Annual Review 2013–14
Navigating the new geopolitics
New power dynamics
Security challenges
Economic interdependencies
Resource futures
Law and governance
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of
International Affairs, is a world-leading
source of independent analysis, informed
debate and influential ideas on how to
build a prosperous and secure world for all.
Contents
2–3 Introduction
2013–14 Review
4–7 About us
What we do at Chatham House
Africa | Asia | Eurasia | MENA | US
8–13 New power dynamics
Asia | Cyber | Energy | MENA | Nuclear
14–19
Security challenges
Africa | Europe | Finance | G20
20–25 Economic interdependencies
Asia | Energy | Food | Water
26–29 Resource futures
Armed Conflict | Health | Human Rights
30–35 Law and governance
36 Honorary Treasurer’s Report
37 Financial Headlines
38 Patron, Presidents and Council
38 Panel of Senior Advisers and individual supporters
40 Financial Support
44 Staff and Associate Fellows
Chatham House | 1
Introduction
2013–14 Review
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Chairman’s Statement
I am delighted to report that 2013–14 was another
successful year for the Royal Institute of International
Affairs, as the organization deepened and expanded further
its research output and convening activities in a truly
qualitative manner.
I wrote last year, my first as Chairman, that my role is
to support and enable the Director and the Chatham House
team in their strategic objectives, which are to enhance our
capabilities where required; implement new initiatives;
ensure that we have the space and capacity to accommodate
expansion; and secure longer-term funding. These goals
still stand and we have made significant progress on nearly
all fronts.
We now have 140 full-time members of staff, with
much of the growth coming from the continuing expansion
of research. Total income for 2013–14 was £12,766,000,
up from £9,845,000 the previous year (see the Honorary
Treasurer’s Report for further details). Combined with this
growth is an increasing diversity in our sources of funding,
with a particular rise in the level of grants from foundations.
In addition, the financial contributions from our sponsored
conferences and our discretionary fundraising are
significantly higher. Membership continues to grow
in a steady fashion in all categories.
Following the acquisition of the ground floor of Ames
House (next door to Chatham House in Duke of York Street)
and with further growth anticipated in the years ahead as
we approach our centenary in 2020, it has been recognized
that we lack the necessary financial reserve upon which
to base our longer-term plans. The Council has therefore
established a Second Century Initiative that will run until
the institute’s centenary. This Initiative will help Chatham
House to acquire the long-term resources to ensure its
independence.
Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State and
winner of last year’s Chatham House Prize, told us that
in these fast-changing times we all need to hold on to our
values and be smart as we navigate future challenges – and
that she counts on Chatham House to help do this. At our
conference on ‘Combating Global Corruption’, Mo Ibrahim,
Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, noted
the paramount importance of credibility for businesses and
governments alike. Both speakers reminded me that the
institute’s role is as highly valued as ever, and its integrity
has never been more important.
One measure of how highly we are regarded in our
field was our ranking in January 2014 as the top non-US
think-tank for the sixth consecutive year, and the second
best think-tank in the world for the third year in a row,
in the University of Pennsylvania’s annual Global Go To
Think Tank Index of more than 6,000 peer organizations
from across the world.
2012
2014
Amendments to the Charter and By-laws were unanimously
approved at the Annual General Meeting in July 2013
and subsequently approved at a Privy Council meeting on
11 December. These changes allowed the institute to bring
its governing documents up to date with current legislation,
remove redundant provisions and improve the clarity
and definition of key elements in both documents to better
reflect our current requirements.
This year Mohammed Abdel-Haq, Ryan Gawn
and Martin Giles will step down as Council members.
I would like to thank each of them for their engagement,
which together with that of all my Council colleagues,
our Presidents and Senior Advisers has been invaluable
in shaping the institute’s impact and recent successes.
Finally, I would like to commend the Director,
Robin Niblett, and Chatham House staff and associate
fellows for the many achievements and outputs noted in
this year’s Annual Review. I am also immensely grateful to
our members and supporters for their contributions and
the ongoing and active roles they play in the successes of
the institute. I am particularly pleased to acknowledge
and welcome new donors who are broadening our existing
networks and support base. Thanks to you all, Chatham
House has not only maintained but also enhanced
its reputation as one of the world’s most trusted and
independent policy institutes on international affairs.
Stuart Popham
Director’s Statement
Chatham House made significant progress on a number
of fronts in 2013–14. I will highlight four here. First,
Chatham House strengthened and expanded its outputs
in the institute’s four areas of focus: international security
including global health security; international economics;
energy, environment and resources; and area studies and
international law.
The quality and scope of our research and convening
continued to benefit from our independent and trusted
reputation around the world, and our ability to engage
outwards from the heart of London. For example, together
with the Centre for International Governance Innovation
in Canada, we launched earlier this year the Global
Commission on Internet Governance, chaired by Carl Bildt,
Sweden’s minister of foreign affairs.
Our Resources Futures report was ranked second
in the world in the category of Best Policy/Study Report,
and the institute was assessed as having the third Best
Transdisciplinary Research Programme by the University
of Pennsylvania in its 2013 Global Go To Think Tank Index.
And another report, using new research to identify volumes
of theft of crude oil in Nigeria, had a major international
impact in the sector and was widely and repeatedly cited in
the international press, including the International New York
Times, the Financial Times, The Economist and Foreign Policy,
as well as on the BBC and CNN.
Many of our studies are focused on resolving some
of today’s most intractable challenges, so it is important for
us to draw effectively on the lessons of our earlier work,
which goes back almost a century. This year we officially
launched our digital archive in collaboration with Cengage.
This provides access to our rich history of content in over
half a million pages of primary sources, ensuring that the
institute will remain a vital source of accessible information
and analysis for future generations.
Second, our ability to attract leading and emerging
thinkers from a growing range of sectors and backgrounds
has also been strengthened this past year. We can now
engage future leaders from around the world as fellows
in our Academy for Leadership in International Affairs.
The Academy was launched in September 2013 with the
support of an Academy Advisory Board, chaired by The Rt
Hon the Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Chatham House
Co-President. This year we hosted Academy Fellows from
China, Georgia, Japan, Russia and Syria, and their inputs
have broadened further the perspectives we can offer.
The intention is to expand the number of Academy Fellows
this year from six to ten.
I am also pleased to welcome Kevin Rudd, former prime
minister and foreign minister of Australia, as a distinguished
visiting fellow. His role at Chatham House will be to
contribute to the institute’s activities relating to Asia,
including China, the role of the G20 and climate change.
Also, in March 2014, we appointed a new Head of the Asia
Programme, Dr John Swenson-Wright, who will lead the
institute’s growing agenda of work on this increasingly
important region of the world.
Third, our new logo and redesigned website are
intended to provide the institute with an enhanced calling
card that will be better understood by our networks around
the world. By reintroducing our formal name ‘The Royal
Institute of International Affairs’ alongside ‘Chatham
House’, we underscore the fact that the institute is not only
a trusted venue for debate but also one that undertakes
rigorous analysis of major international developments.
It also highlights the independence we derive from our
Royal Charter.
Fourth, given that London is, arguably, the world’s
first global capital, we were conscious that the city lacked
a major annual event on international affairs. The inaugural
Chatham House London Conference, which was held on
3 June at Lancaster House, aims to use London’s advantages
as a global hub in order to foster a comprehensive debate
on the systemic risks facing the world as a result of the
deepening process of globalization.
As noted by the Chairman, our progress must be
acknowledged in the context of all those who support
us. Our Presidents, Council, Senior Advisers, members
and individual supporters provide the guidance and the
resources that Chatham House staff and our associate
fellows need to develop new ideas and convene debates
on international affairs. In turn, the institute’s staff and
associate fellows have continued to rise to the challenge
through a commitment to excellence in all that they do,
which is clearly visible in this year’s Annual Review.
Dr Robin Niblett
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About us
What we do at Chatham House
Origins
In 1919 British and American delegates to the Paris
Peace Conference, appalled by the waste of human life
caused by the First World War, conceived the idea of
an Anglo-American institute of foreign affairs to study
international problems.
In the event, the British Institute of International
Affairs was founded in London in July 1920 and the
American delegates established the Council on Foreign
Relations separately in New York. The institute received
its Royal Charter in 1926 and became the Royal Institute
of International Affairs. Since 1923 the institute has been
based at Chatham House and is now more commonly
known by this name. Chatham House, the home of three
former British prime ministers, is located in historic
St James’s Square close to key government departments
in the heart of London.
Mission
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs,
is a world-leading source of independent analysis, informed
debate and influential ideas on how to build a prosperous
and secure world for all.
The institute:
• engages governments, the private sector, civil society
and its members in open debates and confidential
discussions about significant developments in
international affairs;
• produces independent and rigorous analysis of critical
global, regional and country-specific challenges and
opportunities;
• offers new ideas to decision-makers and -shapers
on how these could best be tackled from the near to
the long term.
Demand for Chatham House’s research, convening capacity
and ideas is growing. In response, the institute is focusing
its efforts on three priorities: expanding and deepening core
areas of research capacity; engaging emerging leaders from
around the world, through the creation of an Academy
for Leadership in International Affairs within the institute;
and gaining access to additional physical space adjacent
to the institute’s current premises in order to accommodate
the first two priorities.
Independent analysis
What we do
• Our reports, papers, books and other research
output provide independent and in-depth analysis.
Area studies
and international
law
International
security
International
economics
Energy,
environment
and resources
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• International Affairs, a leading journal of
international relations, combines policy relevance
with an academic, in-depth analytical approach to
contemporary world politics.
• The World Today, the institute’s magazine, presents
authoritative analysis and commentary on current
topics. It provides a vital background for experts,
business planners, academics and others.
• The Chatham House website received 1,633,316
individual visits last year.
• The institute received more than 2,000 citations in
major international media outlets during 2013–14.
Chatham House is now placed in the top five, in terms
of media coverage, in comparison with the world’s
leading think-tanks.
Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of Serbia
(2012–14), speaking on ‘Serbia’s
Future in Europe’ in October 2013.
Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister,
Australia, speaking on ‘The Evolution
of Australian Foreign Policy’ in
March 2013.
Members
Ever since its founding in 1920, Chatham House has relied
on its members, both individuals and corporates, to support
its mission, especially its role as a platform for informed
debate on the most pressing issues in international affairs.
Members are drawn from the worlds of business, diplomacy,
academia, politics, the media and civil society. They play
an essential role in questioning and challenging world
leaders and other speakers when they visit Chatham House.
While the majority are UK-based, overseas members (based
in more than 76 countries) form an increasingly significant
proportion of the total.
Chatham House benefits from a wide range of
philanthropic, research-related and membership support.
This diversity of support is critical to the independence
of the institute.
The Chatham House Council is composed of
members of the institute, elected annually for a three-year
term. The Council may co-opt a small number of additional
members each year.
It is my great honour to speak to you
here today in the shrine of foreign
policy thought.
Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of Serbia (2012–14)
Chatham House provides a forum in which
I can meet members and international
speakers with valuable insights and
updates on my particular field of activities.
Dr David Skidmore OBE MA MD FRCS
Consulting Surgeon and member of Chatham House
Informed debate
New policy ideas
• Around 120 events for members and some 15 major
one- or two-day conferences last year enabled world
leaders and experts to exchange ideas.
• A number of research projects culminate in Chatham
House Reports which make recommendations for
tackling a range of key policy challenges.
• Research programmes hosted more than 250
workshops, seminars and briefings on a range
of policy questions.
• These recommendations are frequently developed
iteratively with leading policy-makers, giving them
a stake in the ideas.
• Experts frequently provide evidence to government
officials and legislators in Beijing, Brussels, Delhi,
London, Washington and other capitals.
• Experts provide briefings with their ideas to
government officials and legislators in relevant
capitals around the world.
• Regular briefings for corporate partners and members
allow them to interact with invited speakers under
the Chatham House Rule.
• Chatham House consistently ranks highly in the
University of Pennsylvania’s annual Global Go To
Think Tank Index, where it has been assessed by
its peers as the No.1 think-tank outside the US for
six consecutive years and No. 2 worldwide for the
past three years.
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About us
I am delighted to be associated with
Chatham House. We are living in
fast-changing times. We have to hold on
to our values and our ideals but we have
to be smart about how we chart our
course forward together. I count on
Chatham House to be one of the guides
as we navigate to whatever the future
holds for us.
Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State (2009–13),
receiving the Chatham House Prize in October 2013
Left: Baroness Scotland QC,
Co-President of Chatham House,
speaking at the 2013 Chatham House
Prize award ceremony.
Far left: From left to right:
Baroness Scotland QC in conversation
with Bill Clinton, Kevin Rudd and
Lynn Forester de Rothschild at the
Chatham House Prize award ceremony.
2013
July
August
September
October
November
December
Report on Iraq
Iraq on the International
Stage: Foreign Policy
and National Identity in
Transition warned about
the dangers of exploiting
sectarian discourses in the
country and the region.
The World Today focus
on the Arctic
A special issue of
The World Today focused
on the globalization of
the Arctic, with senior
research fellow Charles
Emmerson looking at
the competition for its
vast wealth of natural
resources.
Academy for Leadership
in International Affairs
The Academy welcomed
the first intake of
fellows − potential and
established leaders
from around the world
who spend up to twelve
months at Chatham
House.
