Editing Chatham House (section)

=== Post-war 20th century ===
Chatham House had been researching potential post-war issues as early as 1939 through the Committee on Reconstruction.<ref name="Carrington_63_64"/> Whilst a number of staff returned to the Institute at the end of the war, a proportion of members found themselves joining a range of international organisations, including the [[United Nations]] and the [[International Monetary Fund]]. Combining this with the institute's early support of the League of Nations and impact of the gold study on the [[Bretton Woods system]], Chatham House found itself to be a leading actor in international political and economic redevelopment.<ref name="Carrington_63_64"/>

[[File:Margaret Thatcher at the door of Chatham House..jpg|thumb|200px|left|[[Margaret Thatcher]] leaving Chatham House after attending the 'Inside Saudi Arabia: Society, Economy and Defence' conference, October 1993.]]

In reaction to the changing post-war world, Chatham House embarked on a number of studies relating to Britain and the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]'s new political stature, in light of growing calls for [[Decolonization|decolonisation]] and the development of the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Julius |first=DeAnne |title=Impartial and International |url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/General/1110turkey_julius.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018082730/http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/General/1110turkey_julius.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=Chatham House |access-date=24 January 2014}}</ref> A board of studies in race relations was created in 1953, allowing for the close examination of changing attitudes and calls for racial equality throughout the world. The group broke off into an independent charity in 1958, forming the [[Institute of Race Relations (United Kingdom)|Institute of Race Relations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irr.org.uk/about/ |title=About &#124; Institute of Race Relations |publisher=Irr.org.uk |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-date=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705205031/http://www.irr.org.uk/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] and [[1964 Brazilian coup d'état|Brazilian coup d'état]], the institute developed a growing focus on the Latin American region. [[Che Guevara]], then [[Cuba]]'s Minister of Industry, wrote an analysis of 'The Cuban Economy: Its Past and Present Importance' in 1964 for ''[[International Affairs (journal)|International Affairs]]''.<ref>''The Royal Institute of International Affairs Annual Reports, 1964-1965'', p. 3.</ref>

Chatham House played a more direct role in the international affairs of the [[Cold War]] through the October 1975 Anglo-Soviet round-table, the first in a series of meetings between Chatham House and the [[Institute of World Economy and International Relations]] in Moscow. As an early example of [[Track II diplomacy|two-track diplomacy]], the meeting sought to develop closer communication and improved relations between Britain and the Soviet Union.<ref>''The Royal Institute of International Affairs Annual Reports, 1975-1976'', p. 3.</ref>

At the start of the 1980s, the Council moved to expand the institute's research capabilities in two key emerging areas. The first modern programmes to be created under this initiative were the Energy and Research Programme and the International Economics Programme, formed in 1980 - 1981.<ref>''The Royal Institute of International Affairs Annual Reports, 1980–1981'', p. 9.</ref>

In addition to reshaping its research practices, the institute also sought to strengthen its international network, notably amongst economically prosperous nations. For example, Chatham House's Far East programme, created with the intention of improving Anglo-Japanese relations in the long and short term, was bolstered by the support of the Japan 2000 group in 1984.<ref>''The Royal Institute of International Affairs Annual Reports, 1984-1985'', p. 7.</ref>

[[File:Nelson Mandela at the 'South Africa The opportunity for business' conference, Chatham House..jpg|thumb|180px|[[Nelson Mandela]] delivering a speech at the Chatham House conference 'South Africa: The Opportunities for Business', 10 July 1996.]]