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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I think most Kenyans approved of how the first debate was conducted. Kenyans certainly approved of seeing the candidates up against each other, said Adjoa Anyimadu.
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Boko Haram has the profile in Nigeria and so it is easy to assume that they are the most active group, but the situation in the north is very fluid, says Elizabeth Donnelly.
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[SARS] was rapidly contained within less than four months of the initial alert, as a result of an unprecedented level of international cooperation designed to prevent it from becoming established in people, as HIV/AIDS had done during the 20th century, says Professor David Heymann.
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Mr Jebali was by all accounts a man who sought political compromise during his term. His failure to find a way forward will frustrate Tunisians waiting for government progress, especially on economic issues, said Jon Marks.
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[The Khawalids] have come out of obscurity. These guys are engaged in a huge battle for control of [Bahrain's royal] family, says Kristian Coates Ulrichsen.
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The only thing that surprised me was that Hillary Clinton was in favor of the plan. Almost everything Clinton said in the last year reinforces Assad's power, rather than weakens it, says Nadim Shehadi.
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It's becoming very complicated in this region figuring out who is responsible for what, says Lizzie Donnelly.
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A real bubble has formed in [the European energy market], most notably in Spain and Germany. So reducing subsidies will help reduce the excessive pace of development, says William Blyth.
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Today, says Richard Whitman, 'it's impossible to be selected as a member of parliament for the Conservative Party if you have anything but Euro-sceptical views'.
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The UAE-Egypt spat 'does have a huge bearing on the success of the Arab transitions', said Jane Kinninmont.
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Italy’s new government will have to display leadership and vision to guide the economy toward stable growth, avert a race to the bottom, and stem growing social tension, writes Paola Subacchi.
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Because of the small scale of individual investments, their low leverage and, in some cases, their experience of relocation because of arbitrary shifts in Syria's economic climate in the 1990s, the country's businessmen are 'quite fleet of foot', said David Butter of the Royal Institute for International Affairs.
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Sir John's intervention, in a speech to Chatham House, is likely to be welcomed by Downing Street but will be met with anger by parts of the Conservative Party.
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Speaking at Chatham House on Thursday, he said: 'I don't like referenda in a parliamentary system, but this referendum could heal many old sores and have a cleansing effect on politics.'
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Speaking to the Chatham House think tank, he said: 'At present, we are drifting towards and possibly through the European exit. We need a renegotiation and a referendum endorsement of it.'
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John Major knows a thing or two about naughty Tory MPs and Europe. So David Cameron would do well to listen to his Chatham House speech today in which he advised the PM to give up on the 'irreconcilables who are prepared to bring own any government or any Prime Minister in support of their opposition to the European Union'.
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Given Sir John's extensive experience of both vitriol at home and interminable compromise in Brussels, his speech at Chatham House was suitably packed with insights.
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But in a speech at Chatham House, he also said Mr Cameron should be braced for a backlash from Conservative eurosceptics who would settle for nothing less than EU withdrawal.
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'It is a gamble for the country and for the Conservative Party,' Major said in a speech at Chatham House.