Focus on foreign
correspondents
Bill Neely of ITV News
(below), Harriet
Alexander from The
Telegraph, and Professor
Richard Sambrook
from Cardiff University
discussed the future
of international news
reporting.
Extractives industries
report launch
Conflict and Coexistence in
the Extractives Industries
warned that disputes
over extractives projects
are set to escalate – the
report’s recommendations
were widely welcomed
by experts and policymakers.
Afghanistan:
Opportunity in Crisis
In the run-up to the 2014
presidential elections in
Afghanistan, Chatham
House experts prepared
publications, events,
podcasts and video
interviews on how
Western governments can
encourage and support
stability.
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Left to right: Martti Ahtisaari, President
of Finland (1994–2000), Nobel Peace
Laureate, 2008 with Lakhdar Brahimi,
United Nations-Arab League Special
Representative to Syria, and Jimmy Carter,
President of the United States (1977–81),
Nobel Peace Laureate, 2002, discussing
‘Can The Two State Solution Be Saved?’
in July 2013.
Right: Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Economic
Adviser, Africa Economic Development
Policy Initiative, Open Society Foundations
at the inaugural Chatham House London
Conference in June 2014.
Far right: Ruan Zongze, Vice President,
China Institute of International Studies and
Alyson Bailes, Adjunct Professor, University
of Iceland at the London Conference.
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague
at the inaugural London Conference
in June 2014 with Chatham House
Director Robin Niblett. Each year the
institute hosts around 400 events in
London and internationally.
2014
January
February
March
April
May
June
International Affairs
90th anniversary
An event to mark the
90th volume of the journal
included remarks on its
history and contribution
to international relations
by Professor Sir Lawrence
Freedman and Professor
Christopher Hill.
Jeremy Paxman on Britain
and the Great War
In an event chaired
by Dr Anthony Seldon,
Master, Wellington
College, broadcaster
Jeremy Paxman spoke
about his book Great
Britain’s Great War.
Parliamentary briefing
The institute briefed
members of parliament
on the key foreign policy
challenges facing the UK
in the wider Middle East.
Launch of new brand
Chatham House
introduced its new
brand, including the
new logo and redesigned
publications.
Online archive partnership
Chatham House
announced that its
partnership with Gale
Cengage Learning would
make previously unseen
archive documents
available via the library
and on subscription.
Website redesign
Chatham House launched
its new website, to provide
a better user experience,
including mobile- and
tablet-responsive designs.
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New power dynamics
Professor John Ikenberry,
Albert G Milbank Professor of
Politics and International Affairs at
Princeton University and Eastman
Professor, Balliol College, Oxford,
speaking on ‘The Rise of China and
the Future of Liberal World Order’
in May 2014.
China’s more assertive regional policy, the crisis in Ukraine and its consequences for relations
between the West and Russia, and the deepening turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa
are all contributing to an uncertain world. Chatham House is addressing these issues and other
changes in the dynamics of international power through research outputs and meetings.
China’s growing global impact
The Asia Programme’s research on China explores the
drivers and implications of the country’s continued growth
and its global impact. This includes the changes in its official
approaches to international affairs and global governance,
the external impact of organic social and economic
developments in China, and the ways in which various
Chinese actors influence and respond to developments
in Asia and beyond.
A research paper by Tim Summers showed how
China’s evolving ‘global personality’ shapes its relations with
other powers in Asia and further afield. It also argued the
complex dynamics behind this evolution can create more
difficulties in the Chinese–US relationship in particular.
Since 2011, Chatham House has also produced research and
provided advice on China-related topics to policy-makers
at the European Commission as part of the EU-funded
consortium Europe China Research and Advice Network
(ECRAN). Now in its fourth year, ECRAN has commissioned
more than 100 policy briefings and 25 extended studies.
These have covered a range of topics including cross-Strait
military relations, education in China’s minority areas,
Chinese innovation collaboration with Europe and economic
integration in the Pearl River Delta. ECRAN has continued
to promote its research by convening events across Europe,
involving EU decision-makers and the growing community
of European specialists on China.
Left: People stand in a metro train
during the rush hour in Beijing.
China’s continued growth and
increasing economic power are
shaping new power dynamics
regionally and globally.
Right: A pro-Russian militant eats
next to his guns in the regional
state government building seized by
separatists in the eastern Ukrainian
city of Donetsk.
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Sir Roderic Lyne, Vice Chair of
Chatham House Council (left), and
Mikhail Margelov, Chairman, Foreign
Affairs Committee of the Federation
Council of Russia, discussing ‘Russia’s
Vision for the Middle East and North
Africa’ in December 2013.
Mona Zulficar, Founding Partner and
Chair, Executive Committee, Zulficar
and Partners Law Firm at an event
on ‘Egypt: A Political Road Map’ in
October 2013.
Ukraine, Russia and the West
The crisis in Ukraine, and its consequences for relations
between the West and Russia, have been at the forefront
of the work of the Russia and Eurasia Programme, which
has been highlighting the risks and dangers that led to this
year’s events since the mid-1990s. Numerous programme
publications have pointed out the direct contradiction
between Western and Russian attitudes towards the postSoviet states. Western governments, however, articulated
a narrative of ‘steadily improving relations’ with Russia.
James Sherr’s 2013 book, Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion,
also provided a timely study of the mechanisms of Russia’s
influence abroad.
In February 2014, as the crisis escalated, the Russia
and Eurasia Programme organized an emergency expertlevel meeting to outline Western policy options on Russia
and Ukraine in advance of an EU foreign ministers’ meeting
to decide on sanctions. During the year, the programme
has also hosted a wide range of speakers, including Vitaliy
Klitschko and Evgeny Kiselev from Ukraine and Vladimir
Shemyakin from Russia, who offered their take on the
current crisis, as well as on other developments in the postSoviet space. The programme has also been commissioned
to organize a workshop to define principles for the United
Kingdom’s longer-term policy towards Russia, and continues
to publish research papers and commentary on Central Asia
and the South Caucasus.
Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa
Iran’s cautious rapprochement with the West, regime
change in Egypt and Tunisia’s delicate transition reflect
significant shifts that continue to redefine power dynamics
within, between and beyond states in the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA), highlighting the volatility of
political processes across the region. To understand the
complexity of the competing aspirations and interests
that drive political change, the MENA Programme has
placed inclusive political dialogue at the heart of its work.
As lead implementer of the G8’s Broader Middle East and
North Africa Initiative, Chatham House has provided a
unique platform for dialogue between regional civil society
organizations and governments. Building on last year’s
success, the Young Arab Analysts Network International
continues to empower new researchers from Morocco to
engage more effectively with policy communities at home
and abroad, cementing the impact of youth-led networks
of policy thinkers across North Africa.
The Academy Asfari Fellowship, a joint initiative
with the Asfari Foundation, has also brought fellows
from the Middle East to Chatham House where they have
provided a local perspective on some of the most pressing
challenges facing the region. They have joined other fellows
from China, Japan and Eastern Europe in the first year of
Chatham House’s Academy.
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New power dynamics
Diversified engagements of a changing Africa
Africa Programme research is tracking how the continent’s
countries continue to diversify their international relations
as outside interest grows. Foreign governments and
businesses are seeking to deepen their engagement with
African states, drawn by the continent’s strong economic
growth (5.6 per cent in 2013), new natural resource
finds, and impact in international forums such as the
United Nations, where 28 per cent of members are African.
The Africa Programme at Chatham House is
examining these changing dynamics through deep analysis
of African governments’ priorities, and countries’ individual
political and economic contexts. The programme’s analysis
examines the links between the continent’s commercially
and politically driven international engagement and
economic transformation, democratization, the rule of law,
development and stability in sub-Saharan African countries.
Through publications, events in London and African
cities and outreach to a diverse network of policy informers,
the programme informs international policy debate on
Africa’s trajectory. Recent outputs include a report on the
implications of the theft of crude oil for export from Nigeria;
a paper on Djibouti as a strategic hub; a series of maritime
security conferences involving stakeholders from West
Africa; and events with the Presidents of Ghana and Guinea
and with China’s Special Representative on African Affairs.
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Shifts in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is a changing region, with shifting
political, economic and security relationships between its
countries, particularly with the recent addition of South
Sudan, now in conflict. The Africa Programme’s Horn of
Africa project focuses on international engagement with the
region, how regional dynamics and outcomes are affected,
and how outcomes might be fostered.
The research deepens understanding of the
interactions of regional bodies, of international diaspora
communities and their engagement, and of a range of
bilateral relations. It informs decision-makers of the
multiplicity of influences on outcomes in a complex
environment. In 2013, small but strategically important
Djibouti was examined in a briefing paper, Djibouti:
Changing Influence in the Horn’s Strategic Hub. Dr David
Styan provided analysis on the country’s impact on regional
and international relations, and its growth as a maritime
and military laboratory where new forms of international
cooperation are being developed.
Far left: James Copnall, BBC Correspondent
and author, at an event on ‘Sudan and South
Sudan: The Importance of Interdependence’
in March 2014.
Right: HE Thein Sein, President,
Republic of the Union of Myanmar,
speaking at an event on ‘Myanmar
and the Reform Process’ in July 2013.
Left: HE Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President
of the United Republic of Tanzania,
speaking on ‘Tanzania’s Transformation
and Vision 2025: Governing Economic
Growth for Social Gain’ in March 2014.
Far right: Vrinda Grover, Lawyer
and Women’s Rights Activist,
speaking at an event on ‘Women
in India: Law, Violence and Change’
in December 2013.
India and South Asia
Chatham House’s work on India focuses on its international
relations in the region and globally. The Asia Programme
explores what motivates Indian foreign policy-making and
how the country’s relations with Western powers compare
to those with other powers such as Brazil, Russia, China and
South Africa in new international groupings including the
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and
IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa).
The programme convenes a large number of open and
closed meetings on issues relating to South Asia and in 2013
organized a major conference in London exploring prospects
for regionalization and reform in India in the run-up to
the 2014 general election.
Chatham House research also extends to political
dynamics in the rest of South Asia, including Sri Lanka,
Nepal and Bangladesh. For example, Charu Lata Hogg
examined the obstacles to change in Sri Lanka in a
June 2013 paper, while Dr Gareth Price wrote two papers
exploring India’s policy towards Myanmar (Burma)
and Afghanistan.
Chatham House is an institute
of critical global importance.
Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the OECD
February 2014
Japan and the United Kingdom
Chatham House’s work on Japan focuses on the country’s
relations with the United Kingdom through a five-year
project funded by the Nippon Foundation and run in
partnership with it and the Great Britain Sasakawa
Foundation. As part of this project, the Asia Programme
released a conference report that included contributions
by Japanese experts on various aspects of the UK-Japanese
relationship. In addition, a briefing paper by Programme
Head John Swenson-Wright considered the prospects for
a more proactive Japanese security policy.
In its second year, the project will examine Japan’s
role in addressing global challenges. It will provide an
opportunity to consider what part, whether singly, jointly
or in combination with other international actors, Japan
and the UK might play in addressing these challenges.
Above: Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe leaves Downing Street
following a meeting with British
Prime Minister David Cameron.
Above left: Supporters wear masks
of Narendra Modi during a rally in
Mumbai, following his landslide
election victory.
Far left: A young boy at work in
the fields, watering maize crops
just outside Bangui, Central African
Republic.
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New power dynamics
Europe’s place in the world
What will the world look like in 2030, and what will
be Europe’s place in it? In partnership with the thinktank FRIDE, Chatham House produced a major report
for the European Commission exploring how power
and governance in international affairs will evolve
over the coming two decades. Empowering Europe’s
Future highlighted the simultaneous trends of growing
economic interdependence, shifts in power and political
fragmentation. It also examined how these issues will
be shaped by patterns of conflict and developments in
technology. The report recommended that the EU build
technological and research capabilities, transform its
approach to energy, and focus its foreign policy on conflict
prevention and strategic partnerships, particularly in
its neighbourhood.
Elite perceptions of the US in Europe and Asia
Understanding how others see the United States and what
factors influence their views can help to guide effective
American policy-making. Supported by the Stavros Niarchos
Foundation, the US Project published Elite Perceptions of
the United States in Europe and Asia in May 2014. The report
distilled the results of essays by more than 50 elites in
13 countries in Europe and Asia that explained how they
perceived the US and why. These were then contrasted
with polling data about the views of the general public
in these two regions. The study revealed that Europeans
value American soft power and long for a return to US
moral authority, which they say has been lacking. Asians,
meanwhile, are more concerned with the role of US
hard power.
The US Project, with the support of Shell, has also
examined the foreign policy implications of the US energy
revolution and how this will shape relations with Russia and
other former Soviet states. With NATO’s summit in Cardiff
in September and the end of its operation in Afghanistan at
the close of 2014, the US Project is working with NATO and
the UK government (supported also by Canadian National
Defence) to help craft a way forward for the organization.
And, through the generosity of the MacArthur Foundation,
the US Project finished work on a report on Asia-Pacific
security and is starting a new study on the changing balance
of power in Asia.
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Light trails from London traffic, in the
area known as Silicon Roundabout.
Developments in technology will be
one of the issues that shape Europe’s
future over the coming two decades.
