This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at options and priorities for rebuilding a collapsed system in Venezuela. In Venezuela, as around the world, the provision of reliable and affordable electric power is essential for the availability of vital humanitarian services such as healthcare and water supply, as well as enabling public transport,...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at hyperglobalization and the heterogeneity of protest movements. Populist challengers to the political establishment have emerged across Europe in recent years, with both right-wing and left-wing movements and parties gaining traction. Many theories have been put forward to explain the phenomenon, given the significant impact of...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how servicing post-Soviet elites weakens the rule of law. The growth of London as a centre for financial and professional services coincided with the collapse of the USSR and the rise of post-Soviet kleptocracies in the 1990s. These states and their elites have since become...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at China's increasingly complex engagement in global governance. China’s trade and development finance objectives and Western concerns about these have remained relatively consistent over the last two decades. However, as China’s economy and influence have expanded, the response of the international community has become more robust...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at risks to food and nutrition security during and after the pandemic. Since its onset, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested the resilience of food systems around the world. The impacts of this unprecedented global event on food and nutrition security had the potential to be extraordinarily...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the convergence of French and German approaches to Russia. Areas of common interest in French and German approaches to Russia make it possible to envisage cooperation between Paris and Berlin in the security and the economic spheres. Both France and Germany are determined to confront...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at incentives for engagement and implementation. In recent years, Mozambique has become the focus of increasing international investment in the exploration and exploitation of its abundant mineral resources, but ongoing instability creates challenges for the security of operating companies and their workers. State and private security...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at drawing lessons from Syria to improve global reporting systems. Despite the existence of international conventions and laws governing the use of force in war, attacks against healthcare workers and facilities remain a feature of contemporary armed conflict. Analysis by WHO indicates that the number of...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at if the recent ‘rights turn’ in climate change litigation is a trend set to continue. Human rights-based climate change litigation is a fast-growing trend: between 2015 and mid-2020, 40 such cases were brought before national courts and international bodies. An increasing proportion of cases are...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the role of central government, provincial-level authorities and state-owned enterprises in China. This briefing paper challenges the conventional wisdom that China functions as a unitary player in its foreign policymaking process. In reality, Beijing’s approach to external issues is a result of intense bargaining between...