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 successes and failures of other oil producing countries show that technical expertise can take you only so far. Good legislation can be rapidly undermined by bad governance, writes Ben Shepherd.
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Accounts appear to suggest that a choking agent could have been used, said Patricia Lewis.
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Analysts at Chatham House have warned that if the Saudis don't slow the rate of demand growth or find alternatives sources of energy, by 2020 the kingdom could be consuming an extra 2 million barrels a day of oil that is currently exported.
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Last October, [opposition candidate Henrique Capriles] capitalized on public cynicism and exhaustion with Chávez's long stay in office. It's no longer enough to run on his opponent's failings. 'He will have to make it clearer than he did last time which policies he will maintain and which he will scrap,' says Victor Bulmer-Thomas.
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Heather Williams said images like the Capitol and New York explosions fitted the theme of previous propaganda from Pyongyang, but added 'at the same time, it's a more serious situation than we have seen in quite a while'.
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The lives of ordinary Iraqis, in terms of the relationship to their state and their economy, are comparable to the situation they faced in the country before regime change, said Toby Dodge in a report written for Chatham House.
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The coalition agreement glosses over deep conceptual differences and personal ambitions. This puts the longevity and attainment of this government in doubt, writes Yossi Mekelberg.
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Jane Kinninmont said: 'Levels of violence have fallen since the civil war of 2006-07, but on average 12 people a day died last year [in Iraq].'
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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.