The World Today

June & July 2022: Nato's role in a new world order

A Chatham House expert panel outlines the challenges for delegates at the Madrid summit where the roadmap for the transatlantic alliance will be created

The £38 million superyacht Phi, owned by an unnamed Russian businessman, was seized in March as part of sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine

Increased illicit money flows and the undermining of climate financing – these and other risks stem from the West’s actions against Russia, says Creon Butler

Acceding to the country’s demands may be risky for the US president – but the looming prospect of a nuclear-armed Tehran is far worse, says Kelsey Davenport

Belarus’s exiled democratic opposition leader tells Roxanne Escobales about her unexpected political career and President Lukashenka’s wavering support for Putin

People stranded in Mallacoota, Victoria are evacuated by army personnel after bushfires ravaged the town in December 2020

Bernice Lee on how the climate crisis could – and should – reinvigorate collaborative foreign policy

An elevated road runs between two brine lagoons in the Salar de Atacama.

Electric vehicles need lithium, and Chile has plenty. But can its bold new government exploit this valuable mineral equitably, asks Thea Riofrancos

As Robin Niblett steps down from his role as Director of Chatham House he reflects on the past 15 years of international affairs

Sweden and Finland may be about to join. America has recommitted. But will NATO be able to exploit this new unity?

Articles

Lump of copper ore in the hands of a miner

What ‘green metals’ will the world need in the shift to renewable energy? And who might the winners and losers be?

Kurdish police in Qamishli, a city on the Syrian-Turkish border, find a stash of captagon tablets hidden in building materials

The ‘poor man’s cocaine’ is now rife across the Middle East, heralding an era of violent, state-sponsored drug-trafficking, says Vanda Felbab-Brown

Revisiting Roe v Wade could set back Latin America’s progress towards a more enlightened stance, says Melissa Ayala Garcia

Riots in Sri Lanka, economic collapse in Pakistan and India stuck in the middle – it’s a perfect storm and the forecast is not improving, says Gareth Price

Student prepares for gaokao exam in China

China’s annual university entrance exam is gruelling for students and parents alike. It also exacerbates regional inequality, says Yu Jie

UN Security Council featuring Per Krohg's mural

Seventy years ago, Norway paid for the interior of ‘the most important room in the world’. Now it’s rediscovering the soft power of its design heritage

Also in this issue

Concerns about British dominance of the organization may have prompted an early challenge to Secretary-General Baroness Scotland

A Fulani herdsman milks one of his cows at Kachia Grazing Reserve, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Ella Dennis and Mike Higgins talk to young activists seeking solutions as global warming wreaks havoc in sub-Saharan Africa

America’s hard-right has successfully played a long game at home, and now it’s schmoozing Europe. We should be worried, says Catherine Fieschi

A shirtless Vladimir Putin feeding a horse

The ills of strongman politics are diagnosed sharply in this accessible overview – but a cure is nowhere to be found, says Natasha Lindstaedt

Marie Yovanovitch after her appearance at a Donald Trump impeachment hearing

The memoir of a former US ambassador to Ukraine reveals the unjust end to the career of an important player in a key geopolitical role, says Marc P Berenson

The stricken Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour after being sunk by two limpet mines planted by French frogmen

The bombing of the Greenpeace ship by French agents did nothing but kill one person and elevate the protest group’s profile, says former crew member Paul Brown

The latest

The first in a series on the impact of Roe v Wade globally, we look at the need to integrate sexual and reproductive health rights into climate change solutions