American views of US global power
US role today as world leader is:
Less important than 10 years ago
More important than 10 years ago
%
50
40
30
20
10
0
1974
1984
1994
Source: Pew Research Center, America’s Place in the World 2013
(from Elite Perceptions of the United States in Europe and Asia).
2004
2013
Far left: Victor Orban, Prime
Minister of Hungary, speaking on
‘The Role of Traditional Values in
Europe’s Future’ in October 2013.
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New power dynamics
Left: US Senator Marco Rubio
speaking on ‘American Leadership
and the Future of the Transatlantic
Alliance’ in December 2013.
John Swenson-Wright
Dr John Swenson-Wright is
head of the Asia Programme at
Chatham House and university
senior lecturer in Japanese
politics and international
relations at Cambridge University.
He comments regularly for the
global media on the international
relations of East Asia, particularly
on Japan and the Korean
peninsula. He has testified on
East Asian affairs to the House
of Commons Foreign Affairs
Committee. He is a member of
the World Economic Forum’s
Global Agenda Council on
Korea and of the UK-Japan 21st
Century Group. He is on the
editorial board of Global Asia
and is a founding member of
the European Japan Advanced
Research Network.
Rosheen Kabraji
Rosheen Kabraji is assistant
head and a research associate
of the Asia Programme at
Chatham House. She joined the
institute in 2009, after working
at the International Institute for
Environment and Development.
Her expertise includes politics
and society in Pakistan, India
and Thailand. Over the past
year, she has been working on
projects examining the regional
implications of the withdrawal
of international support from
Afghanistan, and the changing
dynamics of state centre relations
in Indian foreign policy. In
2011 she was featured in the
Diplomatic Courier and Young
Professionals in Foreign Policy
inaugural list of the top 99
most influential international
professionals in foreign policy
under 33. She has an MPhil in
international relations from
the University of Cambridge.
Ilya Zaslavskiy
Ilya Zaslavskiy is an Academy
Robert Bosch fellow with the
Russia and Eurasia Programme.
He is a member of the first year of
Chatham House Academy fellows.
Prior to joining Chatham House
in February 2014, he worked as
an energy-sector consultant in
Moscow and New York for
several years.
He specializes in evaluating
political and economic
environments for the strategic
entry of oil companies into
developing countries − with a
particular focus on the Caspian
region and Russia. He is also
researching the spread of corrupt
practices from Russia and the
other former Soviet states into
the United States and the UK.
A Russian national, he holds an
MPhil in international relations
from the University of Oxford.
Further reading:
Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion:
Russia’s Influence Abroad,
James Sherr
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Security challenges
Jane Harman, Director, President
and CEO of the Wilson Center,
was part of a panel discussion on
‘The Snowden Revelations: One Year
On’ in June 2014.
Over the past year, Chatham House has explored a wide range of security challenges,
including the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, cyber security and internet governance,
climate change and energy security, sexual violence in conflict, and Africa’s maritime security.
There are also major projects on the prospects for a peaceful political transition in Afghanistan
and on the implications of the conflict in Syria for its immediate neighbours – Lebanon, Jordan,
Turkey, Iraq and Israel – as it enters its fourth year.
Humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons
Chatham House continues to play a leading role in the
international initiative to address the humanitarian impacts
of nuclear weapons. Through a project supported by the
Norwegian Government, it hosted five workshops in the
UK, South Africa and Argentina. The workshops brought
together a diverse set of stakeholders from civil society and
humanitarian organizations to discuss the humanitarian
effects of a nuclear detonation.
Experts from the International Security Department
also attended the Second Conference on the Humanitarian
Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Nayarit, Mexico, where they
presented the initial findings of a Swiss-, Austrian- and
Mexican-supported report, Too Close for Comfort: Cases of
Near Nuclear Use and Policy Options, which was published
in April 2014.
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In addition, Chatham House hosted the first of its
Carrington series of events in July 2013, a discussion with
Sir Lawrence Freedman and Ward Wilson on the deterrent
value of nuclear weapons, as well as numerous events on
a diverse range of nuclear topics. These included: nuclear
ethics, the weapons of mass destruction free zone in the
Middle East, progress on the US non-proliferation agenda
and recent activities of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Organization, with its secretary-general, Lassina Zerbo.
Professor Sir David Omand GCB,
Visiting Professor, King’s College
London; Former Security and
Intelligence Coordinator; Permanent
Secretary, Home Office; Director,
GCHQ speaking at an event on
‘Counterterrorism: The Right
Response?’ in September 2013.
Cyber security and internet governance
The International Security Department’s cyber programme
is an integral component of its work, reflecting the
multitude of security and governance concerns that the
cyber realm presents. In the last year, it carried out research
and convened events on a variety of issues, including the
cyber security challenges to outer-space technology and
the potential threat to civil nuclear infrastructure. The
department hosted experts such as Sir David Omand and
Francis Maude MP, the UK minister for the Cabinet Office
and paymaster general. This work continues in 2014 with
an internet governance seminar series.
The Global Commission on Internet Governance
was launched in January 2014 with the support of
Chatham House and the Canadian Centre for International
Governance Innovation (CIGI). Chaired by Sweden’s
foreign minister, Carl Bildt, the commission is made up of
high-level members from around the world, representing
different sectors including the corporate sector, academia
and policy-making. Its first meeting took place in May 2014
in Stockholm. The commission will meet regularly over
the next two years to consider the challenges related to
keeping the internet a safe and secure as well as an open
and innovative resource. The commission is supported by a
research advisory network of experts who provide in-depth
advice and support.
Liu Xiaoming, Ambassador of the
People’s Republic of China to the UK,
speaking on ‘Political and Security
Challenges in Asia: A Chinese
Perspective’ in February 2014.
The Korean peninsula
Work by the Asia Programme on the Korean peninsula,
much of which has been funded by the Korea Foundation,
examines inter-Korean relations, South Korea’s foreign
policy and the regional and global implications of North
Korea’s nuclear proliferation, as well as the broader security
challenges it poses. These challenges will be explored
further as part of a new year-long research initiative
focusing on regional security challenges in East Asia.
South Korea is also the focal point of a three-year
comparative research project examining the role of midsized ‘creative’ powers in addressing conventional security
risks, proliferation challenges and environmental issues.
Above: A South Korean soldier
stands guard inside a military
armistice committee meeting room in
Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone
between North and South Korea.
Left: Swedish foreign minister
Carl Bildt, who chairs the Chatham
House-CIGI Global Commission on
Internet Governance, talks to the
press prior to a Foreign Affairs Council
meeting in April 2014.
Far left: Admiral Anne Cullerre holds
a press conference in the ‘Martine’
life base in the Mururoa atoll, south
Pacific, where French forces conducted
138 nuclear weapon tests until 1996.
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Security challenges
Climate change and energy security
Extreme weather has raised more concerns about
anthropogenic warming and its future impacts. Against this
background, political momentum is building towards the
2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change summit in Paris, when governments are set to agree
a new global climate deal.
However, climate policy cannot be considered in
isolation from economic competitiveness and energy
security. Balancing these has become a major challenge
for governments in the context of shifting energy
interdependencies, slowdowns in emerging economies and
sluggish recoveries in developed ones. This has been easier
to reconcile in the United States, where shale gas has led to
a dramatic fall in energy prices and in import dependency
on oil and gas, as shown in the May 2013 briefing paper
US Energy: the New Reality. This also has significant
implications for US foreign policy as America becomes an
ever larger energy supplier to Asia, and China in particular.
Below: Workers clear scrap metal in
Tacloban, Philippines in the wake of
Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than
6,000 dead and many more homeless.
Right: Presidents Mahamadou
Issoufou of Niger, Ali Bongo Ondimba
of Gabon, Faure Gnassingbe of Togo
and Idriss Deby Itno of Chad at
a meeting on maritime security in
the Gulf of Guinea.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, SecretaryGeneral, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, speaking on ‘The Future
of NATO: A Strong Alliance in an
Unpredictable World’ in June 2014.
African lessons in maritime security
The Africa Programme is a leading source of research
and policy advice on Africa’s maritime security challenges.
In the last year, its work has focused on enhancing
coordination and collaboration between stakeholders
affected by increased insecurity in West Africa’s waters.
A paper in July 2013, Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea:
Lessons Learned from the Indian Ocean, fed into discussions
at a summit on maritime security held for West Africa’s
heads of state in Cameroon. The programme also organized
six maritime security conferences in 2013–14 including in
Ghana, Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe, in coordination
with the visits of British naval vessels HMS Argyll and HMS
Portland to West Africa. Drawing on its strong network of
contacts from international navies, west and east African
regional bodies, and the legal, insurance and commercial
sectors of the shipping industry, the Africa Programme’s
maritime events have attracted speakers including Nigeria’s
chief of naval staff, Ghana’s chief of defence staff and the
foreign minister of Togo. The expertise provided by the
programme has also fed into the European Union’s policy
on the Gulf of Guinea.
From left: Dr Christopher Phillips,
associate fellow, and Dr Claire Spencer,
Head, Middle East and North Africa
Programme, Chatham House;
Roula Khalaf, Middle East Editor,
Financial Times; and Lord Williams
of Baglan, distinguished visiting fellow,
Chatham House, discussing ‘Syria:
The Fate of a Nation’ in July 2013.
Syria in a turbulent neighbourhood
As the conflict in Syria enters its fourth year, Chatham
House has placed the country’s immediate neighbours −
Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Israel − at the core of
its work to understand the conflict’s regional dimensions.
In 2014, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Programme has embarked on a major multi-year project
to support a coordinated policy response to the crisis
through the inclusion of diverse regional perspectives in
international policy. This work will explore competing
and complementary interests at the bilateral, regional
and international levels, and build confidence between
Syria’s neighbours. Western Policy Towards Syria: Ten
Recommendations, published in December 2013, also
proposed innovative policy steps to refocus the response
of Western governments to the Syria crisis.
Meanwhile, Iraq’s elections in April 2014 raised
important questions about its role as an international
actor in an increasingly turbulent region. A major report,
Iraq on the Regional and International Stage, reviewed
the varied interests, influences and actors in the country’s
actions abroad.
Bulent Arinc, Deputy Prime Minister,
Turkey, speaking on ‘The Future of
Democracy in Turkey: Perceptions
and Realities’ in February 2014.
Above: Syrian students sit in front of
a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad
at a polling station in Homs. The exiled
opposition called the controversial
presidential election a ‘farce’.
Below: A Syrian child stands in the
snow in a refugee camp in the town of
Arsal in the Lebanese Bekaa valley in
December 2013. Thousands of Syrian
refugees live in makeshift camps in
Lebanon.
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Security challenges
Opportunities in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Chatham House’s work on Afghanistan examined
the prospects for a peaceful political transition as the
presidential election took place this year against the
backdrop of the withdrawal of Western troops. The project
‘Afghanistan: Opportunity in Crisis’, headed by Michael
Keating and Matt Waldman, has looked at how Western
governments can encourage and support stability in the
country after 2014, focusing on elections, reconciliation
and development. Research also examines Afghanistan’s
relations with its neighbours and the development
challenges it faces through assessing at the potential
benefits of regional engagement in South Asia.
Political instability and Islamic radicalization in
Pakistan, and the policies of the West towards Pakistan,
are other key research interests for the Asia Programme.
Experts have also examined Pakistan’s role in the peace
process in Afghanistan, and its regional relationships on
issues such as water.
Challenges of Western defence policy
Western governments continue to face major defence policy
problems. Following a decade of difficult and controversial
wars, public support for military intervention is uncertain.
Budget reductions have forced significant cuts in military
capability, and a range of new or recurring security problems
presents some significant challenges. The International
Security Department has researched where and why past
Western interventions have proved so problematic, and what
lessons should be learnt from the difficult experiences in
Iraq and Afghanistan. James de Waal’s report, Depending on
the Right People: British Political-Military Relations 2001–10,
examined in particular the process and quality of defence
policy decision-making. A major speech in March 2014 by the
Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Peter Wall, set out how
the British army is changing in the light of its past experience
and likely future demands on it. The changing character of
conflict and its impact on militaries, civilians and societies
has been considered in a series of discussion events with
international armed forces, NGOs and civil society groups.
Finally, the US Project has been working on roundtables
culminating in a publication on the way forward for NATO
in advance of its summit in September.
Commemorating the First World War
Both International Affairs and The World Today published special issues
commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. In The
World Today, this included an article by senior fellow James de Waal, who explored
the working relationship between politicians and generals in the Great War and
in modern-day Iraq and Afghanistan. International Affairs commissioned twelve
articles including a review article from authors specializing in the military,
political, social and artistic legacies of the war. The journal also organized related
activities, including an exhibition of photographs by Michael St Maur Sheil of
the battlefields of the Western Front as they are now; an exhibition of bronze
friezes of the battlefields by sculptor Philip Blacker, and a specially commissioned
performance of music and poetry celebrating the work of Ivor Gurney.
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Above left: An Afghan man walks
past an election mural in Kandahar.
Afghanistan’s presidential election
was the third since the fall of
the Taliban, with 11 candidates
contesting the polls.
Above: Soldiers of 1st Battalion, the
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, march
through London on their return from
a tour in Afghanistan.
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Security challenges
Above: General Sir Peter Wall,
Chief of the General Staff, British
Army, speaking on ‘Defence
Engagement: The British Army’s
Role in Building Security and
Stability Overseas’ in March 2014.
