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UK in China: Hard choices between rival superpowers | Independent Thinking podcast
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing this week, determined to defrost the relationship that he says has gone from a ‘golden age to an ice age’. He left hailing progress made with Xi, but ...
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Podcast🎙️ | UK in China: Hard choices between rival superpowers
Our experts discuss Keir Starmer's trip to China and the current state of relations between Beijing and London.
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Our experts discuss Keir Starmer's trip to China and the current state of relations between Beijing and London.
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Ben Bland (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) on how the UK should approach its foreign relations post-Brexit. Listen to the full podcast⤵️
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January 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Ben Bland (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) on how the UK should approach its foreign relations post-Brexit. Listen to the full podcast⤵️
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January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Chatham House experts and researchers are available to follow on Bluesky.
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Yu Jie (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) on the tensions between the United States and China. Listen to the full podcast ⤵️
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January 30, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Yu Jie (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) on the tensions between the United States and China. Listen to the full podcast ⤵️
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With no regional support for regime change in Myanmar, the choice facing policymakers now is between tolerating the status quo or engaging with Myanmar's military junta.
Myanmar ‘election’ shows the military regime is here to stay. How should the world respond?
Amid calls for the international community to ‘unequivocally reject’ the election results, only two real options remain: accept the status quo or engage with the military.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:30 PM
With no regional support for regime change in Myanmar, the choice facing policymakers now is between tolerating the status quo or engaging with Myanmar's military junta.
Podcast🎙️ | UK in China: Hard choices between rival superpowers
Our experts discuss Keir Starmer's trip to China and the current state of relations between Beijing and London.
Apple: apple.co/49QiDRi
Spotify: bit.ly/4qP8dr5
Our experts discuss Keir Starmer's trip to China and the current state of relations between Beijing and London.
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UK in China: Hard choices between rival superpowers | Independent Thinking podcast
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing this week, determined to defrost the relationship that he says has gone from a ‘golden age to an ice age’. He left hailing progress made with Xi, but ...
www.chathamhouse.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Podcast🎙️ | UK in China: Hard choices between rival superpowers
Our experts discuss Keir Starmer's trip to China and the current state of relations between Beijing and London.
Apple: apple.co/49QiDRi
Spotify: bit.ly/4qP8dr5
Our experts discuss Keir Starmer's trip to China and the current state of relations between Beijing and London.
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With power reasserting itself as the organizing principle of international affairs – and interdependence increasingly weaponized – Charles de Gaulle's foreign policy appears vindicated.
EU leaders echo de Gaulle, saying Europe must depend on no-one. But where should autonomy begin?
Leaders agree on the need to reduce dependencies in defence, technology, energy and trade. But what are the priorities? And can they overcome their fragmented politics?
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January 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM
With power reasserting itself as the organizing principle of international affairs – and interdependence increasingly weaponized – Charles de Gaulle's foreign policy appears vindicated.
"China will have to manage even more intense international trade conflicts was the assessment from Beijing for 2026."
Yu Jie (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) on China's priorities and concerns going into this year.
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Yu Jie (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) on China's priorities and concerns going into this year.
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January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
"China will have to manage even more intense international trade conflicts was the assessment from Beijing for 2026."
Yu Jie (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) on China's priorities and concerns going into this year.
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Yu Jie (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) on China's priorities and concerns going into this year.
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The question is no longer whether autonomy is desirable, but whether Europe – and the European Union – can acquire sufficient capacity, coherence, and scale to preserve its freedom of action.
EU leaders echo de Gaulle, saying Europe must depend on no-one. But where should autonomy begin?
Leaders agree on the need to reduce dependencies in defence, technology, energy and trade. But what are the priorities? And can they overcome their fragmented politics?
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January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The question is no longer whether autonomy is desirable, but whether Europe – and the European Union – can acquire sufficient capacity, coherence, and scale to preserve its freedom of action.
The widespread blackout in response to widespread protests in Iran reflects the regime’s dangerous embrace of digital isolation as a long-term strategy of repression.
Read @nayanaprakash.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
Read @nayanaprakash.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
Iran’s internet shutdown signals a new stage of digital isolation
The widespread blackout in response to protests reflects the Iranian regime’s dangerous embrace of digital isolation as a long-term strategy of repression.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The widespread blackout in response to widespread protests in Iran reflects the regime’s dangerous embrace of digital isolation as a long-term strategy of repression.
Read @nayanaprakash.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
Read @nayanaprakash.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
Greenland has demonstrated that US coercion can be applied, modulated, and withdrawn at will — leaving the EU vulnerable to Donald Trump's ambitions.
Trump’s Davos speech backed off escalation in Greenland. That will not prevent an EU rush for strategic autonomy
The Greenland episode taught important lessons: strategic autonomy must be accelerated to stop a haemorrhage of sovereignty; And the Anti-Coercion Instrument can be a powerful weapon in a new geopolit...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Greenland has demonstrated that US coercion can be applied, modulated, and withdrawn at will — leaving the EU vulnerable to Donald Trump's ambitions.
