Chatham House: Independent thinking on international affairs
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Each year Chatham House experts, speakers and publications contribute to around 3,000 interviews and articles in the national and international media. The list below is a short selection of contributions in recent days and weeks.
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The leadership in Tehran is not stupid and they must realise that the whole exercise is costing them a very great deal; this will have an effect on their bargaining position, says Paul Stevens.
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China needs to deepen its financial sector to reflect the country’s financial strength, and it needs the renminbi currency to be convertible, according to a new report by Chatham House.
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Other GCC states have always been wary that Saudi Arabia would seek to dominate any such union, and using Bahrain as a pilot would only have reinforced those fears, says Jane Kinninmont.
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The fighting in the Tripoli suburbs is part of the legacy of Syrian intervention in northern Lebanon, says Nadim Shehadi.
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S&P’s decision to downgrade India reflects the fact that longstanding economic impediments, notably its fiscal deficit, are coming back into view, writes Gareth Price.
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Hong Kong is likely to maintain its competitive edge over Shanghai for a long time to come, irrespective of policy shifts or decisions made in Beijing, according to a new report by Chatham House.
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The uprising is going on regardless of who leads it and the people are coming onto the streets regardless, says Rime Allaf.
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Bringing opposition leader Shaul Mofaz into the government allows the prime minister to say, 'here is another military man who knows what should be done and knows what he is doing,' says Yossi Mekelberg.
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Other rulers should learn from Syria that postponing reform will only increase its eventual costs, writes Jane Kinninmont.
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The greatest issue of uncertainty is the succession of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in Angolan politics, says Alex Vines.
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The correct terminology is an emotional issue for many Iranians. The British don’t mind the French calling the English channel La Manche, but Iran just doesn’t see it that way, says Richard Dalton.
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The more assertive Mitt Romney would certainly raise the temperature in China-US relations, at least at the start of his term, writes Xenia Dormandy.
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These issues will take a long time to negotiate with Germany, but the Franco-German motor will need to demonstrate the show is not coming apart, says Maurice Fraser.
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Iran recognises that the Persian Gulf is largely international waters and they're not laying claim to it as part of their territory in terms of hydrocarbon resources and so on, says Richard Dalton.
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Obama's position on the Chen case just looks very confusing; it looks like they took one position and then another, says Kerry Brown.
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It is not fully convertible, and it is not liquid here London, so the RMB will remain a niche for private investors, says Paola Subacchi.
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By having so many journalists in the country and by having so many celebrities in the country we can raise an issue of human rights and democracy in another way, says Orysia Lutsevych.
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The new energy future will also require much greater societal support and involvement – which is what Japan now has as a result of Fukushima, writes Antony Froggatt, with Catherine Mitchell and Shunsuke Managi.
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Saleh has not absented himself from the political process, and that is a potential spoiler for the reform process, says Leonie Northedge.
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The history is usually that once dissidents do go abroad then they kind of become irrelevant in a way, so that's not a particularly attractive outcome, says Kerry Brown.