Above left: Ahmed Rashid,
Pakistani journalist and author,
in discussion with Bridget Kendall,
Diplomatic Editor, BBC, on
‘Pakistan: Implications of the
Afghanistan Drawdown’ in
July 2013.
Michael Keating
Michael Keating is senior
consulting fellow at Chatham
House, where he is directing
a project on political transition
in Afghanistan. Until the end
of 2012, he was deputy special
representative of the UN
secretary-general in Afghanistan.
His UN career has included
development, humanitarian and
political responsibilities in the
Middle East, Africa, Geneva and
New York. He is an adviser on
conflict resolution and continues
to undertake assignments for
the UN.
He has contributed to a wide
range of publications and serves
on the board of a number of nonprofit organizations promoting
environmental, health and
education issues. He has an MA
in history from the University
of Cambridge.
James de Waal
James de Waal is a senior fellow
in the International Security
Department at Chatham House.
He formerly worked for the
Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
including diplomatic postings at
the United Nations, in Berlin and
in Santiago, and was seconded
to the Ministry of Defence during
the 2010 Strategic Defence and
Security Review.
His expertise includes defence
policy of the UK and major
Western nations, international
trends in armed conflict, and
government decision-making on
military interventions and the
role of strategy. In November
2013, he published the Chatham
House paper, Depending on the
Right People: British PoliticalMilitary Relations, 2001–10.
Heather Williams
Heather Williams is a research
fellow with the International
Security Department at Chatham
House. Since 2011, she has
also been a guest lecturer and
teaching assistant at King’s
College London. Prior to this,
her posts included researcher at
the Institute for Defense Analyses
(Alexandria, Virginia) and
research associate at the Centre
for Science and Security Studies.
Her areas of expertise include
nuclear non-proliferation and
arms control, nuclear strategy,
missile defence, and chemical
weapons destruction. Her PhD is
on the role of trust in US–Russia
arms control. She was a co-author
on the Chatham House Report,
Too Close for Comfort: Cases of
Near Nuclear Use and Options for
Policy, published in April 2014.
Further reading:
Too Close for Comfort: Cases of
Near Nuclear Use and Options
for Policy, Patricia Lewis,
Heather Williams, Sasan Aghlani
and Benoît Pelopidas.
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Africa | Europe | Finance | G20
Economic interdependencies
The evolution of China’s renminbi strategy, the imbalances in the eurozone, and global
economic governance and the G20 are all high on the international agenda. There is also growing
awareness of the economic potential of Latin America, and Chatham House has responded
by starting a new research project on this topic. The past year also saw the culmination of a
multi-year research project on Yemen, with the publication of a report on corruption and capital
flight in that country. More broadly, the institute continues to work with governments and
businesses on global economic governance and policy coordination.
China’s renminbi strategy
China’s financial liberalization and the evolution of its
strategy for the renminbi remained a key topic throughout
2013. The International Economics Department undertook
a number of joint research projects to study the growing use
and impact of the renminbi across Asia, including a workshop
in Hong Kong with the Institute for New Economic Thinking
and the Centre for International Governance Innovation,
and a seminar in Tokyo with the Asian Development Bank
Institute. The research results were published in June 2013
in a briefing paper by Paola Subacchi and Helena Huang,
Taipei and the Renminbi Offshore Market: Another Piece in the
Jigsaw, as well as in an ADBI working paper in December
2013, ‘Expanding Beyond Borders: The Yen and the Yuan’,
by Paola Subacchi.
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Far left: Enrico Letta, Prime Minister
of Italy, discusses ‘Italy and the UK in
an Evolving EU’ with Chatham House
Director, Robin Niblett in July 2013.
Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for
Home Affairs, European Commission,
in discussion with Nick Robinson,
Political Editor, BBC, on ‘The Future
of EU Migration Policy’ in March 2014.
Tackling the eurozone crisis
Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union needs deeper
and more effective economic and financial integration,
and better governance. The International Economics
Department fostered a public debate on these issues through
a series of roundtables held in London, Madrid and Rome
with experts from national governments, the private sector
and international organizations. The research focused on
the macroeconomic and fiscal imbalances in the eurozone,
on policies for growth and on prospects for a banking union.
The project culminated in March 2014 in the publication
of a joint Chatham House, Elcano and AREL report, How to
Fix the Euro: Strengthening Economic Governance in Europe.
The report examined why the eurozone was so badly
affected by the crisis, and assessed whether further changes
need to be made to the structure of economic governance
that underpins it. As eurozone countries move towards
closer integration, another project, with the support of
the European Commission Representation in the UK,
looked at the relationship between the UK and the EU, and
assessed the prospects for countries that are not part of
the currency union. In particular, it focused on the trends
and implications of foreign direct investment and trade
arrangements in the UK, and on London’s financial centre,
with an analysis of trends in capital movements and the
role and impact of financial regulation.
A changing world economy and the G20 framework
The increasingly interconnected world economy requires
careful analysis and assessment of challenges, such as
global macroeconomic imbalances and the need to foster
sustained growth after the global financial crisis. The
International Economics Department explored monetary
and financial spillovers within the framework of its ongoing
partnership with the International Monetary Fund. Its focus
on global economic governance and the G20 also included
collaboration with the Lowy Institute for International Policy,
the Brookings Institution and the Australian government
as it chairs the G20 in 2014.
Above: G20 finance ministers and
Central Bank governors gather for
an official group photo in Sydney.
Left: A boy holding a European
flag waits for the start of a rally
marking the last day of the European
Parliament election campaign in
Barcelona.
Far left: George Osborne, the
United Kingdom’s chancellor of the
exchequer, listens as Li Keqiang,
China’s premier, addresses the UK
China Financial Forum in London.
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Economic interdependencies
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman,
Google, in conversation with
Nik Gowing, BBC World News, at a
conference on ‘Power and Commerce
in the Internet Age’ in November 2013.
International competitiveness and growth
Partnering with the Centre for Competitive Advantage
in the Global Economy in the Department of Economics
at Warwick University, the International Economics
Department at Chatham House analyses the shifting
dynamics in the world economy. The research explores the
way in which markets, institutions and public policy interact
to create and sustain competitive advantage in response to
global changes. It aims to develop a better understanding of
how to promote institutions and policies that are conducive
to successful economic performance. A resulting series of
papers has looked at a wide range of topics, including how
women in politics can help tackle gender crime, human
development as positive freedom, the danger posed to
employment by high home ownership, fiscal federalism in
the United Kingdom, and improving the effectiveness of
pro-poor policies.
A project on industrial transformation, supported by
the Toshiba International Foundation (TIFO), culminated
in a research report, The World’s Industrial Transformation,
published in July 2013, which presented case studies on the
aircraft, automotive, pharmaceutical and retail industries.
Zimbabwe’s recovery and international re-engagement
In April 2014, the Africa Programme published Zimbabwe’s
International Re-engagement: the Long Haul to Recovery,
a report on priorities to place the country on a path
to economic recovery through the normalization of its
international relations. Mindful of outstanding values-based
rifts, political and human security challenges and systemic
impediments, this Africa Programme project targeted
the new Zimbabwean government and the opposition,
private sector and civil society actors, and regional
and international stakeholders with recommendations
in support of a process of improved performance and
outcomes – economic and social – in the country. The report
underscores the government’s need to reach out to a range
of actors to avoid further economic decline. The report
has been widely commented upon by government officials,
the media and civil society activists. In 2013, Chatham
House also hosted a roundtable meeting with the first ZanuPF minister to visit the UK in over a decade.
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Stefan Dercon, Chief Economist, DFID,
speaking on ‘Fragile States, Capital
Flight and Tax Havens’ at the launch in
September 2013 of a Chatham House
report on corruption and capital flight
in Yemen.
Yemen corruption and capital flight
In Yemen: Corruption, Capital Flight and Global Drivers
of Conflict, Chatham House experts examined Yemen’s
precarious path towards political and economic reform.
The report, published in September 2013, highlighted
the obstacles to the country’s development posed by the
interdependence of an elite-based political economy;
outward capital flows, facilitated by international tax
havens; and a looming resource crisis. Its launch brought
together international donors and policy-makers to discuss
the findings and promote a more careful analysis of
Yemen’s political economy. The report was the culmination
of a major, multi-year research project led by the Chatham
House Yemen Forum, involving intensive fieldwork in the
country, expert-level workshops, and detailed consultation
with donor representatives, diplomats, defence ministries
and civil society organizations.
Far left: US Federal Reserve Chairman
Janet Yellen and International
Monetary Fund Managing Director
Christine Lagarde during the meeting
of G20 finance ministers and Central
Bank governors in Sydney.
Left: A Zimbabwean woman casts
her ballot at a polling station in
Domboshava, north of Harare.
President Robert Mugabe’s win
extended his 33-year grip on power.
Below: A Yemeni artist works on
graffiti against corruption, poverty,
sectarian wars and the recruitment
of child soldiers in the capital Sanaa.
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Economic interdependencies
HE Otto Pérez Molina, President of
Guatemala, speaking on ‘Guatemala:
National Security and Regional
Implications’ in May 2014.
Latin America in the global economy
Over the last decade, the economic growth rates for Latin
America have been among the highest in the world. A major
global producer of natural resources, the region saw its
exports booming thanks to a favourable cycle in the world’s
financial markets characterized by high commodity prices.
Today, it has great economic potential to exploit further.
However, Latin America’s performance in the near future
might be constrained by excessive dependency on natural
resources, as well as economic and social inequalities.
It also risks getting stuck in the ‘middle-income trap’.
In late 2013, the International Economics Department
launched a new project to examine growth performance
and to discuss future prospects across Latin America’s
largest economies.
The project focuses in particular on regional
interdependencies and on the role of the region in the
global economy. Building on partnerships with relevant
institutions operating in Latin America, such as the Brazilian
Development Bank and the Inter-American Development
Bank, the project has generated high-level debate on the
region and greater awareness of its economic potential in
the UK and the EU, while also engaging with key experts,
policy-makers and business leaders from Latin America.
Above: Daniela Carrera-Marquis, of
the Inter-American Development Bank,
speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative
Latin America in Rio de Janeiro.
Left: Demonstrators kick in wood
panels blocking a bank location after
tear gas was fired by the police to
break up protests calling for better
public education and services in
Rio de Janeiro.
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People
Economic interdependencies
Léonie Northedge
Léonie Northedge is research
associate with the Middle East
and North Africa Programme at
Chatham House. She has a BA in
Arabic and Islamic Studies from
Oxford University, and has lived
in Damascus and Cairo.
Ahmed Soliman
Ahmed Soliman is a research
assistant in the Africa Programme
at Chatham House, coordinating
the programme’s work on the
Horn of Africa. His expertise
spans Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea,
Djibouti, Sudan and South Sudan.
Her research interests include
the role of civil society in the
Middle East, with a focus on
Egypt and Yemen. Until recently,
she managed the Yemen Forum,
a flagship Chatham House
project, and she co-authored
the project’s concluding report
Yemen: Corruption, Capital Flight
and Global Drivers of Conflict,
published in September 2013.
In addition to research and
publishing, his role includes
expanding the Africa
Programme’s network of experts
and decision-makers, media
interviews and outreach. He
regularly meets with government
officials, parliamentarians,
opposition representatives,
civil society actors, privatesector representatives and other
policy influencers to discuss
the trajectory of the region. He
has spoken at events in Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Kenya and Europe.
Davide Tentori
Davide Tentori is a research
associate in the International
Economics Department at
Chatham House. He holds an MSc
in economics from the University
of Essex and a PhD in institutions
and policies from the Catholic
University of Milan.
His research interests include
macroeconomic policies, trade
and economic growth in the
European Union and South
America. His recent publications
include the Chatham House
briefing paper Breaking the
Vicious Circle: Restoring Economic
Growth and Flexibility in Italy,
written with Paola Subacchi.
His recent research has
focused on the evolution of the
transatlantic relationship, and
he has managed a new series of
roundtable events on key Latin
American economies.
Further reading:
How to Fix the Euro: Strengthening
Economic Governance in Europe,
Stephen Pickford,
Federico Steinberg and
Miguel Otero-Iglesias
(Chatham House, Elcano and
AREL report)
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Asia | Energy | Food | Water
Resource futures
Resource interdependencies, the shale gas revolution and saving oil and gas in the Gulf states
are central research topics and build on Chatham House’s long-standing work in these areas.
In particular, resource-importing countries face ongoing strategic challenges owing to the cost
and uneven distribution of natural resources. Other important issues being addressed in the
area of resource futures include food security and managing water in South Asia.
Exploring resource interdependencies
Natural resources remain abundant at the global level,
but their uneven distribution and costs present a strategic
challenge for resource-importing countries. While much
can be done domestically to tackle inefficient resource use
and its knock-on effects, many solutions increasingly require
collaborative international approaches. After more than a
decade of resource-intensive growth, China lies at the centre
of a global web of resource-related interdependencies.
Choices made by its leaders and companies over the
next decade will have global implications for resource
demand, prices and investment in production. The next
phase of China’s development and urbanization will
require sustainable solutions to challenges such as severe
water scarcity, air pollution caused by coal combustion
and vehicle emissions, and rising costs of imports of fossil
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fuels, food and metals. China has sought greater resource
security through investments in production overseas, but
this confronts Chinese companies for the first time with
managing complex, politically sensitive projects abroad.
