Editing Chatham House

{{Short description|British think tank founded in 1920}}
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{{Infobox organisation
| name = Chatham House
| full_name = The Royal Institute of International Affairs
| logo = Chatham House Royal Institute of International Affairs.svg
| logo_alt = Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs
| image = Chatham House over the Jubilee weekend (7345325368).jpg
| caption = Entrance to Chatham House in 2012
| membership = 6,000 (approx.)
| headquarters = 10 [[St James's Square]]<br/>[[London]], England
| established = {{start date and age|1920}}
| website = {{URL|chathamhouse.org}}
| formerly = The British Institute of International Affairs
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'''The Royal Institute of International Affairs''', also known as '''Chatham House''', is a British [[think tank]] based in [[London]], England. Its stated mission is "to help governments and societies build a sustainably secure, prosperous, and just world". It is the originator of the [[Chatham House Rule]].

==Overview==
The Royal Institute of International Affairs has its headquarters in central London at 10 [[St James's Square]], which is known as Chatham House. It is a [[Grade I listed]] 18th-century building that was designed in part by [[Henry Flitcroft]] and was occupied by three British prime ministers, including [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham]], whose name became associated with the house.<ref>Michela Rosso, "Georgian London revisited." ''The London Journal'' 26.2 (2001): 35–50.</ref> Canadian [[philanthropist]]s Lieutenant-Colonel [[Reuben Wells Leonard]] and Kate Rowlands Leonard purchased the property in 1923 and then donated the building to the fledgling institute as its headquarters.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ziff |first1=Bruce H. |title=Unforeseen Legacies: Reuben Wells Leonard and the Leonard Foundation Trust |date=1 January 2000 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |page=52 |isbn=9780802083685 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7L-VKEh-i4C&pg=PA52 |access-date=10 July 2020 |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730204055/https://books.google.com/books?id=S7L-VKEh-i4C&pg=PA52 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, the Chatham House name is used as a [[metonym]] for the institute as a whole.

Chatham House accepts individual members, as well as members from [[corporations]], [[academic institutions]], and [[NGOs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/become-member |title=Become a member |work=Chatham House |access-date=22 January 2015 |archive-date=21 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121203318/http://www.chathamhouse.org/become-member |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Chatham House Rule==

{{Main|Chatham House Rule}}

Chatham House is the origin of the non-attribution rule known as the Chatham House Rule, which provides that a participant in a meeting may discuss the content of this meeting in the outside world, but may not discuss who attended nor identify what a specific individual said. The Chatham House Rule evolved to facilitate frank and honest discussion on controversial or unpopular issues by speakers who may not have otherwise had the appropriate forum to speak freely. Most meetings at Chatham House are held [[Journalism sourcing#Using confidential information|on the record]] rather than under the Chatham House Rule.<ref>Richard Horton, "Offline: The Chatham House Rule, over-ruled." ''The Lancet'' 375.9732 (2010): 2132.</ref>

==Research and publications==
Chatham House research is structured around five thematic programmes, comprising: environment and society; global economy and finance; global health security; international law; and international security; as well as seven regional programmes, covering Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Russia and Eurasia, the USA and Americas and the UK in the World launched in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our departments |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments |publisher=Chatham House |access-date=23 November 2023 |language=en |archive-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626145103/https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chatham House contains the Sustainability Accelerator (formerly Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy), which focuses on the political economy of resource production and consumption.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/sustainability-accelerator|title=Sustainability Accelerator|publisher=Chatham House|access-date=17 November 2021|archive-date=7 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307185911/https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/sustainability-accelerator|url-status=live}}</ref>

Chatham House regularly hosts speakers from the UK and international policy and business communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/events|title= Events|date=September 2016|publisher=Chatham House|access-date=1 December 2019|archive-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118223520/https://www.chathamhouse.org/chatham-house-prize/2007|url-status=live}}</ref>

