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The magazine of @chathamhouse.org, offering the best insights on current affairs. 📖 Read: theworldtoday.org 🛒Subscribe: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/subscribe#twt-subscription
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 26d
📢Our autumn issue is OUT NOW!

Check out stories about the world order after Trump, new climate thinking ahead of #COP30, the changing views of Israeli society on the war in Gaza and lots more. 🌎

Read here 👉 www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
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The soaring value of gold has led to rampant illegal mining, mercury poisoning and murders by criminal gangs in Peru. Is the government of Peru losing its control over gold?🪙

Learn more in @dancollyns.bsky.social's story: www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
Peru is paying a deadly price for its gold fever
The soaring value of gold has led to rampant Illegal mining, mercury poisoning and murders by criminal gangs. Is the government losing control of this precious metal, asks Dan Collyns.
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Mike Higgins @lycidas.bsky.social · 4d
From 1pm today, members of @chathamhouse.org get the chance to ask Grégoire Roos, new director of @cheurope.bsky.social, 'Que diable se-passe-t'il en France?' (I'm hosting) - details below www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/m...
Members’ Question Time: Is France on the brink?
Join us as Grégoire Roos, incoming Programme Director for Europe and Russia at Chatham House, explores France’s political crisis, the challenges facing its leadership, and the implications for its rol...
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 10d
Growing competition b/w Washington & Beijing is fracturing the international economy and transforming globalization.

Governments and businesses must adapt fast, writes @neilshearing.bsky.social.
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Trump’s economic rivalry with China is forcing countries to pick a side
Growing superpower competition between Washington and Beijing is fracturing the international economy and transforming globalization. Governments and businesses must adapt fast, writes Neil Shearing.
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 15d
Have you read our autumn issue yet? 📖

We bring to you stories on the world order after Trump, new climate thinking ahead of #COP30, the changing views of Israeli society on the war in Gaza and lots more. Read here >

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Mike Higgins @lycidas.bsky.social · 17d
The global implications of slashed aid budgets have dropped from the headlines - but not in @theworldtoday.org or at @chathamhouse.org. Read and listen to @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social, Justine Greening and David Miliband (@uk.rescue.org) on how each believes aid must be reinvented 👇
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 19d
To learn more about the future of the nuclear order, check out @chathamhouse.org's event tomorrow 👇

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Is this a new age of nuclear proliferation?
Experts discuss the future of the nuclear order.
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 19d
"The world can no longer take for granted longstanding principles of US grand strategy when it comes to nuclear weapons."

@nktpnd.bsky.social on the escalating dangers of a ‘third nuclear age’ – and how they might be avoided.

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Why America may be triggering a new era of nuclear proliferation
Allies are less certain of the US’s ‘extended deterrence’ and some are pondering their own options. Ankit Panda explains the escalating dangers of a ‘third nuclear age’ – and how they might be avoided...
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 22d
‘While Syrians disagree on many issues, they are united in expecting their opinions to be heard … [this is a] prerequisite for the success of Syria as a cohesive modern state.’

Read @rallaf.bsky.social’s piece in @theworldtoday.org. Her book is out in November.
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Syria’s problems are more than ‘sectarian’ – only a true national dialogue will address them
Reductive descriptions of recent violence and flawed elections distract from President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s shortcomings in delivering the democracy that Syria’s complex society demands, writes Rime Alla...
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 23d
Our autumn issue is out now! 🍂

Here is our Editor, @lycidas.bsky.social, breaking down some of the many stories we bring to you in this issue.

Read them here > www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 25d
Read the full story here 👇 (8/8)
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Starmer’s ‘flatter Trump’ strategy may turn to damage limitation during state visit
The US president will enjoy the pageantry, but the prime minister will want to avoid moments that reveal differences on trade, Ukraine and Palestine recognition, writes Iona Allan.
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 25d
Beyond the carefully curated state visit, longer-term questions hover over the transatlantic relationship and will continue to challenge Starmer’s government.

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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 25d
@rentouljohn.bsky.social believes that Starmer’s main objective during the state visit will be attempting to bolster Trump’s support for Ukraine.

"Trump is mercurial, so Starmer needs to keep up the pressure and to exploit his love of British pageantry to the full."

