Trump’s plans invite environmental disaster. Harris takes climate change seriously, but lacks detail

The outcome of the US election is consequential for the global climate agenda, through its potential impact on environmental governance and perhaps more importantly, its consequences for global trade and tensions.

Pollsters say domestic issues will decide the contest in November. Yet the debate showed that America’s international standing and its future global role are still central to this election.

Relations between big tech, policymakers and the online accountability community have become hostile and politicized, degrading efforts to combat disinformation.

Secretary Blinken joined Chatham House Director Bronwen Maddox in conversation with an invited audience.

Stark recommendations in the report risk being thwarted by a European leadership vacuum – and a lacking sense of urgency.

Moscow’s agents are trying to destabilize Ukraine’s supporters – but while the Baltic states and Finland are boldly countering Russian espionage, others are more reticent, reports Helen Fitzwilliam.

The term is commonly used but fails to describe the hostility between many Republicans and Democrats ahead of the presidential election. Instead, American politics faces a deeper crisis, writes Julia Azari.

In July, artist Freddie Yauner sent each of Britain’s new intake of 650 MPs a limited edition of his ‘What colour is disaster?’. Why? Because art has a crucial role to play in the climate transition, he tells Mike Higgins.

Jordan’s parliamentary election on 10 September promises to be the most consequential vote since democracy was reintroduced to the kingdom in 1989.

The Pulitzer-Prize winning author tells Ben Horton how super-rich autocrats cooperate in organized networks to subvert the liberal democratic order – and what the world must do to stop them.

The synthetic opioid fentanyl has become one of America’s biggest killers. Now even stronger ‘nitazenes’ have begun to emerge from China’s huge chemical industry, prompting fears of a global health crisis. Danny Vincent talks to those on either side of the front line.

After nearly a year of war in Gaza, Palestinian national politics is more divided than ever. Hamas and Fatah must settle these differences to be ready for ‘the day after’, writes Tahani Mustafa.

Recent land-fill operations have significantly expanded Vietnam’s presence in the contested Spratly Islands and risk escalating regional tensions, write John Pollock and Damien Symon.

UN secretary-general António Guterres hopes the summit will better equip the faltering organization for new global challenges. But restoring faith in multilateralism may take longer, writes Richard Gowan.

The president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations talks to Leslie Vinjamuri about how Harris has ‘energized’ the US election, the dangers of an inward-facing America and the big job that awaits Britain in Europe.

The World Today is back. What’s in Chatham House’s refreshed member magazine? The potential impact of the US presidential election on the world, why autocrats are better connected than ever, how Europe is split on countering Russia’s spies – and much more.

A selection of potted reviews from our sister journal International Affairs, by its book reviews editor Mariana Vieira.

The organization has failed to give voice to the Global South and the countries it most represents. With new approaches to peacekeeping and trade, an African secretary-general can change this, writes ’Funmi Olonisakin.

Opinion: Nearly a year on from October 7, Israeli society is still reeling. Only the end of the current coalition and a strategic overhaul can give the country the rebirth it needs, writes Eran Etzion.

Anna Morgan profiles two cash-strapped projects struggling to offer mental health support to soldiers returning from the front line.

Other countries are doing better jobs of mending fences in Africa and Asia. But the new government has an opportunity to improve post-colonial relations with historical tact and diplomatic generosity, writes Samir Puri.

A ‘deal’ with Putin, tariffs on all imports, targeting Iran…if Donald Trump wins in November and is as good as his word, America may add to global uncertainty and hand its rivals diplomatic victories, writes Michael Cox.

Brazil’s president is likely to target ‘softer’ issues at this November’s gathering – but, analysts tell James Orr, his agenda to raise $250 billion from the super-rich and boost the Global South is ambitious.

The informal group of emerging markets may lack coherence, but ending the dollar’s dominance has become a theme – and digital currency innovations offer interesting possibilities, writes David Lubin.

Private investment is key to closing the vast gap in climate finance, but too little is reaching the world’s most vulnerable countries. COP29 is an opportunity to change this, writes Thierry Watrin.

The head of Chatham House’s Ukraine Forum reveals how her fellow Ukrainians are preparing for winter, why she chose a career in international relations and why her son would love to live in Kyiv.

Anne Applebaum joins the podcast to discuss the threat posed to democracy by a network of authoritarian governments around the world.

States providing military assistance should take note.

A heavy-handed security response to what is widely judged to be a political crisis would be a clear indication that lessons from the past have not been learned.

Like other high-profile weapons systems, the impact of F-16s may be curbed by limited numbers and US restrictions on their use.