A new project on China’s resource interdependencies
will formulate innovative and concrete policy proposals
on how to adjust its development model, and how to
strengthen its multilateral or bilateral engagement with
global resource markets. This is a collaboration between
the Energy, Environment and Resources Department at
Chatham House and the Industrial Economy Department
of the Development Research Centre of the State Council,
a highly influential Chinese think-tank. The first workshop
was held in Beijing in March 2014 with leading Chinese
and international experts.
Khalid al-Atiyah, Qatari Foreign
Minister, speaking on ‘Qatar’s
Foreign Policy’ in December 2013.
Saving and valuing vital resources in the Gulf
In August 2013, Chatham House published the report
Saving Oil and Gas in the Gulf, representing the culmination
of two years’ research and workshops in the region
that convened representatives of more than 60 local
institutions with interests in and influence over domestic
energy policy. The report argued that the systemic waste
of oil and gas in the Gulf states erodes their resilience to
economic shocks and increases security risks. It put forward
recommendations to improve energy efficiency and to
build on opportunities for regional cooperation.
The report stimulated considerable debate and was
widely quoted in Arabic and English media throughout the
region. Since then, many Gulf states have launched new
initiatives on efficiency and clean energy – although, as
the report notes, keeping oil and gas conservation on their
agenda will require sustained efforts.
Subsequent work on vital resources seeks to develop
understanding and build capacity within the region on
the challenging question of valuation. This recognizes
the interconnected challenges of water, food and energy
security, and brings together regional stakeholders with
an international network of experts in designing and
implementing policies to revalue resources, such as reform
of subsidies or water pricing. A final report on this work
will include recommendations for how policy-makers can
manage the challenging political economy of reform.
The shale gas revolution
Chatham House’s work in this area began in 2010 with the
publication of The Shale Gas Revolution: Hype and Reality,
followed by a briefing paper update to the report in August
2012, The Shale Gas Revolution: Developments and Changes.
In the past year, based on this work, Professor Paul Stevens
submitted evidence to the UK House of Commons Select
Committee on Energy and Climate Change, and to the
House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs.
He also gave conference papers on the topic in London,
Adelaide, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Muscat, Moscow,
Milan, Perth and Tokyo, and wrote a number of op-eds for
prominent newspapers in the United Kingdom, Australia
and the United States. A Chatham House report on the
‘resource curse revisited’ will be published during 2014.
Above: Anti-fracking demonstrators
arrive at a protest camp established
near a drill site in southern England,
organized by ‘No Dash For Gas’
campaigners.
Above left: A shopping mall in Abu
Dhabi. Rapid changes in Gulf societies
mean they have to develop strategies
to conserve energy, and many Gulf
states have launched new initiatives
on efficiency and clean energy.
Far left: Workers harvest lettuce at
a vegetable factory in Kashiwa,
Chiba – one of the largest in Japan.
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Asia | Energy | Food | Water
Resource futures
Food security
The impact of the report Managing Famine Risk, which was
published in April 2013 and examined the challenges of
responding to famine early warnings, continued throughout
the year with a major dissemination programme. Seminars
convening representatives of governments, humanitarian
and donor agencies were held in London, Nairobi, Rome,
Geneva, New York, Washington, Dakar and Jeddah.
An influential briefing paper, Edible Oil, shone a
spotlight on the precarious food security of the countries
of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which typically import
80–90 per cent of their needs. It argued that, while oil and
gas wealth mean the Gulf states are resilient to spikes in
international food prices, they remain vulnerable to import
disruptions. The principal risk is regional instability leading
to the sustained closure of key choke points such as the
Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal, through which the
majority of Gulf food imports passes. Storage of strategic
commodities such as wheat and the diversification and
development of port infrastructure can help manage this
risk. The paper argued, however, that strategies to subsidize
domestic production or acquire farmland in developing
countries could prove expensive while doing little to bolster
food security.
Managing water resources in South Asia
India and Pakistan are already water-stressed, and
population growth will further reduce water availability
per person in the years to come. For the past 18 months,
the Asia Programme has been researching attitudes towards
domestic water management and transboundary water
issues in five countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India,
Nepal and Pakistan. Working with five local partners, the
project aimed to explore the reasons for the disconnect
between policy and practice, the implications of the
increased securitization of water discourse in South Asia
and the scale of the challenge as seen by policy-makers.
In June 2014, the resulting report drew on almost
500 interviews with decision-makers from government,
academia, civil society and the private sector. It highlighted
differences in approach to water issues in each country
as well as attitudes towards upstream and downstream
neighbours.
The report made a series of recommendations;
if domestic water management is not improved, the
implications for internal and international stability will
be stark. Despite the significant challenges involved, there
is substantial scope for cross-border learning to shift
perceptions of water from a zero-sum resource to a resource
providing mutual benefit.
Falling per capita water availability
Total renewable water resources per capita (actual) (m3/person/year)
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Definition of water stress
20,000
15,000
10,000
Above: A commercial ship passes
through the entrance to the Suez
Canal. There has been concern over
the vulnerability of vessels to terrorist
attack in one of the world’s potential
food choke points.
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5,000
0
1962 1967 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997
Source FAO, Aquastat (from Attitudes to Water in South Asia).
2002
2007
2012
People
Resource futures
Water usage by sector (%)
Bangladesh
87.8
10.0
2.2
247
Nepal
90.4
7.4
2.2
630
India
98.2
1.5
0.3
359
Pakistan
94.0
5.3
0.7
1,096
Agriculture
Household
Industry
Annual water
withdrawal
per inhabitant (m3)
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Aquastat
(from Attitudes to Water in South Asia).
Rob Bailey
Rob Bailey is acting research
director for the Energy,
Environment and Resources
Department at Chatham House.
Prior to joining the institute, he
was head of economic justice at
Oxfam.
His expertise includes food
security, sustainable agriculture,
climate change and adaptation,
and biofuels. He has published
extensively in these areas,
including during the past year:
Managing the Political Economy
of Low Carbon Development; Edible
Oil: Food Security in the Gulf;
and Ending Deforestation: Policy
Options for Consumer Countries.
He has an MSc in development
studies from the London School
of Economics and an MA in
natural sciences from the
University of Cambridge. In
2011, he was named one of the
Devex ‘40 Under 40’ international
development leaders in London.
Glada Lahn
Glada Lahn is a senior research
fellow in the Energy, Environment
and Resources Department
at Chatham House. Since
joining the institute in 2004,
she has worked on a range of
international energy projects,
including establishing the Fossil
Fuels Expert Roundtable series
in 2008. More recently, she has
worked on domestic energy,
water management and pricing,
and climate policy with partners
in the Gulf Cooperation Council
countries.
Prior to working at Chatham
House, she was senior research
fellow at the Gulf Center for
Strategic Studies and also
worked as a freelance consultant
on Middle East political and
economic issues. She has a BA in
Arabic and international relations
and an MA in near and Middle
Eastern studies from the School
of Oriental and African Studies,
London.
Further reading:
Saving Oil and Gas in the Gulf,
Glada Lahn, Paul Stevens and
Felix Preston
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Armed Conflict | Health | Human Rights
Law and governance
The evolution of international law and new systems of global governance are a core focus of
Chatham House research. Over the past year, this has included studies on the classification of
conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Lebanon; conflict and coexistence in the relationship between host
governments and the extractive industries; the international implications of the theft of crude
oil from Nigeria; and forest governance and illegal logging. Chatham House also held a major
conference and published two reports on global health governance and financing.
International law and armed conflict
International law, if it is adhered to, plays a critical role in
mitigating the risks posed by armed conflict for civilians
and combatants. The International Law Programme has
begun work on a project to produce an unofficial manual
for the armed forces on how international human rights law
affects the conduct of military operations overseas.
The need for such guidance stems from recent decisions
of the European Court of Human Rights and other
international courts, which have led to a re-examination of
how human rights law applies in situations of armed conflict
as opposed to peacetime.
Most of the crimes currently prosecuted by the
international courts and tribunals occurred during
armed conflicts. The programme’s series of meetings on
‘Milestones in International Criminal Law’ allows analysis
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and discussion of significant cases. Armed conflicts were
also a recurrent theme of the International Law Discussion
Group, which brings together legal experts, policy-makers,
academics and civil society representatives. Over the last
year, they have addressed, among other topics, the legality
of military intervention on humanitarian grounds in
Syria and challenges in implementing the Global Arms
Trade Treaty.
The programme also convened a workshop on
the situations in Syria, Yemen and Libya. The workshop,
attended by legal and country experts, focused on the
legal classification of these conflicts – a crucial assessment
in determining which legal standards govern the conduct
of the parties involved. The workshop discussions were
summarized in a paper, The Legal Classification of the
Armed Conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Libya.
Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney
General, UK, discusses ‘Britain and the
International Rule of Law’ at an event
in July 2013.
China and international human rights
Given its growing economic power and permanent
membership of the UN Security Council, China’s approach
to the international human rights system is likely to
have significant implications for the future of this system
in a multipolar world. A 2012 report on China and the
International Human Rights System, authored by Sonya
Sceats with Shaun Breslin, associate fellows in the
International Law and Asia Programme respectively,
presented ground-breaking research on China’s
participation in the UN human rights system and revealed
a range of perspectives on these issues among experts inside
China. A four-day roundtable meeting was held in April
2014 to create a platform for Chinese international law
academics working in this area to present their thinking
and exchange ideas with counterparts from other countries,
as well as to build stronger understanding within the wider
international law community of debates in China about
the human rights system and China’s role within it. A second
roundtable is planned for later in the year in Beijing.
Elham Saudi, Director, Lawyers for
Justice, Libya, speaking on ‘Libya’s
Future: Constitution, National
Dialogue and the Security Challenge’
in April 2014.
Legal norms and economic development in the Gulf states
Understanding the legal norms that underpin the political
and business structures of the Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) states is crucial for the continuing development of
economic and business ties between the GCC and Western
states, especially as they build new energy relations with
emerging Asian economies. Through its ‘Future Trends in
the Gulf States’ project, the MENA Programme undertakes
research and analysis on scenarios for their political and
economic development.
The workshop summary ‘Law and Citizenship
in the GCC’ examined the evolving legal landscape in
the Gulf countries, and the role of domestic politics and
international norms in spurring legal changes there.
Bringing together the views of prominent academics,
civil society representatives, entrepreneurs, journalists
and bloggers from GCC states, it offered an insight into
the regional thinking on international legal norms,
human rights, censorship, constitutional development
and citizenship. It also examined the legal environment
affecting business and corporations in the Gulf states.
Above: Wang Yi, China’s Minister for
Foreign Affairs, votes on a resolution
regarding Syria’s chemical weapons
programme at a UN Security Council
meeting.
Right: Saudi officials and businessmen
attend the Euromoney conference
in May 2014 in Riyadh. The two-day
conference focused on Saudi Arabia’s
economy and financial system.
Left: Syrian residents inspect heavily
damaged buildings in June 2014 in
the northern city of Aleppo.
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Armed Conflict | Health | Human Rights
Law and governance
Resource governance and crude oil theft from Nigeria
As many African states undertake simultaneous significant
processes of change through democratization, economic
growth and diversifying international relations, the Africa
research output and outreach of the Africa Programme
inform decision-making globally in support of an
environment of transparency, accountability and the rule
of law. The programme has a strong thread of ongoing
work on society and resource governance, and regards
strengthening institutions and transparency as a means
to foster more equitable transformative growth and to
undercut challenges relating to corruption.
Among the 2013 publications was the report Nigeria’s
Criminal Crude: International Options to Combat the Export
of Stolen Oil by Christina Katsouris and Aaron Sayne.
This was the first comprehensive, rigorously researched
independent report on the theft of crude oil for export from
Nigeria. The report informs decision-makers in Nigeria and
internationally on how oil is stolen, the likely shape of theft
networks, and likely destinations and impacts. It highlights
critical gaps in information and the best policy options as
steps towards addressing this specific type of transnational
organized crime. The publication was widely reported by
the Nigerian and international media, and discussed with
government officials, oil companies and other private-sector
stakeholders, and civil society actors, to raise the visibility
of the issue and its consequences in a balanced and
informed way.
Above: Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum
Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke
(right) answers journalists at the
164th OPEC meeting in Vienna.
Right: An aerial view shows an open
pit at the Batu Hijau copper and
gold mine in Sumbawa, West Nusa
Tenggara province, Indonesia.
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Far right: Children sitting on logs on
the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar
(Burma). Demand for precious
hardwoods is threatening rare species
and helping to drive deforestation in
one of the last major areas of tropical
forest in Asia.
Conflict and coexistence in the extractive industries
Extractive industries around the world are facing fresh
challenges in ever more complex operating environments.
A decade of high prices and fast-growing global demand
has raised expectations among stakeholder communities,
host governments and investors. At the same time, mineral
and hydrocarbons production increasingly takes place in
geologically, ecologically and politically challenging regions.
A series of bitter disputes has unsettled investors and global
markets, and has drawn attention to the fragile and complex
relationship between companies and host governments.