With power reasserting itself as the organizing principle of international affairs — and interdependence increasingly weaponized — Charles de Gaulle's foreign policy appears vindicated.
EU leaders echo de Gaulle, saying Europe must depend on no-one. But where should autonomy begin?
Leaders agree on the need to reduce dependencies in defence, technology, energy and trade. But what are the priorities? And can they overcome their fragmented politics?
www.chathamhouse.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
With power reasserting itself as the organizing principle of international affairs — and interdependence increasingly weaponized — Charles de Gaulle's foreign policy appears vindicated.
'In a fragmenting geopolitical landscape, how are resilience & rivalry reshaping decisions on energy systems, climate, & nature?'
Anders Lindberg, Marcela Chacón, Bill Esterson & Justin Perrettson share their answers 👇 Join us at the climate & energy summit on 10-11 March 🔗 tinyurl.com/py9xb5vv
Anders Lindberg, Marcela Chacón, Bill Esterson & Justin Perrettson share their answers 👇 Join us at the climate & energy summit on 10-11 March 🔗 tinyurl.com/py9xb5vv
January 29, 2026 at 11:36 AM
'In a fragmenting geopolitical landscape, how are resilience & rivalry reshaping decisions on energy systems, climate, & nature?'
Anders Lindberg, Marcela Chacón, Bill Esterson & Justin Perrettson share their answers 👇 Join us at the climate & energy summit on 10-11 March 🔗 tinyurl.com/py9xb5vv
Anders Lindberg, Marcela Chacón, Bill Esterson & Justin Perrettson share their answers 👇 Join us at the climate & energy summit on 10-11 March 🔗 tinyurl.com/py9xb5vv
"Middle powers are herbivores in a world dominated by two carnivores — and those carnivores are the US and China."
@jkynge.bsky.social on Keir Starmer's visit to China and the challenges facing ‘middle power’ countries engaging with Beijing, via BBC News ⤵️
@jkynge.bsky.social on Keir Starmer's visit to China and the challenges facing ‘middle power’ countries engaging with Beijing, via BBC News ⤵️
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 AM
"Middle powers are herbivores in a world dominated by two carnivores — and those carnivores are the US and China."
@jkynge.bsky.social on Keir Starmer's visit to China and the challenges facing ‘middle power’ countries engaging with Beijing, via BBC News ⤵️
@jkynge.bsky.social on Keir Starmer's visit to China and the challenges facing ‘middle power’ countries engaging with Beijing, via BBC News ⤵️
With no regional support for regime change in Myanmar, the choice facing policymakers now is between tolerating the status quo or engaging with Myanmar's military junta.
Myanmar ‘election’ shows the military regime is here to stay. How should the world respond?
Amid calls for the international community to ‘unequivocally reject’ the election results, only two real options remain: accept the status quo or engage with the military.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
With no regional support for regime change in Myanmar, the choice facing policymakers now is between tolerating the status quo or engaging with Myanmar's military junta.
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty will expire in February. If it does, it will mark the first time since the 1970s that there will be no legally binding limits on US and Russian strategic nuclear forces.
The US and Russia’s nuclear weapons treaty is set to expire. Here’s what’s at stake
Letting New START expire would signal that the world’s largest nuclear powers are abandoning restraint.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty will expire in February. If it does, it will mark the first time since the 1970s that there will be no legally binding limits on US and Russian strategic nuclear forces.
China's new embassy in London has renewed the debate around the threat posed by China, but focusing on it risks obscuring a more consequential challenge — China’s invisible leverage.
Starmer’s China visit is the big story – but Beijing’s invisible leverage warrants greater scrutiny
Keir Starmer’s upcoming China visit and the UK’s approval of China’s new ‘mega-embassy’ have dominated headlines. But more attention should be paid to Beijing’s less visible levers of influence.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM
China's new embassy in London has renewed the debate around the threat posed by China, but focusing on it risks obscuring a more consequential challenge — China’s invisible leverage.
“Most of America's allies have known for years that the US had no problem trampling international law."
Grégoire Roos (@cheurope.bsky.social) on Mark Carney's speech at Davos and Western hypocrisy in foreign affairs.
Grégoire Roos (@cheurope.bsky.social) on Mark Carney's speech at Davos and Western hypocrisy in foreign affairs.
January 29, 2026 at 7:00 AM
“Most of America's allies have known for years that the US had no problem trampling international law."
Grégoire Roos (@cheurope.bsky.social) on Mark Carney's speech at Davos and Western hypocrisy in foreign affairs.
Grégoire Roos (@cheurope.bsky.social) on Mark Carney's speech at Davos and Western hypocrisy in foreign affairs.