Chatham House has produced the policy journal ''[[International Affairs (journal)|International Affairs]]'' since 1922, and the ''Journal of Cyber Policy''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/journal-cyber-policy|title=Journal of Cyber Policy|publisher=Chatham House|access-date=17 November 2021|archive-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128011238/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/journal-cyber-policy|url-status=live}}</ref> since 2016. It has also published a monthly global affairs magazine, ''[[The World Today (magazine)|The World Today]]'', since 1945.<ref>{{cite web |title=Publications |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications |publisher=Chatham House |access-date=7 July 2022 |language=en |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615041017/http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==

=== Origins ===
[[File:Lionel Curtis.jpg|thumb|150px|Lionel Curtis was instrumental in the founding of Chatham House.]]
The Royal Institute of International Affairs originated in a meeting, convened by [[Lionel George Curtis|Lionel Curtis]], of the American and British delegates to the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]] on 30 May 1919. Curtis had long been an advocate for the scientific study of international affairs and, following the beneficial exchange of information after the peace conference, argued that the method of expert analysis and debate should be continued when the delegates returned home in the form of international institute.<ref>{{harvp|Carrington|2004|p=47}}</ref>
The British and American delegates formed separate institutes, with the Americans developing the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-history |access-date=12 September 2022 |publisher=Chatham House|language=en |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930163249/https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-history |url-status=live }}</ref>

The British Institute of International Affairs, as it was then known, held its inaugural meeting, chaired by [[Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood|Robert Cecil]], on 5 July 1920. In this, former Foreign Secretary [[Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon|Edward Grey]] moved the resolution calling the institute into existence: "That an Institute be constituted for the study of International Questions, to be called the British Institute of International Affairs."<ref name="Carrington_48">{{harvp|Carrington|2004|p=48}}</ref> These two, along with [[Arthur Balfour|Arthur J. Balfour]] and [[J. R. Clynes|John R. Clynes]], became the first Presidents of the institute, with Lionel Curtis and [[Geoffrey Malcolm Gathorne-Hardy|G. M. Gathorne–Hardy]] appointed joint Honorary Secretaries.<ref name="Carrington_48"/>

By 1922, as the institute's membership grew, there was a need for a larger and more practical space and the Institute acquired, through the gift of Canadian [[Reuben Wells Leonard|Colonel R. W. Leonard]], Chatham House, Number 10 [[St. James's Square]], where the institute is still housed.<ref name="Carrington_50">{{harvp|Carrington|2004|p=50}}</ref>

=== Inter-war years ===
Following its inception, the Institute quickly focused upon Edward Grey's resolution, with the 1920s proving an active decade at Chatham House. The journal ''[[International Affairs (journal)|International Affairs]]'' was launched in January 1922, allowing for the international circulation of the various reports and discussions which took place within the institute.<ref name="Carrington_50"/>

After being appointed as Director of Studies, Professor [[Arnold J. Toynbee|Arnold Toynbee]] produced the institute's annual Survey of International Affairs until his retirement in 1955. While providing a detailed annual overview of international relations, the survey's primary role was 'to record current international history'.<ref>'Report of the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs to the 7th AGM' in ''The Royal Institute of International Affairs Annual Reports 1926–1931'', (London: Chatham House, 1931), p. 3.</ref> The survey continued until 1963 and was well received throughout the Institution, coming to be known as 'the characteristic external expression of Chatham House research: a pioneer in method and a model for scholarship.'<ref>'Report of the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs to the 7th AGM' in ''The Royal Institute of International Affairs Annual Reports 1926–1931'', (London: Chatham House, 1931), p. 11.</ref>

In 1926, 14 members of Chatham House represented the [[United Kingdom]] at the first conference of the [[Institute of Pacific Relations]], a forum dedicated to the discussion of problems and relations between Pacific nations.<ref>'Report of the 8th AGM' in ''Annual Reports 1926–1931'', p. 3</ref> The IPR served as a platform for the institute to develop a political and commercial awareness of the region, with special focus being placed upon China's economic development and international relations.<ref>'Report of the 11th AGM' in ''Annual Reports 1926–1931'', p. 31.</ref>

In the same year the Institute received its [[royal charter]], thereupon being known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs. The Charter set out the aims and objectives of the institute, which were to "advance the sciences of international politics... promote the study and investigation of international questions by means of lectures and discussion... promote the exchange of information, knowledge and thought on international affairs."<ref>'Report of the 11th AGM' in ''Annual Reports 1926–1931'', pp. 5–6.</ref>

