Samir Puri: ‘Working near the frontline in Ukraine in 2014 shaped me’

The director of Chatham House’s new Centre for Global Governance and Security on the shift to more ‘transactional’ global relations, civilian suffering in the Donbas and why the era of western dominance is over.

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Published 10 March 2025 — 2 minute READ

Image — A woman stands next to her destroyed home in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, in July 2014. Having a first-hand view of civilian suffering on the frontline was a defining experience for Chatham House’s Samir Puri. Photo: Oleksii Furman/Getty Images.

Dr Samir Puri

Former Director, Global Governance and Security Centre

You have recently arrived at Chatham House as director of its new Centre for Global Governance and Security – what is it?

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