In November 2013, Chatham House launched a
major report on Conflict and Coexistence in the Extractive
Industries. This summarized the results of more than two
years of research by experts in the Energy, Environment
and Resources Department as well as in several regional
programmes. The report argues that disputes about
extractives projects are set to escalate in many producer
countries, and, if poorly managed, could endanger not only
companies’ assets and reputations but also the economic
and political stability of the countries concerned.
The report calls on international investors and
governments to engage at an early stage with a wider
range of stakeholders, conduct industry-wide joint longterm planning, intensify cooperation to raise governance
standards, and adapt the way in which contracts are
drawn up. The report was welcomed by experts and policymakers at events in London, Brussels and Wilton Park,
and generated significant coverage in mainstream and
specialist media, including the Financial Times, Reuters
and CNBC Africa.
From left: Professor Paul Stevens,
Distinguished Fellow, Energy,
Environment and Resources
Department, Chatham House; Francis
Egan, Chief Executive, Cuadrilla
Resources; The Rt Hon Michael Fallon
MP, Minister of State for Energy,
Department of Energy & Climate
Change; and Joe Lynam, Business
Journalist, BBC, at an event on
‘A Shale Gas Revolution for the UK?’
in April 2014.
Forest governance and illegal logging
Recent analysis by Chatham House has revealed continued
and widespread illegality in the global timber trade,
although the efforts of the EU, through its Forest Law
Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan, are
beginning to have an effect. Chatham House is considering
future policy options for the EU to support the forthcoming
review of its approach to this issue.
The Energy, Environment and Resources Department
has also organized a series of workshops for enforcement
agencies to encourage greater effectiveness and coordination
in the implementation of EU legislation on illegal timber.
In addition, the department convened a high-level expert
roundtable for UK and Indonesian government agencies and
financial intelligence units as a means to foster improved
cooperation in tackling financial crime in the forest sector.
As pressure on land and the demand for resources
continue to grow, agriculture is emerging as the greatest
driver of deforestation. The department continues to look
at ways to reduce deforestation resulting from exploitation
for agricultural commodities, including palm oil, beef and
soy. Research into policy options to reduce
the environmental footprint of agricultural production
will be a priority for Chatham House over the coming years.
Chatham House’s work on forest governance
and illegal logging is funded by the UK Department for
International Development as part of its Forest Governance,
Markets and Climate programme.
It is a pleasure to be here today, to discuss
Britain and the international rule of
law. It is particularly appropriate to be
addressing this subject in this place, famed
throughout the world for its own rule, for
its contributions to the development of the
rule of law, and for providing a congenial
environment for so many politicians and
practitioners to take stock and consider the
future development of the concept.
Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General, UK
July 2013
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Armed Conflict | Health | Human Rights
Law and governance
Global health governance and financing
Following a major conference at Chatham House in
December 2011 to mark the tenth anniversary of the report
of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, the
Centre on Global Health Security launched two highlevel working groups, composed of representatives from
governments, international agencies, academia and
civil society, to examine critical issues in global health
governance and financing respectively.
The working group on governance considered ideas
about reform of the World Health Organization (WHO)
beyond those discussed in the agency’s ongoing internal
process. It focused in particular on the WHO’s functions,
its global role as a technical agency and a policy-making
body, its governance and structure, and its financing.
The financing working group focused on the
measures that need to be taken by countries and the global
community to provide sustainable financing for health
Amina Mohammed, Special Adviser
on Post 2015 Development, UN
Secretariat, speaking at a conference
on ‘International Cooperation in
the 21st Century: Partnerships for
Delivering the Post-2015 Agenda’
in May 2014.
services, including strengthening domestic and external
financing and moving towards a global agreement on
sustainable financing, including as part of the post-2015
development agenda.
The working groups led to the publication of two
reports in May 2014, What’s the World Health Organization
For? and Shared Responsibilities for Health: A Coherent Global
Framework for Health Financing, which were launched
in Geneva.
The Centre on Global Health Security is also planning
further launches of the reports, one in Japan (for the Asian
region) and another around the deliberations of the United
Nations General Assembly and the post-2015 development
agenda. The two years of work that culminated in these
two reports will also be continued in further projects
on ‘Universal Health Coverage’ and the ‘Global Health
Architecture’.
World Health Organization DirectorGeneral Margaret Chan (front right)
speaks in a panel discussion about
‘antimicrobial resistance’ in Geneva,
Switzerland.
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People
Law and governance
Left to right: Professor Alison Holmes,
Imperial College; Professor David
Heymann, Head and Senior Fellow,
Centre on Global Health Security;
Professor Richard Smith, London School
of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Osman
Dar, Consultant Research Fellow, Centre
on Global Health Security; and Armand
Sprecher MD MPH, Médecins Sans
Frontières, discussing ‘Ebola and Emerging
Infectious Diseases: Measuring the Risk’
in May 2014.
Ruma Mandal
Ruma Mandal is a senior research
fellow in the International
Law Programme at Chatham
House. She has worked on
international law issues with the
UK government (as a legal adviser
in the Foreign & Commonwealth
Office) and with the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR).
Her expertise includes
international refugee law and
international human rights law.
Her work has involved the
drafting of UNHCR guidelines on
critical areas of international law
relevant to the protection of
refugees and stateless persons,
litigation at the European Court
of Human Rights and the
negotiation of UN and EU legal
instruments. She became a
member of the Bar after reading
law at the University of
Cambridge.
Kevin Outterson
Professor Kevin Outterson is
a visiting fellow in the Centre
on Global Health Security at
Chatham House. He teaches
health and corporate law at
Boston University, where
he co-directs the Health Law
Programme.
He is editor-in-chief of the
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics;
past chair of the Section on Law,
Medicine & Health Care of the
Association of American Law
Schools; and a member of the
Board of the American Society
of Law, Medicine & Ethics.
He blogs on health policy
issues. His research focuses on
the organization and finance
of the health sector, including
global pharmaceutical markets,
particularly antimicrobials.
Ruma’s appointment forms
part of the International Law
Programme’s expansion,
facilitated by support from
the Oak Foundation.
Further reading:
What’s the World Health
Organization For?
Dr Charles Clift
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Honorary Treasurer’s Report
year to 31 March 2014
Chatham House had another challenging year financially
in 2013/14, as it experienced the full-year impact of having
taken a ten-year lease on the second floor of Ames House
(next door to the Chatham House building in Duke of York
Street) in 2012/13.
However, the overall net surplus for 2013/14 was
£1,071,000, mainly as a result of growth in research income
which reached £7,448,000, an increase of 41% over the
previous year. This increase includes the annual adjustment
to grant income as a result of implementing the Charities
SORP which requires us to recognize revenues as they are
received, rather than when they are spent. Research costs,
as in 2012/13, increased by 15%, reflecting continuing
investment in the expansion of capacity across all the
research departments/programmes.
Membership subscriptions of £2,176,000 continued
to grow, albeit at a slower pace than last year. Conferences
enjoyed a successful year as a result of a restructuring,
further investment in resources and a change away from
organizing international roundtables to focusing purely on
organizing large conferences. Revenues increased by 27%,
with the overall surplus nearly doubling to £400,000 as it
generated stronger returns from virtually all the conferences
held in the year. Income from publications was again flat
with the small increase in revenues from The World Today
offsetting those from International Affairs. Income from
fundraising and donations rose significantly, mainly owing
to continued expansion of the William Pitt Group, and was
helped by the implementation of a new tiered structure to
reflect the increasing donation levels.
Expenditure on membership, meetings, the library,
communications and publications increased by 20% to
£2,263,000. This was mainly due to further investment
in order to continue to meet the expanding needs of
the institute, particularly in supporting the increased
fundraising activities, development of a new website, the
expansion of its digital content and publications. Support
costs, net of recharges to the research programmes,
increased by 14%, primarily as a result of the occupation
of the second floor of Ames House at full rent and for a full
year.
Investment income increased sharply over the
previous year to £356,000. This included the increase in
rental income from the ground floor of Ames House for the
full year, from £28,000 to £173,000. Cash, partly in shortterm deposits, increased by £952,000 during the year to
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£3,937,000, helped by an inflow from the positive operating
performance and tight working capital management.
However, the average return on cash and short-term
deposits averaged only 0.5% compared with 1.8% the year
before. As a result non-cash investments of £796,000 were
made during the year to increase yield, and at the year-end
Chatham House held non-cash investments with a market
value of £5,881,000, compared with £5,095,000 as at 31
March 2013. The small overall loss on investments reflected
the drop in value of the emerging-market investments,
partially offset by the increase in value of UK/global funds,
and corresponded with the different market fortunes of
each type of investment.
In respect of Ames House, a portion of the two loans
taken out last year to help in the purchase of the ground
floor was partially repaid during the year, reducing the
outstanding total balances from £3,500,000 to £2,667,000.
During the year the institute extended the lease on the
basement to 999 years at a cost of £20,000. The institute
still retains two ten-year leases (with five-year, tenant-only
breaks) for the first and second floors, along with five-year
options to acquire 999-year leases for either or both of these
floors.
Total net assets as at 31 March 2014, excluding the
value of Chatham House itself, were £11,154,000, compared
with £10,083,000 as at 31 March 2013 – an increase of 10%.
The investments in the various lease acquisitions in
Ames House have increased the financial commitments
of the institute and these will continue to impact on
the operating performance in the short term. However,
arrangements are now firmly in place, with the
establishment of the Second Century Initiative, to actively
pursue a fundraising strategy with the aim of paying down
the short-term loans and providing a sustainable financial
reserve through endowments and other donations so that
the institute can continue to grow and prosper into its
second century.
Ed Smith
Financial headlines
year to 31 March 2014
Total net assets at year-end* 2014 (£’000s)
2013
(£’000s)
11,154
10,083
% incr
Income
Membership subscriptions
2,176 2,084 4%
Research
7,448 5,286 41%
Conferences
1,253 984 27%
Investment return
356 238 50%
Publications
517 518
0%
Fundraising and donations
789 670 18%
Other
227 65 249%
12,766
9,845
6,612 5,741
15%
853 779
9%
Membership, meetings, library, communications and publications
2,263 1,891
20%
Support costs net of recharges to research
1,957 1,720
14%
11,685 10,131
1,081
(286)
(10)
498
1,071 212
952
(1,658)
Expenditure
Research Conferences
Operational net income / (deficit)
Net investment (losses) / gains
Net surplus for the year
Net cash inflow / (outflow) for the year
*The Institute owns the freehold of Chatham House, the full value of which is not included in these figures.
The Financial Headlines are extracted from the full unqualified audited group accounts,
a copy of which is available to members on the website at www.chathamhouse.org.
Alternatively copies may be obtained from Rhona Moir, Executive Assistant to the Finance Director,
on telephone number +44 (0)20 7957 5700 or email rmoir@chathamhouse.org.
Copies will also be available at the Annual General Meeting.
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Patron, Presidents and Council
at 30 June 2014
Panel of Senior Advisers and
individual supporters at 30 June 2014
Patron
Her Majesty The Queen
Presidents
Rt Hon Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon
GCMG KBE PC
Rt Hon Sir John Major KG, CH
Rt Hon Baroness Scotland QC
Council
Stuart Popham QC
Chairman; Executive Committee; Finance Committee
Vice Chairman EMEA Banking, Citigroup;
former Senior Partner, Clifford Chance LLP
Rt Hon Sir Roderic Lyne KCMG
Deputy Chairman, Executive Committee
Member of the Iraq Inquiry Committee;
Non-Executive Director, Petropavlovsk plc and
JPMorgan Bank International
Ed Smith
Hon Treasurer (ex-officio); Executive Committee;
Finance Committee; Investment Committee
Chairman, WWF-UK; Chairman,
University of Birmingham
Deputy Chairman, NHS England
Dr Mohammed Abdel-Haq
Finance Committee; Investment Committee
Businessman and Academic
Greg Baxter
Global Head of Digital Strategy, Citigroup –
New York. Former Partner and UK Board member
at Booz & Company
Alistair Burnett
Editor of The World Tonight, BBC R4
Ryan Gawn
Director, Stratagem International; Head of
International Communications, ActionAid
International; former Strategic Campaigns Advisor,
Department for International Development –
Pakistan; former Strategic Communications Advisor,
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, British High
Commission, Pakistan; former Director EMEA of
Penn, Schoen & Berland
Martin Giles
US Technology Correspondent, The Economist
Sir Jeremy Greenstock GCMG
Chairman, UN Association-UK; Chairman,
Gatehouse Advisory Partners Ltd; Chairman,
Lambert Energy Advisory Ltd; UK Ambassador
to the UN (1998–2003)
Sir Richard Lambert
Lead non-executive, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Supervisory Board; Chairman, Banking Standards
Review Council
Chancellor, University of Warwick
Director-General, CBI (2006–11)
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Panel of Senior Advisers
Bronwen Maddox
Editor and Chief Executive, Prospect Publishing;
Chief Foreign Commentator, The Times (2006–10)
Peter Montagnon
Finance Committee
Associate Director, Institute of Business Ethics
Former Senior Investment Adviser, Financial
Reporting Council
Vincent Neate
Partner at KPMG – London;
Chairman, Fight for Peace UK Limited;
Trustee of From Babies with Love Limited
Alastair Newton
Executive Committee
Senior Political Analyst, Nomura International plc
Barbara Ridpath
Director, St. Paul’s Institute; Non-Executive Director
of National Australia Group Europe
Stuart Sinclair
Finance Committee
Non-Executive Director, Pru-Health,
Provident Financial, TSB, QBE, Swinton
Xan Smiley
Middle East and North Africa editor, The Economist
Robert Woodthorpe Browne MBE
Chairman, International Relations Committee,
Liberal Democrats; Treasurer, Bureau of Liberal
International; CEO, Robert Browne and Partners
Limited – International Reinsurance Consultants,
Board Member, British German Association
Caroline Wyatt
BBC Defence Correspondent
The Panel of Senior Advisers was founded in 2008
to provide Chatham House with an experienced
sounding board for our policy conclusions and help
communicate our ideas at the highest levels in the
UK and abroad.