===Further expansion===
The year 1929 marked the next stage in the institute's development, with the appointment of a full-time chief executive or director. [[Ivison Macadam]] was appointed to the position (Secretary and then Director-General),<ref>{{harvp|Carrington|2004}}</ref> in which he oversaw the institute's rapid expansion with its growing research, organisational and financial needs,<ref>Obituary of Ivison Macadam published in ''The Times'', London, 31 December 1974 by [[Kenneth Younger]]</ref> a role he occupied until 1955.

Macadam was able to secure funding to expand the physical plant of the Institute by acquiring the freeholds of 6 Duke of York Street, then called York Street (largely through the generosity of [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor|Waldorf Astor]], [[Sir John Power, 1st Baronet|John Power]], and others) and later 9 St James's Square, then [[Portland Club (London)|the Portland Club]], in 1943 (through a donation to cover its purchase by [[Henry Price (tailor)|Henry Price]]), and connect these adjoining properties to the original freehold property of Chatham House at 10 St James Square (with the cost of these connections covered by Astor's sons, William, David, and John). Power also donated his leasehold property in Chesham Place to the Institute in 1938. These additional properties provided much needed additional space for the institute's activities.<ref>The Institute then owned the freeholds covering a rectangle of properties fronting on 10 and 9 in St. James's Square on the south running north bordered on the east by Duke of York Street to the properties on Ormand Yard on the north (the mews immediately south of Jermyn Street). These freehold properties also later proved to be a valuable financial asset when in the 1960s the northern properties were redeveloped to provide additional annual income for the Institute. {{harvp|Carrington|2004}}</ref>

1929 also saw the inception of the institute's special study group on the international gold problem. The group, which included leading economists such as [[John Maynard Keynes]], conducted a three-year study into the developing economic issues which the post-war international monetary settlement created.<ref>{{cite web |title=The International Gold Problem, 1931-2011 |date=20 August 2013 |url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/research/economics/current-projects/international-gold-problem-1931-2011 |access-date=27 January 2014 |archive-date=20 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220065938/http://www.chathamhouse.org/research/economics/current-projects/international-gold-problem-1931-2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>  The group's research anticipated Britain's decision to abandon the [[gold standard]] two years later.<ref name="Kisch">{{cite web |last=Kisch |first=C.H. |title=The Gold Problem |url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/Research/International%20Economics/1931kisch.pdf |publisher=Chatham House |access-date=31 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626013039/http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/Research/International%20Economics/1931kisch.pdf |archive-date=26 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Around this time Chatham House became known as the place for leading statesmen and actors in world affairs to visit when in London; notably, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited the institute on 20 October 1931, in which he delivered a talk on "The Future of India". The talk was attended by 750 members, making it the institute's largest meeting up to that point.<ref name="Angell"/>

In 1933 [[Norman Angell]], whilst working within the institute's Council, was awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his book ''[[The Great Illusion]]'', making him the first and only Laureate to be awarded the prize for publishing a book.<ref name="Angell">{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1933/angell-facts.html |title=Sir Norman Angell - Facts |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=7 October 1967 |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-date=12 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712120055/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1933/angell-facts.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chatham House held the first Commonwealth Relations Conference in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], [[Canada]] in 1933. Held roughly every five years, the conference provided a forum for leading politicians, lawyers, academics and others to discuss the implications of recent Imperial Conferences.<ref>{{cite journal |last=McIntyre |first=W. David |year=2008 |title=The Unofficial Commonwealth Relations Conferences, 1933–59: Precursors of the Tri-sector Commonwealth |journal=[[Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History]] |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=591–614 |doi=10.1080/03086530802560992 |s2cid=144450441 }}</ref> With various dominion nations seeking to follow individual foreign policy aims, Major-General Sir [[Neill Malcolm]], the chairman of the Council of the institute,<ref name="Carrington_114">{{harvp|Carrington|2004|p=114}}</ref> emphasised the need for "essential agreement in matters of foreign policy between the various Governments," with the Commonwealth Relations Conference being the vehicle upon which this cooperation would be achieved and maintained.<ref>'Report of the 13th AGM' in ''The Royal Institute of International Affairs Annual Reports 1931-1932'', pp. 9-10.</ref>