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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 25d
Despite friendlier relations, @iona-allan.bsky.social
reminds us that tough global challenges continue to loom, including the pressure to secure America's continued commitment to negotiation a pace deal in Ukraine.

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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 25d
"Starmer has got more out of the soft soap approach... he has managed to get the best tariff deal of any of America’s trading partners. And crucially, he secured a better deal than the European Union", writes @rentouljohn.bsky.social, chief political commentator, @the-independent.com.

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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 25d
Despite political differences, Starmer has forged strong ties with Trump in recent months. 🤝

His presenting Trump with a handwritten invitation from King Charles in February for the current state visit was seen as a diplomatic coup, says @iona-allan.bsky.social.

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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 25d
"The visit is being carefully curated, including scheduling the visit during the parliamentary recess to avoid protests from MPs", writes @oliviaosullivan.bsky.social, Director, UK in the World, @chathamhouse.org.

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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 25d
As Trump is due to arrive at the Windsor Castle today, he will become the first US president to make a 2nd state visit to the UK.

Can Starmer seize the diplomatic theatre to secure political & economic gains with Trump? Here's what to expect 👇🧵
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Starmer’s ‘flatter Trump’ strategy may turn to damage limitation during state visit
The US president will enjoy the pageantry, but the prime minister will want to avoid moments that reveal differences on trade, Ukraine and Palestine recognition, writes Iona Allan.
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Chatham House Asia-Pacific Programme @chasiapacific.bsky.social · 25d
In the latest issue of @theworldtoday.org, @wmatthewschina.bsky.social and Ben Bland explain how Beijing might rule the #SouthChinaSea within a decade - and how to avoid it.

Read the article 👇
How Beijing might rule the South China Sea within a decade
William Matthews and Ben Bland create a speculative ‘backcasting’ scenario: ‘It’s the year 2035 and China dominates the region’. They describe how that might come to pass – and how to avoid it.
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anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social · 25d
My article in @theworldtoday.org on why we must talk more, not less, about what international development does and why it matters 👇
We need to explain better how vital British aid is
Former development minister Anneliese Dodds writes that voters are more likely to support overseas aid if they understand its human impact.
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Mike Higgins @lycidas.bsky.social · 26d
Here's the full issue, all free to read www.chathamhouse.org/publications..., including Amitav Acharya's essay on the rise of a 'multiplex' world order as the US retreats from its global role - a good chaser to Neil's article.
Autumn 2025: How a new global order is taking shape
What will – and won’t – endure as ‘the Rest’ succeed the West
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Mike Higgins @lycidas.bsky.social · 26d
So much to read in the new autumn 🍂 issue of @theworldtoday.org - full issue below, all free to read
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 26d
📢Our autumn issue is OUT NOW!

Check out stories about the world order after Trump, new climate thinking ahead of #COP30, the changing views of Israeli society on the war in Gaza and lots more. 🌎

Read here 👉 www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
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Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu.bsky.social · 26d
My interview today with Chatham House @chathamhouse.org @theworldtoday.org www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
U Thant helped save the world from nuclear war in 1962 – who could do that now?
Thant Myint-U speaks to Iona Allan about his grandfather’s rapid rise from rural Burma to his decade as secretary-general of the United Nations – and his forgotten role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 26d
Hot off the press and into the hands of our editor @lycidas.bsky.social — the new issue of our international affairs magazine @theworldtoday.org has arrived at Chatham House.

Read more about the Autumn issue of the magazine via the link below⤵️
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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 26d
Pleased to be included in this issue of @theworldtoday.org. My article considers the aspirations of #Ukraine's #Africa strategy and the challenges the Kyiv is facing in competing with #Russia for sympathisers and allies on that continent.
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 26d
📢Our autumn issue is OUT NOW!

Check out stories about the world order after Trump, new climate thinking ahead of #COP30, the changing views of Israeli society on the war in Gaza and lots more. 🌎

Read here 👉 www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
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Neil Shearing @neilshearing.bsky.social · 26d
Wrote a piece for @theworldtoday.org and @chathamhouse.org on US-China fracturing and what we get wrong about the future of globalisation...
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 26d
📢Our autumn issue is OUT NOW!

Check out stories about the world order after Trump, new climate thinking ahead of #COP30, the changing views of Israeli society on the war in Gaza and lots more. 🌎

Read here 👉 www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
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