Chairman: Rt Hon Sir John Major KG, CH
UK Prime Minister (1990–97)
Ayman Asfari
Group Chief Executive, Petrofac Ltd
Shumeet Banerji
Non-Executive Director, Hewlett-Packard;
Chief Executive Officer, Booz & Company (2008–12)
Lord Browne of Madingley
President, Royal Academy of Engineering;
Chief Executive, BP (1995–2007)
R Nicholas Burns
Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and
International Politics, John F Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University; Under Secretary
of State for Political Affairs, US Department of State
(2005–08); US Ambassador to NATO (2001–05)
Victor Chu
Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group,
Hong Kong
Tim Clark
Senior Adviser to G3 and Fleming Family & Partners
Lord Davies of Abersoch CBE
Partner and Vice Chairman, Corsair Capital;
Minister for Trade and Industry (2009–10)
Ian Davis
Chairman, Rolls-Royce; Non-Executive Director,
BP and Johnson & Johnson; former Chairman
and Worldwide Managing Director, McKinsey
(2003–09)
Suzan Sabancı Dinçer CBE
Chairman and Executive Board Member, Akbank
Mary Francis CBE
Non-Executive Director, Centrica plc and
Swiss Reinsurance Company;
Director, Bank of England (2001–07)
Dame Clara Furse DBE
External Member, Financial Policy Committee,
Bank of England; Non-Executive Director,
Nomura Holdings, Amadeus IT Holdings and
Department for Work and Pensions, UK
James Gaggero
Chairman, Bland Group Ltd
André Hoffmann
Vice-Chairman, Board of Roche Holding Ltd
Rt Hon Lord Hurd of Westwell
UK Foreign Secretary (1989–95)
Lord Jay of Ewelme
Permanent Under-Secretary,
Foreign Office (2002–06)
Sir Paul Judge
Chairman, Schroder Income Growth Fund plc;
Alderman, City of London
President’s Circle
William Pitt Group
Dame DeAnne Julius DCMG, CBE
Independent Non-Executive Director of Deloitte
(UK), Roche Holdings SA (Switzerland) and
Jones Lang LaSalle (USA); former Chairman,
Chatham House (2003–12)
The President’s Circle comprises individuals who
enable Chatham House to undertake major initiatives,
including the Academy for Leadership in International
Affairs, research fellowships, new research streams
and cross-institutional collaboration.
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individuals committed to the success of the institute,
and whose philanthropic support strengthens the
institute’s independence.
Nemir Kirdar
Founder, Executive Chairman and CEO, Investcorp
Ayman Asfari
Caio Koch-Weser
Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group;
Deputy Finance Minister for Germany (1999–2005)
Tim Bunting
Hon Marc E Leland
President, Marc E Leland and Associates, USA;
Co-Chairman, German Marshall Fund of the
United States
André Hoffmann
Rachel Lomax
Non-Executive Director, HSBC and Heathrow
Airport Holdings; Deputy Governor, Monetary Policy,
the Bank of England (2003–08)
Celia and Edward Atkin CBE
Richard Hayden
John C Whitehead
Director’s Circle
Support from members of the Director’s Circle allows
the director to invest in timely and innovative research
and thought leadership.
Sir David Manning GCMG CVO
British Ambassador to the United States (2003–07);
foreign affairs and defence adviser to Prime Minister
Tony Blair (2001–03)
Garvin Brown IV
Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas DBE
Trustee, The Imperial War Museum;
Chairman, New West End Company
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild
Lubna Olayan
Deputy Chairperson and CEO, Olayan Financing
Company, Saudi Arabia
Dr Carlos Bulgheroni Victor Chu
Michael Hoffman
Timothy Jones
Nemir Kirdar
Hon Marc E Leland
Vahid Alaghband
David Archer
Petr Aven
Amit Bhatia
Pierre-Henri Denain
Glenn Earle
Ambassador Edward E Elson
Louis G Elson
Martin Fraenkel
Stephen Freidheim
Richard Karl Goeltz
Alexis Habib
Hon John G Heimann
Sir Joseph Hotung KBE
Farid Issa-El-Khoury
Reuben Jeffery III
Huw Jenkins
Hadi Kabalan
Donald Kramer
Sir Michael Rake
Chairman, BT and EasyJet
Chris Rokos
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Secretary General, NATO (1999–2003);
UK Defence Secretary (1997–99)
Lionel Curtis Group
Martin Lovegrove
Through their ongoing philanthropic commitment,
individuals that comprise the Lionel Curtis Group
offer discretionary support to the institute’s core
research activities − ensuring its independence from
any one funding source or agenda.
Roni Lovegrove
The Al Swaidi family
Morgan McKenney
Gavin Boyle
Maryfrances Metrick
Andrés Rozental
Former Mexican diplomat; founding president
of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations;
Chairman of ArcelorMittal Mexico; non-resident
senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
Kevin Rudd
Prime Minister of Australia (2007–10, 2013);
Minister for Foreign Affairs (2010–12)
Daniel Sachs
Chief Executive Officer, Proventus AB
Ron Sandler CBE
Adviser, Palamon Capital Partners; former Executive
Chairman of Northern Rock, Chief Operating Officer
of NatWest Group and Chief Executive of
Lloyd’s of London
John C Whitehead
Founding Chairman, Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation, USA; former Co-Chairman of
Goldman Sachs
Andrew E Law
Richard Bram
Stephen Brenninkmeijer
Sir Trevor Chinn CVO
Helen L Freeman
Ronald M Freeman
Luciano Gobbi
Bernard Groveman
Charles M Hale
Kaaren Hale
Sara Burch Khairallah
Karim Khairallah
Monika Machon
Jolana Vainio
Dr Petri Vainio
Michael R Lynch
Stephen Marquardt
Elizabeth McCaul
David Pearl
Stuart Popham QC
Paul Rivlin
Caspar Romer
Simon Rowlands
Jacob M Safra
Horacio Sánchez Caballero
Ron Sandler CBE
Dr Allen Sangines-Krause
Rafael Serrano
Richard W Slocum
Kit Tamkin
Robert Tomei
Pedro J Torres
John Vogelstein
Gareth Williams
Roger Wolf
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Financial Support
2013–14
Partners (at 30 June 2014)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
DBJ Europe Limited
Akbank
National Intelligence Council,
United States of America
Debevoise and Plimpton LLP
Asfari Foundation
Nomura Foundation
Delonex Energy
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Headquarters
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and
Development Canada
Open Society Foundations
Department of Health, UK
Prudential plc
Department of National Defence, Canada
Revenue Watch Institute
Diageo
Rockefeller Foundation
Doughty Street Chambers
Skoll Global Threats Fund
Eaton Vance Management
Smith Richardson Foundation
Elcano Royal Institute
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Eni SpA
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
JETRO London
Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency
MAVA Foundation
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Ministry of Defence, UK
United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs
BG Group
BP plc
Chevron Ltd
Crown Prince Court, Abu Dhabi
Department for International Development, UK
European Commission
ExxonMobil Corporation
Finmeccanica
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates
Nippon Foundation
Oak Foundation
Robert Bosch Foundation
United Nations Trust Facility Supporting
Cooperation on Arms Regulation
United States Agency for International Development
United States Institute for Peace
European Federation of Pharmaceutical
Industries & Associations
European Forest Institute
Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Austria
Forest Trends
GlaxoSmithKline
GPW
Hess Corporation
Royal Dutch Shell
Statoil
Research Supporters
HgCapital
Toshiba Corporation
ActionAid UK
Horacio Sanchez-Caballero
Total Holdings UK Ltd
African Barrick Gold plc
Humanity United
AIG Property Casualty
International Monetary Fund
Al Tajir Trust
IrishAid
Alaco Ltd
Japan Institute of International Affairs
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co Ltd
Anglo American plc
JX
Arab Stabilization Plan
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Areva SA
Korea International Cooperation Agency
Association of Italian Banks
KPMG LLP
AstraZeneca plc
Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science
Atlantic Partnership
Lockheed Martin UK
Banco Africano de Investimentos
Lonrho plc
Bank of England
Lowy Institute for International Policy
Bechtel Ltd
Macquarie Group
Bovicor
Marathon Oil Corporation
Bowland Trust
Matthew Hurlock
Brazilian Development Bank
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
British Academy
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
British Council
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
BTG Pactual
Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment,
Netherlands
Key Project Sponsors
Atkin Foundation
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BHP Billiton International Services Ltd
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
British Red Cross
Catholic Organisation for Relief and
Development Aid
Charities Aid Foundation
Climate & Development Knowledge Network
Climate and Land Use Alliance
Commonwealth Secretariat
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Disasters Emergency Committee
Economic and Social Research Council, UK
Embassy of the United States of America, London
EPOCH Foundation
Eranda Foundation
European Parliament
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Federal Environment Agency, Germany
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation
Korea Foundation
Ministry of Finance, Japan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
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Centre for Low Carbon Futures
Charles Hale
Chubu Electric Power Co Inc
Client Earth
Clifford Chance LLP
ConocoPhillips
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsui & Co Europe plc
Morgan Stanley
Nedbank Ltd
Noble Energy Inc
Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre
Norwegian Refugee Council
The Olayan Group
FTI Consulting Ltd
Aspen Insurance UK Limited
Overseas Development Institute
GlaxoSmithKline
AstraZeneca plc
Pension Insurance Corporation Ltd
Goldman Sachs International
Avio Group
Petrofac
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Aviva
Raytheon
HSBC Holdings plc
AXA Investment Managers
Rio Tinto plc
Huawei Technologies
Banca d’Italia
Robert Bosch Limited
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Royal Navy
RWE Dea AG
Singapore National University
Standard Bank Plc
Standard Chartered Bank
StormHarbour Securities LLP
Sustainable Europe Research Institute
TRAFFIC International
Trans European Policy Studies Association
Tullow Oil plc
UNESCO
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
US Department of Defense
White Rose Energy Ventures
William Rice
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Jones Lang LaSalle
KPMG LLP
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
LetterOne
Libra Group
Linklaters
Lockheed Martin UK
Marsh
MetLife
Mitsubishi Corporation
Morgan Stanley
Natixis
Nomura International plc
Major Corporate Members
Oliver Wyman
(at 30 June 2014)
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Accenture
Rabobank International
AIG Asset Management
Raytheon
Amsterdam & Partners
Rio Tinto plc
Atkins
Royal Bank of Scotland
BAE Systems plc
Santander
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Saudi Petroleum Overseas Ltd
Barclays
Schlumberger Limited
BBC
Standard Chartered Bank
BHP Billiton International Services Ltd
Stroz Friedberg
Bloomberg
Sumitomo Corporation
British American Tobacco
Tesco
British Army
Thomson Reuters
BT Group plc
United States of America, Embassy of the
Caxton Asset Management
Vodafone Group
Citi
Bell Pottinger
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd
Bland Group Ltd
British Council
Boeing UK
Cabinet Office
CBS News
CDC Group plc
Chivas Brothers
Chubb Investment Services Ltd
Chubu Electric Power Co Inc
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
CLP Holdings Limited
Coller Capital
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Commonwealth Secretariat
Consolidated Contractors International (UK) Ltd
Crown Agents
CRU International Ltd
Daily Mail and General Trust plc
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
De Beers Group Services UK Ltd
De La Rue plc
Delonex Energy
Department of Health, UK
Diageo
Diplomatic Academy of Montenegro
DP World
Energy Charter Secretariat
Energy Industries Council
Energy Intelligence Group
ES-KO
Eurasia Group
City of London
Corporate Members (at 30 June 2014)
Clifford Chance LLP
Afren
CME Group
africapractice
Control Risks
Airbus Group
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, UK
AKE Ltd
Dexion Capital
Albany Associates (International) Ltd
DTCC (The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation)
Allen & Overy LLP
General Secretariat of the Council of the
European Union
The Economist
Anglo American plc
Genesis Investment Management LLP
Eni SpA
APCO Worldwide
The Group
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArcelorMittal
The Guardian
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
European Investment Bank
European Parliament UK Office
First Magazine
G3 Good Governance Group
Asahi Shimbun (Europe)
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Financial Support
2013–14