=== War years, 1939–1945 ===

====WWII Foreign Press and Research Service====

At the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] the institute was decentralised for security reasons, with many of the staff moving to [[Balliol College, Oxford]] from Chatham House's main buildings in [[St James's Square]]. There, the Foreign Press and Research Service of the Institute worked closely with the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]] to provide intelligence for and to work closely with the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]] dedicating their research to the war effort under the Chairmanship of [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor|Waldorf Astor]],<ref name="Carrington_114" />

The formal remit of Chatham House for the FPRS at Balliol was:<br />
1. To review the press overseas.<br />
2. To “produce at the request of the Foreign Office, and the Service and other Departments, memoranda giving the historical and political background on any given situation on which information is desired”.<br />
3. “To provide information on special points desired" (in regards to each country).<ref name="Carrington_63_64">{{harvp|Carrington|2004|pp=63–64}}</ref>  It provided various reports on foreign press, historical and political background of the enemy and various other topics.

Many eminent historians served on the FPRS under [[Arnold J. Toynbee]] as its director and with [[Lionel Curtis]] (represented the Chairman) at Oxford until 1941 when [[Ivison Macadam]] took over from him. There were four deputy directors, [[Alfred Zimmern]], [[George Clark (historian)|George N. Clark]], [[Herbert James Paton|Herbert J. Patton]] and [[Charles Webster (historian)|Charles K. Webster]], and a number of experts in nineteen national divisions.<ref>Experts in their fields working at Chatham House's WWII Foreign Press and Research Service included [[James Leslie Brierly|J. L. Brierly]] working on reform of international law; A. J. B. Fisher on economic conditions for reconstruction of Europe;  [[Benedict Humphrey Sumner|Benedict H. Sumner]] on the USSR;  [[Charles Webster (historian)|Charles K. Webster]] on the United States; [[Alfred Zimmern]] on the British Commonwealth and  Empire;  [[H. A. R.  Gibb]] on the Arab world;  [[Robin Humphreys|R. A. Humphreys]] on Latin America;  [[George Clark (historian)|George N. Clark]] on the Low Countries, Scandinavia and Italy;  Marshall on Germany and Czechoslovakia;  W. Stewart on France; [[William John Rose|William J. Rose]] on Poland;  [[Carlile Aylmer Macartney|Carlile A. Macartney]] on Hungary;  [[David Mitrany]] on Romania;  [[Andrew Ryan (diplomat)|Sir Andrew Ryan]] on Bulgaria and Albania;  Mrs. Thompson on Greece;  [[Rosalind Murray]] on the Vatican, among others.</ref>

It was moved to the Foreign Office 1943–46.<ref>Chatham House and British Foreign Policy, 1919-1945, Edited by Andrea Bosco & Cornelia Nevari, Lothian Foundation Press, 1994, p146.</ref>

====Post-war reconstruction====

[[File:Committee of Reconstruction, 1943..jpg|thumb|Committee of Post-War Reconstruction meeting in the institute's Common Room, 1943.]]
The institute also provided many additional services to scholars and the armed forces at its St. James's Square home. The Institute reopened formally on 28 October 1943; the session was addressed by the American commanding general of U.S. Army logistics forces in the ETO, then-Maj. Gen. [[John C. H. Lee]], who spent a substantial part of his time working with the Theater G-5 officer (Civil-Military Affairs), MG [[Ray W. Barker]]. Research facilities were opened to refugee and allied academics, whilst arrangements were made for both the [[National Institute of Economic and Social Research]] and the Polish Research Centre to relocate to the Institute following the bombing of their premises. In addition, allied officers undertook courses in international affairs at the Institute in an attempt to develop their international and political awareness as well as post-war reconstruction planning.<ref name="Carrington_63_64"/>

=== 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.]]

