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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Although Putin has lost some support compared to the halcyon pre-crisis days, it's premature to write him off: Putin is still seen as an authoritative figure, and the best person to lead Russia, writes Andrew Monaghan.
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Professor David Heymann said: '[Drug resistant infections are] a major crisis that is very difficult to deal with because it involves the human and animal sectors, human behaviour and the determination of the organisms to develop resistance.'
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When it comes to controlling global outbreaks such as these we must continue to let evidence speak louder than politics, writes David Heymann.
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Victor Bulmer-Thomas said that [Cristina] Fernández [de Kirchner] would no doubt try to use Francis's previous statements as propaganda but it was unlikely he would enter the debate.
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Fawaz Gerges writes in the Chatham House journal International Affairs that geopolitical developments since Al-Qaida's attacks on the United States have curtailed US influence.
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If the West were willing to deploy the same amount of air power [as in Libya], then perhaps sending arms would actually end the Syria conflict more quickly but given that they are not willing to commit that kind of fire power... all they are doing is they are pouring fuel into the fire of the civil war, says Christopher Phillips.
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Right now, 'the level of finance is too low to energise' developing countries, said Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko, South Africa's ambassador-at-large for climate change, during a meeting on Monday at Chatham House.
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Policy-makers need to understand the public health consequences of allowing intellectual property rights on DNA, writes Anna George.
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They [the islanders] know very well that the commitment which Britain makes to the Falklands cannot ever be completely unconditional, says Victor Bulmer-Thomas.
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Nadim Shehadi... [argues] that, while 'the US certainly bit off more than it could chew in Iraq,' America's intervention 'may have shaken the region out of [a] stagnation that has dominated the lives of at least two generations'.
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Britain is in the midst of a silent and generational struggle against prejudice, writes Matthew Goodwin.
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'At present market fragmentation is severely disrupting the transmission of ECB monetary policy,' [ECB Vice President Vitor] Constancio said during a speech at Chatham House.
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Like any prudent banker protecting his investments, China will be prepared to work with any Venezuelan government, knowing that it will probably have little choice but to keep China sweet, writes Roderic Wye.
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Nadim Shehadi said that 'as long as the Obama administration doesn't want to intervene in Syria, and it doesn't, Assad will feel comfortable.'
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Ansaru appears determined to drag foreign governments into an otherwise domestic conflict by kidnapping and killing foreigners, according to Sola Tayo.
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In February, French oil giant Total moved its Nigeria operations out of the terrorism-hit capital to the south of the country. 'It's a worrisome mutation,' said Alex Vines. 'The consequences of economic engagement in northern Nigeria will be severe.'
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Chatham House's senior energy research fellow Paul Stephens, who has tracked the proposed project's shifting fortunes over almost two decades, rates its likely completion as 'extremely low'.
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A report by Chatham House... identified a considerable Islamophobic sentiment in the UK, detecting a 'wide reservoir of public sympathy for claims that Islam and the growth of settled, Muslim communities pose a fundamental threat to the native group and nation.'
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It's not the end of the road for China-North Korea relations just yet, but it's clear there is considerable frustration and indeed disappointment in Beijing over Pyongyang’s recent behaviour, writes Shaun Breslin.
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With the door still open, in principle, for dialogue and diplomatic negotiation (a route that China continues to advocate), there may still be an opportunity, albeit a rapidly diminishing one, for a negotiated settlement, writes John Swenson-Wright.