HM Treasury
Prudential plc
Ecuador, Embassy of
Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office
Quakers in Britain
Egypt, Embassy of the Arab Republic of
House of Commons Library
Risk Advisory Group
El Salvador, Embassy of
House of Lords Library
Rolls-Royce plc
Estonia, Embassy of the Republic of
Indorama Services UK Ltd
RSA Insurance
INPEX
Salamanca Risk Management
Ethiopia, Embassy of the Federal Democratic
Republic of
International Institute for Environment and
Development
Sarasin & Partners LLP
Investcorp International Ltd
Investec Asset Management
Invoke Capital
ITN
Jaguar Land Rover
SCA, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
Schroders Plc
Scottish Government
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Standard Life Group
Strategy&
Japan Oil, Gas & Metals National Corporation
(JOGMEC)
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
JICA UK Office
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Europe Limited
JKX Oil & Gas
John Swire & Sons Ltd
KOKUSAI Asset Management Co Ltd
Kosmos Energy
Kroll
Krull Corp
Kuwait Investment Office
Kyodo News
League of Arab States
Macquarie Group
Marathon Oil Corporation
Maritime Asset Security & Training Ltd
Matheson & Co Ltd
Finland, Embassy of
France, Embassy of
Georgia, Embassy of
Germany, Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Gibraltar, Government of
Greece, Embassy of
Hungary, Embassy of
India, High Commission of
Indonesia, Embassy of the Republic of
Iraq, Embassy of the Republic of
Tata Ltd
Ireland, Embassy of
Telegraph Media Group
Israel, Embassy of
Thales
Italy, Embassy of
Tishman Speyer
Japan, Embassy of
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)
Jordan, Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of
Towers Watson
Kazakhstan, Embassy of the Republic of
Tullow Oil plc
Korea, Embassy of the Republic of
UBS
Kuwait, Embassy of the State of
Vitol
Latvia, Embassy of the Republic of
Warburg Pincus LLC
Libya, Embassy of the State of
Wilton Park
Lithuania, Embassy of the Republic of
Wood Mackenzie
Luxembourg, Embassy of
Yomiuri Shimbun
Macedonia, Embassy of the Republic of
Milbank
Malta, High Commission of
Mitsui & Co Europe plc
Embassy and High Commission
Members (at 30 June 2014)
Mizuho Bank
Algeria, Embassy of
Mongolia, Embassy of
Mondelez International
Argentine Republic, Embassy of the
Morocco, Embassy of the Kingdom of
Mondi Group
Armenia, Embassy of the Republic of
Mozambique, High Commission for the Republic of
NEPAD Secretariat
Australia, High Commission of
Netherlands, Embassy of the Kingdom of the
Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd
Austria, Embassy of
New Zealand, High Commission of
NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Azerbaijan, Embassy of the Republic of
Norway, Royal Embassy of
NIKKEI Inc
Bahrain, Embassy of the Kingdom of
Oman, Embassy of the Sultanate of
Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre
Belgium, Embassy of
The Olayan Group
Belize, High Commission of
Pakistan, High Commission for the
Islamic Republic of
oltreradio.it
Brazil, Embassy of
Poland, Embassy of the Republic of
Orrick
Bulgaria, Embassy of the Republic of
Portugal, Embassy of
Permira Advisers LLP
Canada, High Commission of
Qatar, Embassy of the State of
Petrofac Energy Developments
Chile, Embassy of
Romania, Embassy of
polestarglobal.com
China, Embassy of the People’s Republic of
Russian Federation, Embassy of the
Polish Institute of Diplomacy
Costa Rica, Embassy of
Rwanda, High Commission for the Republic of
Pool Re
Cyprus, High Commission for the Republic of
Saint Kitts & Nevis, High Commission of
Powerscourt
Czech Republic, Embassy of the
Saudi Arabia, Embassy of the Royal Kingdom of
Premier Oil
Denmark, Royal Embassy of
Serbia, Embassy of the Republic of
Protection Group International
Dominican Republic, Embassy of the
Seychelles, High Commission of the Republic of
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe Ltd
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Mexico, Embassy of
Moldova, Embassy of the Republic of
Sierra Leone, High Commission of
Regent’s College – European Business School
Rt Hon Lord Howe of Aberavon CH PC QC
Singapore, High Commission for the Republic of
Richmond University – The American International
University in London
Matt Huber
Slovak Republic, Embassy of the
Slovenia, Embassy of the Republic of
South Africa, High Commission for the Republic of
Spain, Embassy of
Sudan, Embassy of the Republic of
Sweden, Embassy of
Switzerland, Embassy of
Tanzania, High Commission of the
United Republic of
Trinidad & Tobago, High Commission of the
Republic of
Tunisia, Embassy of
Turkey, Embassy of the Republic of
Ukraine, Embassy of
United Arab Emirates, Embassy of the
Uruguay, Embassy of
Uzbekistan, Embassy of the Republic of
Venezuela, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of
Vietnam, Embassy of the Socialist Republic of
Yemen, Embassy of the Republic of
Zambia, High Commission for the Republic of
Royal College of Defence Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies – Centre
for International Studies and Diplomacy
University College London – Faculty of Laws
and School of Public Policy
University of Bath – Department of Politics,
Languages and International Studies
University of Buckingham – Department of
Economics and International Studies
University of East Anglia – Department of Political,
Social and International Studies
University of East Anglia – London Academy
of Diplomacy
University of Kent – Department of Politics and
International Relations
University of Portsmouth – Centre for European
and International Studies Research
Rt Hon Lord Hurd of Westwell CH CBE PC
Majid Jafar
Nemir Kirdar
Sarah Laessig
Sir Richard Lambert
John Leech
Gerard Legrain
Simon Lerner
Anthony Loehnis
Rachel Lomax
Sir Roderic Lyne KCMG
Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH
John Makin
Mladen Milinkovic
Dr Alexander Mirtchev
University of Sussex – School of Global Studies
Peter Montagnon
University of Westminster – Department of Politics
and International Relations
Professor Roger Morgan
Webster University Geneva – Department of
International Relations
Angela Mosconi
Alex Nice
Yoshio Noguchi
Annual Fund Donors
Stuart Popham QC
NGO Members (at 30 June 2014)
Individuals
Ambassador Andrés Rozental
ActionAid UK
John Ackroyd
Mustafa Sahin
Amnesty International
Baha Bassatne
Keith Salway
British Red Cross
Greg Baxter
Howard Singleton
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
Gavin Boyle
Richard Slater
Concern Worldwide
Stephen Brenninkmeijer
Edward Smith
European Interagency Security Forum (EISF)
Garvin Brown IV
Pedro Solares
International Committee of the Red Cross
Francesco Burelli
William Theuer
International Medical Corps UK
Eyup Sabri Carmikli
Monica Threlfall
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Lindsay Case
Valerie Williams
Saferworld
Sir Trevor Chinn CVO
John Williams
World Animal Protection
Joseph Cook
Corporate
Dr William Crawley
BP plc
HE Dr Federico Alberto Cuello-Camilo
BT Group plc
Nathan Danquah
Dominican Republic, Embassy of the
Katherine Davies
The John S Cohen Foundation
ESCP Europe Business School
Dr Emanuel de Kadt
Sudan, Embassy of the Republic of
Goodenough College
Paul Etchells
Turkey, Embassy of the Republic of
King’s College London – Department of
Political Economy
Tom Fenton
King’s College London – Department of War Studies
James Gaggero
London School of Economics – Department of
International Relations
Adrienne Gignoux
Nanyang Technological University – S Rajaratnam
School of International Studies
Luciano Gobbi
Academic Institutional Members
(at 30 June 2014)
Brunel University – Department of Politics
and History
Dame Clara Furse DBE
Martin Giles
Osaka University – School of International
Public Policy
Karin Greenhalgh
Regent’s College – Department of
International Relations
Dr Sam Hedayati
Bernard Halim
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Staff and Associate Fellows
at 30 June 2014
Director
Richard Gowing, Administrator
Neil Quilliam, Senior Research Fellow
Kathleen McInnis, Research Consultant
Leonie Northedge, Research Associate
Associate Fellows:
Doris Carrion, Research Assistant
Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas CMG, OBE
Helen Twist, Manager
Dr Cath Collins
Sophie Grant, Coordinator
Professor Michael Cox
Jamil De Dominicis, Coordinator
Dr Bates Gill
Saad Aldouri, Administrator
Dr Timothy Power
Associate Fellows:
Julianne Smith
Hayder al-Khoei
Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia
(2013 and 2007–10)
Bruce Stokes
Dr Maha Azzam (on sabbatical)
Lord Williams of Baglan, International Trustee
of the BBC, UN Under Secretary-General,
Middle East (2006-11)
Professor Peter Trubowitz
David Butter
Dr Leslie Vinjamuri
Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Asia
Dr Sara Bazoobandi
Chatham House Senior Consulting Fellow
Dr John Swenson-Wright, Head
Sir Richard Dalton
Michael Keating, UN Deputy Envoy to Afghanistan
(2010–12)
Rosheen Kabraji, Assistant Head and
Research Associate
Jon Marks
Dr Robin Niblett
Director’s Office
Kevin Steeves, Head of Director’s Office
Anna Dorant-Hayes, Executive Assistant to
the Director
Claire Pearcey, Assistant, Director’s Office
Chatham House Distinguished Visiting Fellows
Area Studies and International Law
Research Department
Dr Gareth Price Senior Research Fellow
Dr Tim Summers, Senior Consulting Fellow
Chloe Sageman, Manager
Alex Vines OBE, Research Director
Hameed Hakimi, Research Assistant
Alis Martin, Executive Assistant to the Research
Director for Area Studies & International Law
Joshua Webb, Administrator
Africa
Professor Shaun Breslin
Alex Vines OBE, Head
Professor Kerry Brown
Elizabeth Donnelly, Assistant Head
Charu Lata Hogg
Dr Elisabete Azevedo-Harman, Research Fellow
Dr Kun-Chin Lin
Adjoa Anyimadu, Research Associate
Simon Long
Ahmed Soliman, Research Assistant
Professor Duncan McCargo
Chris Vandome, Research Assistant
Dr Kirsten E Schulze
Tighisti Amare, Programme Manager
Dr Farzana Shaikh
Katherine Lawson, Parliamentary Outreach Officer
Dr Chris Smith
Daragh Thomas, Project Assistant
Matt Waldman
Associate Fellows:
Sir David Warren
Jeremy Astill-Brown
Rod Wye
Knox Chitiyo
Dr Michal Meidan
Bob Dewar CMG
Christina Katsouris
Dr Muzong Kodi
Dame Rosalind Marsden
Paul Melly
Jason Mosley
Dr Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
Ben Shepherd
Sola Tayo
Americas
Xenia Dormandy, US Project Director
Jacob Parakilas, Assistant Project Director
Sanford Henry, Visiting Fellow
Rory Kinane, Coordinator
Associate Fellows:
Europe
Quentin Peel, Mercator Senior Fellow
Thomas Raines, Manager and Research Associate
Associate Fellows:
Professor Iain Begg
Professor Maurice Fraser
Dr Matthew Goodwin
Fadi Hakura
Professor Anand Menon
Professor Richard G Whitman
Middle East and North Africa
Dr Claire Spencer, Head
Jane Kinninmont, Deputy Head and
Senior Research Fellow
Professor Yossi Mekelberg
Dr Christopher Phillips
Sir Tom Phillips
Nadim Shehadi
Russia and Eurasia
James Nixey, Head
Dr Andrew Monaghan, Senior Research Fellow
Orysia Lutsevych, Research Fellow
L’ubica Polláková, Coordinator
Associate Fellows:
Annette Bohr
Professor Julian Cooper OBE
Keir Giles
Professor Philip Hanson OBE
Dr Bobo Lo
John Lough
Professor Neil MacFarlane
Professor Marie Mendras
Dr Arkady Moshes
Professor Richard Sakwa
James Sherr
Dr Lilia Shevtsova
Sir Andrew Wood
International Law
Ruma Mandal, Senior Research Fellow
Catherine Wanjiku, Administrator
Associate Fellows:
Dr Louise Arimatsu
David Bentley
Joanne Foakes
Dr Wim Muller
Sonya Sceats
Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG
Miša Zgonec-Rožej
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Energy, Environment and
Resources Research Department
Rob Bailey, Acting Research Director
Professor Paul Stevens, Distinguished Fellow
Antony Froggatt, Senior Research Fellow
Alison Hoare, Senior Research Fellow
Felix Preston, Senior Research Fellow
Glada Lahn, Senior Research Fellow
Shane Tomlinson, Senior Research Fellow
Jaakko Kooroshy, Research Fellow
Siân Bradley, Research Associate
Effie Theodoridou, Administrator
Professor Kevin Outterson, Visiting Fellow
Associate Fellows:
Dr Osman Dar, Consulting Fellow
Professor Benjamin Cohen
Jon Lidén, Consulting Fellow
Paul van den Noord
Emma Ross, Consultant
John Nugée
Claire Muñoz Parry, Manager
Professor Jim Rollo
Robert Ewers, Coordinator
Professor Catherine Schenk
Associate Fellows:
Dr Mina Toksoz
Professor David Fidler
International Security
Research Department
Professor Anna George
Dr Stuart Gordon
(joint with International Security Department)
Dr Patricia Lewis, Research Director
Professor Ilona Kickbusch
James de Waal, Senior Fellow
Dr Khalid Koser
Jens Hein, Coordinator
Heather Williams, Research Fellow
Dr Heidi Larson
Owen Grafham, Coordinator
Caroline Baylon, Research Associate
Dr Kelley Lee
Laura Wellesley, Research Associate
Sasan Aghlani, Research Assistant
Professor John-Arne Røttingen
Rachel Shairp, Coordinator
Hannah Bryce, Programme Manager
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