=== 21st century ===
In 1998, Chatham House launched the Angola Forum. Angola's oil reserves, combined with growing international ambition, facilitated [[Angola]]'s quick ascent as an influential African nation. Chatham House said the Angola Forum was intended to create an international platform for "forward looking, policy focused and influential debate and research".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/about/structure/africa-programme/angola-forum-project|title=Angola Forum|work=Chatham House|access-date=22 January 2015|archive-date=22 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122122524/http://www.chathamhouse.org/about/structure/africa-programme/angola-forum-project|url-status=live}}</ref> The institute's wider Africa Programme was created in 2002, beginning the modern structure of area studies programmes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/about/structure/africa-programme/|title=Africa Programme|work=Chatham House|access-date=22 January 2015|archive-date=22 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122120816/http://www.chathamhouse.org/about/structure/africa-programme/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, ''Security, Terrorism and the UK'' was published.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org//node/13351 |title=International Security Department |website=Chatham House |access-date=17 June 2018 |archive-date=8 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008053937/https://www.chathamhouse.org/node/13351 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Chatham House Prize was launched in 2005, recognising [[heads of state]] and organisations that made a significant contribution to international relations during the previous year. Queen Elizabeth II presented the debut award to Ukrainian President [[Victor Yushchenko]].<ref>{{cite web |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=3 February 2014}}</ref>

In January 2013, the Institute announced its Academy for Leadership in International Affairs, offering potential and established world leaders a 12-month fellowship at the institution with the aim of providing "a unique programme of activities and training to develop a new generation of leaders in international affairs."{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} In November 2014, The Queen formally launched the academy under the title of the "Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/leadership-academy |title=Academy for Leadership in International Affairs |publisher=Chatham House |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229045245/https://www.chathamhouse.org/leadership-academy |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Institute celebrated its centenary in 2020 with a series of events and initiatives such as the SNF CoLab, the Common Futures Conversations project, and the introduction of a panel of young advisers,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/topics/chatham-house-centenary |title=Our Centenary |publisher=Chatham House |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321161137/http://www.chathamhouse.org/topics/chatham-house-centenary |url-status=live }}</ref> plus three Chatham House Centenary Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/07/chatham-house-centenary-award-winners-announced |title=The Chatham House Centenary Award winners announced |date=29 July 2021 |publisher=Chatham House |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=10 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110204918/https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/07/chatham-house-centenary-award-winners-announced |url-status=live }}</ref> for [[Sir David Attenborough]], [[Melina Abdullah]] and [[Greta Thunberg]].

In April 2022, Russia designated Chatham House as an "[[Russian undesirable organizations law|undesirable organisation]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Генпрокуратура РФ объявила "нежелательной организацией" британский Королевский институт международных отношений ("Чатем-Хаус")|url=https://meduza.io/news/2022/04/08/genprokuratura-rf-ob-yavila-nezhelatelnoy-organizatsiey-britanskiy-korolevskiy-institut-mezhdunarodnyh-otnosheniy-chatem-haus|website=[[Meduza]]|date=8 April 2022|accessdate=8 April 2022|language=ru|archive-date=8 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408113617/https://meduza.io/news/2022/04/08/genprokuratura-rf-ob-yavila-nezhelatelnoy-organizatsiey-britanskiy-korolevskiy-institut-mezhdunarodnyh-otnosheniy-chatem-haus|url-status=live}}</ref>

Christopher Sabatini, a senior fellow at Chatham House, leads a project promoting opposition to the Venezuelan government of [[Nicholas Maduro]]. After [[Juan Guaidó]] failed to replace Maduro as president, Sabatini said "The current strategy on Venezuela hasn't worked, so we have to try something else. The Guaidó government was a failure but it did provide a rallying point which no longer exists".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stott |first1=Michael |last2=Daniels |first2=Joe |last3=Silva |first3=Vanessa |title=How Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro outfoxed the west |url=https://www.ft.com/content/a868cafb-6ec5-4cb3-9ced-fb832bb2ef86 |website=www.ft.com |access-date=25 November 2023 |date=5 March 2023}}</ref>

