Joining Bronwen Maddox this week is Fareed Zakaria, the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN. Recorded at our 2024 London Conference, they discuss the consequences of the US stepping back from its alliances, and the international order that relies on them.

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Donald Tusk awarded 2024 Chatham House Prize

UK election manifestos make promises on security and foreign policy – but tough choices await a new government

The evidence suggests Putin is not grooming Alexei Dyumin as his successor

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With Bronwen Maddox this week is Shaharzad Akbar, the former chair of Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission and an Academy Associate at Chatham House. Joining them are Nilofar Sakhi, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Centre and Heather Hurlburt, an Associate Fellow with our US and the Americas Programme. 

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What the US wants from the next UK government’s foreign policy

Advanced economies must urgently address their public debt overhangs

How will gains by the far right affect the European Parliament and EU?

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With Bronwen Maddox this week is Suzanne Lynch, the Global Playbook author and Associate Editor at POLITICO Europe. Joining them are Armida van Rij, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Europe Programme at Chatham House, and journalist Sebastien Maillard, Associate Fellow of the Europe Programme.

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India’s shock election result is a loss for Modi but a win for democracy

After a landslide victory, global engagement is a necessity and an opportunity for Mexico’s next president

An ANC–DA alliance is the outcome investors want in South Africa. But the parties see risks in partnership

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Bronwen Maddox is joined by Philippe Sands, a barrister specialising in international law and a Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at University College London. Joining them both are Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Bristol and Nomi Bar-Yacoov, an Associate Fellow of the International Security Programme at Chatham House and an international negotiator in the Middle East.

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The ICJ and ICC put Israel on notice but cannot stop the war

What are the first foreign affairs questions for the new government?

The ICC Prosecutor’s applications for arrest warrants explained

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Rishi Sunak called a 4 July election saying the world is more dangerous than at any time since the end of the Cold War. Bronwen Maddox discusses those threats with Chatham House experts Olivia O’Sullivan, director of our UK in the World; David Lubin, our Michael Klein Senior Research Fellow in our Global Economy and Finance Programme; and Tim Eaton, senior research fellow in our Middle East and North Africa Programme.

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An election for ‘dangerous times’

Three foreign policy priorities for the next UK government

Is the Kremlin behind Georgia’s foreign agents law?

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Bronwen Maddox is joined by Shashank Joshi, defence editor of The Economist and historian and commentator Helene von Bismarck to discuss what the next government must prioritize in the UK's foreign policy. With them is Olivia O’Sullivan, Director of our UK in the World programme and co-author of the report: Three foreign policy priorities for the next UK government. 

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UK parties are pitching a ‘pragmatic’ foreign policy, but can a new government make the necessary hard choices?

A Gaza ceasefire rests on preventing a full-scale Israeli offensive in Rafah

Russia is using the Soviet playbook in the Global South to challenge the West – and it is working

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In this special episode, Bronwen Maddox interviews a key figure in US foreign policy to the Middle East for over a decade, Ambassador Dennis Ross.

Ambassador Ross engaged directly with both Israeli and Palestinian parties in peace negotiations under multiple US presidents, and was instrumental in brokering agreements between them, including the ‘Oslo II’ accord of 1995 and the 1997 Hebron Accord.

They discuss topics including the US-Israel relationship, what pressure President Biden can exert on Benjamin Netanyahu over a possible invasion of Rafah, global protests against Israeli action in Gaza and whether any hope remains for a deal to end the conflict.

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Xi Jinping hopes to improve EU–China relations – and drive a wedge between Europe and the US

Vietnam’s political turmoil reveals a turn towards China – and away from the West

The UK should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine – despite Putin’s nuclear threats

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This week, Bronwen Maddox discusses whether we are seeing a resurgence of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, given recent events in the Middle East and rhetoric from world leaders.

She is joined by Robert E Kelly, Professor of Political Science at Pusan National University, Dr Hanna Notte, Director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Dr Patricia Lewis, Director of the International Security Programme at Chatham House.

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Bronwen Maddox is joined this week by journalist Oz Katerji and Phillips P. O’Brien, a Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of St Andrews. Joining them both in the studio is Ukrainian journalist Olga Tokariuk, the OSUN Academy Fellow in the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House.

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The US aid package to Ukraine will help. But a better strategy is urgently needed

As yet another UN Libya envoy quits, his successor must be bolder

The Baltic Sea is far from a ‘NATO lake’ – the alliance must strengthen its defences

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Bronwen Maddox is joined this week by Sanam Vakil, the director of our Middle East programme to discuss Iran's missile attack on Israel and the possible consequences across the region. Joining them both are Professor Yossi Mekelberg and Dr Elham Fakhro, Associate Fellows with our Middle East programme. 

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Iran-Israel exhanges are a test for China’s influence in the Gulf

Iran’s attack on Israel was not the failure many claim but it has ended Israel’s isolation

The strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria could be the spark that ignites the Middle East

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