Andy Burnham’s new government faces the same dilemmas as its predecessor in responding with limited resources to a volatile ...

Egypt may yet join Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan in their mutual defence pact. But for now, Cairo is continuing its ...

Without accompanying reforms, the risk is that President Tinubu’s plan only makes Nigeria’s army bigger but not better.

Tensions with the US and Alberta are leading Prime Minister Carney to back new oil and gas infrastructure. Smoothing the path to electrification would be a better use of public funds.

Image — Demonstrators at a rally in support of Afghan women and girls in Madrid, Spain, on 20 June 2026. Photo by Francesco Militello Mirto/NurPhoto via Getty Images. The women of Afghanistan have ...

Image — Customers and vendors stand next to a campaign billboard for Ivorian president and presidential candidate Alassane Ouattara at a market in Abobo, a suburb of Abidjan on 18 October 2025. Photo ...

Come and listen to first-hand analysis from Chatham House experts who will examine how the midterms might reshape US politics ...

Iceland’s referendum on EU membership comes at a time of growing geopolitical competition in the Arctic and renewed debate over European enlargement. The outcome could shape Iceland’s future strategic ...

US–Mexico trade: from NAFTA to USMCA to tariff uncertainty The USMCA replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), in place between 1994 and 2020. US president Donald Trump referred to ...

Image — Protesters make signs with their arms in front of Kenya police officers during a demonstration against tax hikes as MPs debate the Finance Bill 2024 in Nairobi on 18 June 2024. Photo by Luis ...

‘Speed is necessary, and haste is harmful,’ said Russian Marshal Prince Alexander Suvorov in The Science of Victory (1765). That captures a tension that has remained embedded in Russian strategic ...

Though it struggles to capture the international media’s attention, Sudan’s war has precipitated the world’s largest humanitarian, hunger, displacement and protection crises. More than 19 months of ...