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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 Gulf states are unnerved by the ease with which the US and UK have shifted towards engaging with the Muslim Brotherhood in North Africa, says Jane Kinninmont.
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This latest move would seem to increase the likelihood of the royal succession moving to the third generation earlier than many expected, says Jane Kinninmont.
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Obama is more of a European-type leader. He resonates here very well, in a way that may cost him at home, says Xenia Dormandy.
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Radicalization is increasing. This is a major development in the course of events in the country. It.s unlikely any foreign power was involved in the blasts, says Jane Kinninmont.
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With almost all the oil that is going through the Strait of Hormuz heading for Asia, it means continuity of supply from there is not an issue for the US any more. It is an Asian problem, says John Mitchell.
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Romney talks about a strong, exceptional America, a leading America. And he talks about increasing defense spending. All of those things are things that make Europeans a little bit nervous, noted Xenia Dormandy.
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, meanwhile, took the opportunity Thursday to tell an audience at Chatham House that there was 'no hope' of a cut in the EU budget.
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European leaders want a US that will be 'outward looking', and will approach world disputes in a way that 'strikes a balance between active engagement, and if necessary, use of force', says Maurice Fraser.
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Benoit Gomis says that Britain and France are trying to respond to US calls for Europe 'pull its weight', citing joint defense treaties signed by the two states in 2010 and, recently, a joint program to build drones.
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You will never achieve (anything) by stamping your foot and saying, 'Well, we want to be part of this club, we want to unilaterally rewrite the rules of the game and we want to pick and choose unilaterally what we sign up to,' [Nick Clegg] said in a speech to Chatham House.
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In a speech at Chatham House, the deputy prime minister Nick Clegg entered the fray, stating that Salmond's statements on Scotland getting automatic membership of the EU 'has no basis in fact'.
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A lot of this is just cosmetic. Let's wait and see what the details of the deployments are before we think Germany has changed, says Anand Menon.
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Speaking at Chatham House, Mr Clegg said the Lib Dems will play no part in taking back powers without absolute assurances that Britain can opt back in.
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In a speech at the Chatham House thinktank in London, Clegg said he was completely at one with the prime minister over the coalition plans to negotiate a real-terms freeze in the next seven-year EU budget.
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'A grand, unilateral repatriation of powers might sound appealing but in reality, it is a false promise, wrapped in a Union Jack,' said Mr Clegg in a speech at Chatham House.
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In a speech at Chatham House, the Deputy Prime Minister argued that insisting on a cut would only cost taxpayers more because it would ensure there would be no deal.
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[Labour's] change of heart is dishonest, it's hypocritical. And worst of all, Labour's plan would cost the taxpayer more, not less, he is expected to say.
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In a speech at Chatham House the Liberal Democrat leader will point out that failing to agree a seven-year budget will mean reverting to the higher annual budget.
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In a speech to be delivered to Chatham House [Nick Clegg] will say that Labour was well aware there was 'absolutely no prospect' of achieving a real-terms cut.
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In a speech at Chatham House today Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is expected call the Labour party 'hypocritical' and 'dishonest' for their last-minute decision to demand a reduction in the EU budget.