008
As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approaches its sixtieth anniversary, this month's The World Today looks at the status of human rights worldwide.
Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for...
International Affairs – July Issue
28 July 2008
In this issue of International Afffairs, Thomas Hegghammer traces the history of the Saudi jihadist movement.
Based on primary sources and extensive fieldwork in the Kingdom, the article argues that...
The World Today - July issue
30 June 2008
As President Sarkozy prepares to reinvigorate the regional arrangement between the EU and the Mediterranean - the Barcelona Process - Claire Spencer argues in Europe and the Mediterranean: Eyeing...
The World Today - June issue
22 May 2008
In this month's The World Today, Robert Falkner exposes the weak regulatory system of nanotechnology in Nanotechnology Dangers: Who's Afraid of Nanotech?
In a little-noticed announcement, Britain's Soil Association declared...
International Affairs – May issue
22 May 2008
This special issue of International Affairs looks at the changing dynamics in the international economic system from an interdisciplinary standpoint, unpacking some of the emerging processes of globalization and...
FBI director forecasts ‘victory’ over terrorists
7 April 2008
Robert Mueller, Director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, told an audience at Chatham House today that terrorism as a tactic would be defeated during his tenure as...
The World Today - April issue
27 March 2008
Robin Shepherd writes that the forthcoming NATO Summit is likely to be 'one of the most significant and challenging gatherings of alliance leaders in years' in this month's issue...
Chatham House videos available online from FORA.tv
18 March 2008
Videos of events held at Chatham House are now available online from the FORA.tv website www.fora.tv. Speeches and discussions from a wide variety of public figures and experts -...
Court ruling upholds absolute and universal ban on torture
28 February 2008
This morning a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has upheld a decision that prevents the removal of terror suspects to countries where they face...
Chatham House Prize 2008: Nominees shortlist announced
15 February 2008
The Chatham House Prize, now in its fourth year, is rapidly gaining recognition in the international affairs community as a valuable and prestigious award. The Prize ceremony has now...
New report: the changing legal face of war
2 September 2006
The 'war on terror' has clouded the rules of war as illustrated in the Geneva Conventions more than any previous 'conflict' and has ushered in the need for an...
Cherie Booth to speak on human rights
23 February 2006
Cherie Booth QC will deliver the keynote speech at a members' event on 1 March to mark the publication by Human Rights Watch of 'Torture: does it make us...
Straw rules out UN veto powers for India
27 June 2005
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today reiterated Britain's support for India's bid to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council, but said New Delhi should not have...
Thinking Gleneagles? Think Chatham House
7 June 2005
Chatham House will be publishing a PRE-SUMMIT REPORT, organising EVENTS and putting forward SPEAKERS on the G8 Summit at Gleneagles.
Africa
The situation in Africa has seen little improvement since the...
Indictment or immunity: clarifying international law, new report
16 May 2005
In a new paper from Chatham House, Elizabeth Wilmshurst and Joanne Foakes discuss the reasons for state immunity and highlight the advantages and disadvantages for the ratification of the...
Elizabeth Wilmshurst
23 March 2005
Following the broadcast on Channel 4 News this evening, Elizabeth Wilmshurst - who is currently Head of the International Law Programme at Chatham House, the London-based think tank -...
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