"The UK should be engaging with China, but should be doing so in a structured way, avoiding the red flag areas relating to issues of national security."
@jkynge.bsky.social on Keir Starmer's visit to China and the opportunities and challenges in engaging with Beijing, via BBC News ⤵️
@jkynge.bsky.social on Keir Starmer's visit to China and the opportunities and challenges in engaging with Beijing, via BBC News ⤵️
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"The UK should be engaging with China, but should be doing so in a structured way, avoiding the red flag areas relating to issues of national security."
@jkynge.bsky.social on Keir Starmer's visit to China and the opportunities and challenges in engaging with Beijing, via BBC News ⤵️
@jkynge.bsky.social on Keir Starmer's visit to China and the opportunities and challenges in engaging with Beijing, via BBC News ⤵️
“Most of America's allies have known for years that the US had no problem trampling international law."
Grégoire Roos (@cheurope.bsky.social) on Mark Carney's speech at Davos and the nature of Western hypocrisy.
Grégoire Roos (@cheurope.bsky.social) on Mark Carney's speech at Davos and the nature of Western hypocrisy.
January 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM
“Most of America's allies have known for years that the US had no problem trampling international law."
Grégoire Roos (@cheurope.bsky.social) on Mark Carney's speech at Davos and the nature of Western hypocrisy.
Grégoire Roos (@cheurope.bsky.social) on Mark Carney's speech at Davos and the nature of Western hypocrisy.
Keir Starmer’s visit to China vand the approval of China’s new ‘mega-embassy’ in London have dominated headlines — but attention should be paid to Beijing’s less visible levers of influence.
Starmer’s China visit is the big story – but Beijing’s invisible leverage warrants greater scrutiny
Keir Starmer’s upcoming China visit and the UK’s approval of China’s new ‘mega-embassy’ have dominated headlines. But more attention should be paid to Beijing’s less visible levers of influence.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Keir Starmer’s visit to China vand the approval of China’s new ‘mega-embassy’ in London have dominated headlines — but attention should be paid to Beijing’s less visible levers of influence.
Mark Carney’s speech at Davos warned that the old world order that existed under the auspices of the United States was over — and urged middle powers to group together.
Read Associate Fellow Roli Asthana's analysis on how the UK should respond at @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social ⤵️
Read Associate Fellow Roli Asthana's analysis on how the UK should respond at @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social ⤵️
Middle powers, UK, India and pivoting smartly
Mark Carney warned at Davos that the old world order was over, and urged middle powers to group together. The UK should heed Carney's advice
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January 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Mark Carney’s speech at Davos warned that the old world order that existed under the auspices of the United States was over — and urged middle powers to group together.
Read Associate Fellow Roli Asthana's analysis on how the UK should respond at @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social ⤵️
Read Associate Fellow Roli Asthana's analysis on how the UK should respond at @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social ⤵️
Early bird ends 5 February ⏳ Don’t miss your chance to join the Global Trade Conference 2026, where leaders tackle economic security, resilient supply chains, and the geopolitics shaping the future of global trade.
19 March, Chatham House & online 🔗 www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/c...
19 March, Chatham House & online 🔗 www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/c...
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Early bird ends 5 February ⏳ Don’t miss your chance to join the Global Trade Conference 2026, where leaders tackle economic security, resilient supply chains, and the geopolitics shaping the future of global trade.
19 March, Chatham House & online 🔗 www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/c...
19 March, Chatham House & online 🔗 www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/c...
"China is leading – in terms of its relations with the rest of the world – through a security mindset. It defines economics as national security."
@jkynge.bsky.social on the worldview guiding China's foreign policy.
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@jkynge.bsky.social on the worldview guiding China's foreign policy.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
"China is leading – in terms of its relations with the rest of the world – through a security mindset. It defines economics as national security."
@jkynge.bsky.social on the worldview guiding China's foreign policy.
Watch in full➡️ bit.ly/4qwKdJ7
@jkynge.bsky.social on the worldview guiding China's foreign policy.
Watch in full➡️ bit.ly/4qwKdJ7
Yossi Mekelberg (@chmenap.bsky.social) on the return of the final Israeli hostage from Gaza and where next for the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel ⤵️
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Yossi Mekelberg (@chmenap.bsky.social) on the return of the final Israeli hostage from Gaza and where next for the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel ⤵️
As Europe clings to a value-driven foreign policy, India is seen as a potentially ideal partner given its credentials as the world’s largest democracy.
Read @chietigj.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
Read @chietigj.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
EU and India seek closer relations as Trump upends global order
European leaders will be attending the EU–India Summit in New Delhi where they may sign a long-negotiated trade deal and other agreements that strengthen ties. But underlying sources of friction remai...
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January 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
As Europe clings to a value-driven foreign policy, India is seen as a potentially ideal partner given its credentials as the world’s largest democracy.
Read @chietigj.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
Read @chietigj.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️