Chatham House experts regularly give both oral and written evidence to parliamentary committees in the UK and elsewhere on a wide range of international issues. Reports from Parliamentary Committees often reference existing Chatham House publications. Chatham House also organizes a series of Parliamentary Briefings for MPs and Peers.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
20 October 2010
Power in Pakistan has been exercised for the benefit of the army and its clients within sections of Pakistan's political classes, who stand to benefit from an alliance with the army, says Farzana Shaikh. Read >>
Public Administration Committee, House of Commons, UK
September 2010, Dr Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House
For strategic thinking to have the space to flourish within the UK Government's decision-making, there needs to be, first, an organisational structure in government that protects as far as possible the strategic from being swamped by the urgent and that also enables the Government to think strategically beyond threats and risks and towards opportunities and ambitions. Read >>
Public Administration Committee, House of Commons, UK
September 2010, Dr Paul Cornish, Carrington Professor of International Security, Chatham House
The National Security Strategy 2010 together with Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 should generate a system that can link values/interests, capabilities, resources, current commitments and futures in one coherent system. The system should be able to balance these MoD-internal demands against each other, and should then balance MoD against other governmental commitments within an overarching grand strategy. Read >>
Report prepared for the Italian Parliament
May 2010
Roger Middleton (Chatham House) and Lia Quartapelle's (ISPI Milan) report shows that piracy off the coast of Somalia is growing at an alarming rate. Though it is difficult to disambiguate the impact of Somali piracy from other factors such as the global economic situation, at the level of firms involved in transiting Somali waters there is a clear increase in the costs of doing business the report argues. Despite generating a large inflow of cash for the Somali economy this has had an overwhelmingly negative effect on Somalia by undermining governance structures and boosting demand for activities like arms running.
Read report (in Italian) >>
Science and Technology Committee, House of Lords, UK
8 January 2010
A 2009 Chatham House paper by Dr Falkner et al, Securing the Promise of Nanotechnologies, stated that there is 'little if any interest in pursuing the more ambitious objective of creating an international treaty on nanomaterials regulation'. Report >>
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
11 November 2009, Dr Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House
A special relationship in today's world cannot have the uniqueness that we in Britain expect, says Dr Robin Niblett. Read >> Written Evidence >>
Environmental Audit Committee, House of Commons, UK
June 2009, Duncan Brack, Senior Research Fellow, Energy, Environment and Development Programme, Chatham House
The European Commission's due diligence proposal would help to reduce illegal timber imports, but only if improvements were made to the draft regulation; it would fail in its current form. Read >>
Defence Committee, House of Commons, UK
24 March 2009, Sir Andrew Wood, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
You could perhaps describe the Russian government as a frozen conflict - the President holds the power but in practice he can't exercise it, says Andrew Wood. Watch >>
European Union Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy (Sub-Committee C)
26 February 2009, Dr Kerry Brown, Senior Fellow, Asia Programme, Chatham House.
The economic development of China since 1978 was a key feature of this wide ranging evidence from Kerry Brown. Listen >>
Defence Committee, House of Commons, UK
24 February 2009, James Sherr, Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House.
There is no intention within the Russian political or military leadership to pose what might be called a military threat to any NATO country, says James Sherr. Watch >>
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
4 February 2009, Chatham House Food Supply Project
The prospect of trying to effectively pull greenhouse gas emissions out of the food chain is a challenge which is going to keep many people busy for a very long time, says Andrew Jarvis. Watch >>
Environmental Audit Committee, House of Commons, UK
8 July 2008, Changing Climates, Report of Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe project
The recommendation to create Low Carbon Economic Zones as a way to focus EU energy and climate cooperation with China made in the Chatham House Report, Changing Climates, is cited in this Report of the Environmental Audit Committee, paragraph 61.
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, House of Commons, Canada
July 2008, Dr Robert Jackson, Associate Fellow, International Security Programme.
Canada should be clear about the strategic goal it wants to see achieved in Afghanistan and deduce the details of its policies from the goals, not the other way around, argues Robert Jackson.
EU Sub-Committee A (Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade), House of Lords, UK
6 May 2008, Guy de Jonquières, Senior Research Fellow, International Economics.
There are those in the WTO who argue that the best chance for progress in the Doha round would be to get something teed up, but not concluded, before a new US President takes office, says Guy de Jonquières.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
19 March 2008, Dr John Swenson Wright, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme.
The evolution of Japanese foreign and security policy has in part been prompted by the perceived threat from North Korea, argues John Swenson-Wright.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
21 November 2007, Richard Whitman, Associate Fellow, Europe.
Richard Whitman made the case that although the EU and the Community before it had been successful in some aspects of its foreign economic policy, it had been less successful in its common foreign and security policy.
Defence Committee, House of Commons, UK
9 October 2007, Dr Robin Niblett, Director.
NATO's fundamental purpose is to maintain the transatlantic link on security issues between the United States and the Europe, says Robin Niblett.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
28 February 2007, Dr Rosemary Hollis, Director of Research.
It will need not only strong leadership, but also a cohesive effort from all the principal players involved - the EU, the US and Arab countries - to make progress in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, argues Rosemary Hollis.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
7 March 2007, Nadim Shehadi, Associate Fellow, Middle East Programme.
The Assad regime in Syria is offering the world a deal in which they will completely transform the regime, reform the economy and help with Iraq and Palestine in return for concessions on the Hariri tribunal and return of its influence in Lebanon, says Nadim Shehadi.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
23 May 2007, Professor Ali Ansari, Associate Fellow, Middle East Programme.
Iran's nuclear ambitions as a highly sensitive and very nationalistic issue that has been exploited very effectively by the Government of Mr Ahmadinejad in order, perhaps, to disguise other failings in his Administration, says Ali Ansari.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
16 May 2007, Professor Yury Fedorov, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme.
The basic problems of energy security for both Russia and Europe is whether Russia will be able to avoid or prevent a serious production crisis, especially in the gas industry, and whether it will be able both to fulfill export obligations and satisfy domestic needs, argues Yury Federov.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
2 May 2007, Dr Rosemary Hollis, Director of Research.
Iran has multi-faceted relationships in the Middle East and multiple opportunities to make its presence and position felt, says Rosemary Hollis.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
31 January 2007, Dr Gareth Price, Head, Asia Programme.
There is an issue of disillusionment with the Government, largely because expectations were so high a couple of years ago, and while a lot of international aid and assistance has been given to Afghanistan, the benefits have been rarely seen by the average Afghan, says Gareth Price.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
December 2006, Charu Lata Hogg, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
20 November 2006, Dr Gareth Price, Head, Asia Programme.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
19 July 2006, Dr John Swenson-Wright, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
20 January 2006, Yiyi Lu, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme.
Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK
1 February 2006, Professor David Wall, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme.