The Open Centre: Reimagining Europe’s Offer to a Fractured World
Chatham House specials
‘Europe is like faith: when you have it, nothing can shake it,’ says Grégoire Roos, director of the Europe and Russia and Eurasia Programmes at Chatham House. He explains why he believes Europe should stop defining itself in relation to the United States and China, reject narratives of civilizational decline, and instead build a more confident, open and inclusive vision for its role in the world. Grégoire Roos speaks with Mike Higgins, editor of The World Today, in a wide-ranging conversation based on his...
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As Europe faces flying alone, will Germany be the main pilot?
Chatham House specials
Why did the German-French-Spanish fighter project – the Future Combat Air System – fail? Has Germany’s rise to become Europe’s leading defence investor profoundly shifted the balance of power on the continent? In a wide-ranging discussion about European defence ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara on 7-8 July, Dr Marion Messmer, Director of Chatham House’s International Security Programme, and Grégoire Roos, Director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Programmes take a deep dive into these questions with Stephen Farrell, head of News and Comment.
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Thatcher to Trump: Lawrence Freedman on UK foreign policy in wars and crises
Chatham House specials
Lawrence Freedman, author and international relations authority, reflects on the ‘utter chaos’ of the Trump administration, America’s ‘catastrophic’ foreign policy, the likelihood of an international shock to Britain’s politics, the impact of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in his time working at Chatham House, his meetings with KGB agents, and much more, in a wide-ranging conversation with Olivia O’Sullivan, director of the UK in the World Programme, Chatham House. For an edited version of this conversation, read the summer issue of ,...
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Haiti’s security crisis: what’s next?
Chatham House specials
With the publication of the recent Chatham House research paper ‘A roadmap for security and governance reform in Haiti’, Christopher Sabatini and Laurel Rapp discuss how the international community can help Haiti.
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Reflections at 100: Women in international affairs
Chatham House specials
The last episode of Reflections at 100, marking the centenary of International Affairs, looks at women’s contributions to international thought, and how they have been erased from the discipline of International Relations. Isabel and Krisztina speak to Dr Katharina Rietzler about women’s contributions to the journal and international relations, especially in the UK. Then, Krisztina speaks to Professor Barbara Savage about Black women’s contributions to international relations in the US. To wrap up this episode, Leah de Haan sheds light on Chatham House's Equality, Diversity and...
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Reflections at 100: Empire and decolonization
Chatham House specials
This episode of Reflections at 100, marking the centenary of International Affairs, the journal of Chatham House, looks at how empire and decolonization have been discussed in the journal. Isabel and Krisztina speak to Meera Sabaratnam about how thinkers and policy-makers from the 1920s to 1970s understood both empire and then decolonization. Meera highlights four tensions present within the discussions, and how these may impact the international order today. Inderjeet Parmar delves deeper into the influence of Chatham House at the time and situates these discussions in the broader...
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Reflections at 100: Refugees and migration
Chatham House specials
What drives refugee movements and how should policies manage them? This episode of Reflections at 100, marking the centenary of International Affairs, the journal of Chatham House, looks at refugees and migration. Isabel speaks to Emily Venturi about the movement of refugees, the development of global humanitarian systems and the change in thinking on refugees over time. Then she interviews Ali Bilgic on how populism has impacted refugee policy in Britain, and women’s experiences of the detention system. Reflections at 100 is a mini-series accompanying the journal’s centenary Archive...
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War in Ukraine: Rebuilding Ukraine
Chatham House specials
In this final episode of our special series, we speak to Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko and Professor Georgiy Kassianov. How can Ukraine rebuild while coexisting with Russia? What is needed to rebuild a stronger country efficiently and effectively? Host: Ned Sedgwick Guests : (Ukrainian diplomat currently serving as Ukraine's Ambassador to the UK), Professor Georgiy Kassianov (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland) This episode was produced by David Dargahi of on behalf of .
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War in Ukraine: How Russia and its oligarchs avoid sanctions
Chatham House specials
How have western financial institutions created loopholes for the Russian elite? Are sanctions truly enforceable on oligarchs with a strong foothold in cities like London? What is Putin’s role in all of this? Host: Ned Sedgwick Guests: (Chatham House Visiting Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme), (author of Butler to the World and Moneyland) This episode was produced by David Dargahi of on behalf of .
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War in Ukraine: Impact of ongoing food shortage crisis
Chatham House specials
In this episode we follow up on the food shortage crisis we looked at in the beginning weeks of the war on . What long-term problems can we expect because of the disruption to agriculture in Ukraine? Is there any hope for a solution? Host: Ned Sedgwick Guests : (Chatham House Senior Research Fellow, Global Economy and Finance Programme; Project Director, Global Trade Policy Forum), (Chatham House Senior Research Fellow, Environment and Society Programme) This episode was produced by David Dargahi of on behalf of .
info_outlineThis episode of Reflections at 100, marking the centenary of International Affairs, the journal of Chatham House, looks at China’s role in the world over the past century. Isabel Muttreja and Krisztina Csortea speak to Evelyn Goh, who provides a whistle-stop tour of Chinese history. They also discuss how China has been understood in the journal over time.
Then Krisztina interviews Rosemary Foot about the impact of history on current affairs in China, before Isabel gets Xiangfeng Yang’s perspective on US–China relations from Donald Trump to current US president Joe Biden.
Reflections at 100 is a mini-series accompanying the journal’s centenary Archive Collections. The collections bring together articles from our archive which speak to the past, present and future of current affairs issues. In each podcast episode we speak to contributors from the issue and explore what the research tells us about policy-making today.
International Affairs was started at Chatham House in 1922 to communicate research to members who could not attend in person. Over the last 100 years it has transformed into a journal that publishes academically rigorous and policy relevant research. It is published for Chatham House by Oxford University Press. Read the latest issue here.
Explore the Archive Collection freely until the end of June 2022, including Evelyn’s introduction:
100 years of China in international politics
Read Rosemary Foot’s article:
Remembering the past to secure the present: Versailles legacies in a resurgent China
Read Xiangfeng Yang’s article:
The great Chinese surprise: the rupture with the United States is real and is happening
Credits:
Speakers: Evelyn Goh, Rosemary Foot, Xiangfeng Yang
Hosts: Isabel Muttreja, Krisztina Csortea
Editor: Jamie Reed Sound Services
Recorded and produced by Chatham House