Chatham House

Chatham House is a world-leading policy institute based in London. Our mission is to help governments and societies build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world. We pursue our mission through dialogue, analysis and solutions-based ideas, and by empowering the next generation to build a better world.

Our work focuses on our core priorities of resolving conflict, pursuing democracy and multilateralism, and protecting the environment, while also addressing the crises of the moment. Through our research and convening, we are committed to answering the questions the world is asking and to thinking creatively about how to shape a brighter future.

Founded in 1920, Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, has been a source of independent analysis, trusted dialogue and influential ideas for more than one hundred years.


Latest reports

An agenda for UK–China climate cooperation

This report from UK think tank Chatham House argues that climate cooperation can and should be pursued between the UK and Chinese governments. This paper presents the case for increased UK–China climate cooperation, and identifies specific aspects of policy on which future joint work can usefully focus. Such work could offer a valuable counterpoint to...

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North Korea and Russia’s dangerous partnership

This report from UK think tank Chatham House examines the threat to global security from the Kim–Putin axis and how to respond. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has prompted a rapid escalation in cooperation between North Korea and Russia, to the point where in October 2024 North Korea was confirmed to have...

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State capacity, mining and community relations in Peru

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how meaningful and inclusive dialogue can help secure the country's role in global supply chains. With its rich reserves of copper, Peru is poised to play a key role in global supply chains for projects to reduce carbon emissions and enable the transition to a...

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Why engineered carbon removals are at odds with energy security and affordability

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at tackling the costs and risks in net zero strategies. At the heart of net zero is a reliance on negative emissions, or carbon removals, to counterbalance emissions from sectors such as agriculture, shipping and aviation that are technically and economically very difficult to decarbonize. But...

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Closing the climate finance gap

This report from UK think tank Chatham House explores the challenges of increasing climate finance to emerging markets and developing countries. With climate impacts getting worse and temperature records being broken, the pressure on countries to raise more money in support of climate action continues to increase. But the ‘climate finance gap’ – the difference...

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Azerbaijan’s climate leadership challenge

This report from UK think tank Chatham House examines what’s at stake at COP29 and beyond. Azerbaijan hosts the UN’s 29th climate Conference of the Parties (COP29), from 11 to 22 November, at a critical moment for multilateral efforts to address climate change. Climate impacts are worsening, yet action is inadequate to the scale of...

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How strategic collaboration on the bioeconomy can boost climate and nature action

This report from UK think tank Chatham House examines the potential for international coordination on bio-based innovations. Sustainable bioeconomies can play a significant role in the transition to low-carbon emitting economies that conserve and protect nature, but a lack of cooperation and coordination is obstructing potential progress. A collaborative approach that considers the trade-offs of...

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Principles for state approaches to commercial cyber intrusion capabilities

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at navigating the policy challenges of cyber intrusion markets. The rapid growth of markets in which cyber intrusion capabilities can be bought and sold as products and services by states, companies and criminals raises thorny policy challenges that are not adequately addressed by existing concepts of...

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Four scenarios for the end of the war in Ukraine

This report from UK think tank Chatham House assesses the political and economic challenges ahead for the end of the war in Ukraine. There are four possible outcomes for Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine: ‘long war’, ‘frozen conflict’, ‘victory for Ukraine’ and ‘defeat for Ukraine’. Regardless of which scenario emerges, the far-reaching and traumatic sociological,...

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Tackling judicial bribery and procurement fraud in Nigeria

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how harnessing public disapproval can enable collective action against corruption. Nigeria’s corruption challenges are central to the country’s struggles with insecurity, inequality and inadequate provision of public goods and services. Tackling corrupt activities is made more difficult by their interdependence. The misappropriation of public funds...

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Iraq’s young agents of change

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at supporting youth-led civic engagement after Tishreen. Five years after the start of the Tishreen movement, the current absence of a mass protest movement in Iraq should not be interpreted as a sign that young people have become less ambitious, or that they are more accepting...

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How the circular economy can revive the Sustainable Development Goals

This report from UK think tank Chatham House explores how the circular economy could support each of the 17 SDGs. With progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) badly off track, international policymakers are scrambling for solutions that can both revitalize the current SDG agenda and drive more effective action on humanity’s big challenges...

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The internet under attack

This report from UK think tank Chatham House features insights from Afghanistan and Ukraine on maintaining a resilient internet in conflict and crisis. Many aspects of modern conflict are increasingly defined by the internet and digital technologies. The concept of resilience is essential to understanding the complex web of incentives, interests and dependencies that have...

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Tackling the Niger–Libya migration route

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how armed conflict in Libya shapes the Agadez mobility economy. Following the Libyan revolution in 2011, the number of migrants passing through Agadez, in Niger, en route to Europe, grew significantly, fuelling a migration boom in the city. In response to the increase in arrivals...

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Tracing the ‘continuum of violence’ between Nigeria and Libya

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how the movement of people from Edo State fuels the Libyan conflict economy. Despite being thousands of miles apart, Libya and Edo State in southern Nigeria are connected by a centuries-old route for trade and the movement of people. Since the outbreak of conflict in...

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Upcoming events

29 April 2025

Location: Online / Chatham House, 10 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LE

Think tank: Chatham House

What is Trumpism?

This event hosted by UK think tank Chatham House will analyse how the Trump administration is rewriting US foreign policy. As the Trump administration reaches 100 days in office, the world has been intensely focussed on how US President Donald Trump is rewriting American foreign policy. Redoubling its efforts to implement the “America First” doctrine,...

8 May 2025

Location: Online / Chatham House, 10 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LE

Think tank: Chatham House

Why the China-India relationship matters for the future of the global order

This event hosted by UK think tank Chatham House will examine China and India’s bilateral relationship and how the West should respond. While the US–China relationship is regarded as the key defining geopolitical relationship of the 21 century, the relationship between China and India holds greater long-term significance to the emerging multipolar global order. There is...