==== Reports since 2015====
In 2015, several reports were published by Chatham House, including ''Nigeria's Booming Borders: The Drivers and Consequences of Unrecorded Trade'', which urges formalising trade and driving more sustainable and less volatile growth;<ref>{{cite news  |vauthors=Hoffmann, LK, Melly, P|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/nigerias-booming-borders-drivers-and-consequences-unrecorded-trade  |title=Nigeria's Booming Borders: The Drivers and Consequences of Unrecorded Trade  |work=Chatham House |publisher=Chatham House  |date=Dec 2015  |access-date=21 July 2020  |archive-date=11 May 2018  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511012954/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/nigerias-booming-borders-drivers-and-consequences-unrecorded-trade  |url-status=live  }}</ref> ''Changing Climate, Changing Diets: Pathways to Lower Meat Consumption'' examines a reduction in global meat consumption as critical to keeping global warming below the "danger level" of two degrees Celsius;<ref>{{cite web |vauthors=Wellesley, L, Froggatt, A|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/changing-climate-changing-diets |title=Changing Climate, Changing Diets: Pathways to Lower Meat Consumption |publisher=Chatham House|date=Nov 2015 |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=23 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223145432/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/changing-climate-changing-diets |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Heat, Light and Power for Refugees: Saving Lives, Reducing Costs'' examines the reasons why energy provision to displaced people undermines the fundamental humanitarian aims of assistance;<ref>{{cite report|vauthors=Lahn, G, Grafham, O|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/publications/research/20151117HeatLightPowerRefugeesMEILahnGrafhamExecSummary.pdf|title=Heat, Light and Power for Refugees: Saving Lives, Reducing Costs |publisher=Chatham House|date=Nov 2015|archive-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422062718/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/heat-light-and-power-refugees-saving-lives-reducing-costs |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''Towards a New Global Business Model for Antibiotics: Delinking Revenues from Sales'' argued for revenues for pharmaceutical companies to be de-linked from sales of antibiotics to avoid their over-use and avert a public health crisis.<ref>{{cite web  |author=Clift, C.  |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/towards-new-global-business-model-antibiotics-delinking-revenues-sales  |title=Towards a New Global Business Model for Antibiotics: Delinking Revenues from Sales  |publisher=Chatham House|date=Oct 2015  |display-authors=etal  |access-date=21 July 2020  |archive-date=27 February 2020  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227201824/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/towards-new-global-business-model-antibiotics-delinking-revenues-sales  |url-status=live  }}</ref>

In 2016, Chatham House published ''Elite Perceptions of the United States in Latin America and the Post-Soviet States'', examining how elites in Latin America and the former Soviet Union view the United States, and providing recommendations on how the US could adjust its policies based on these perceptions.<ref>{{cite news  |author=Parakilas, J.  |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/elite-perceptions-united-states-latin-america-and-post-soviet-states  |title=Elite Perceptions of the United States in Latin America and the Post-Soviet States  |work=Chatham House |publisher=Chatham House|date=Sep 2016  |access-date=21 July 2020  |archive-date=11 May 2018  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511080927/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/elite-perceptions-united-states-latin-america-and-post-soviet-states  |url-status=live  }}</ref>

2017 reports included ''The Struggle for Ukraine'', an exploration of, four years after its [[Euromaidan]] revolution, Ukraine's fight for survival as an independent and viable state;<ref>{{cite web |author=Lutsevych, O. |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/struggle-for-ukraine |title=The Struggle for Ukraine |publisher=Chatham House|date=18 October 2017 |display-authors=etal |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031546/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/struggle-for-ukraine |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade'' advocates for policymakers to take immediate action to mitigate the risk of severe disruption at certain ports, maritime straits, and inland transport routes, which could have devastating knock-on effects for global food security;<ref>{{cite web |vauthors=Bailey, R, Wellesley, L|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/chokepoints-vulnerabilities-global-food-trade |title=Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade |publisher=Chatham House|date=June 2017 |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=25 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025043353/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/chokepoints-vulnerabilities-global-food-trade |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Collective Action on Corruption in Nigeria: A Social Norms Approach to Connecting Society and Institutions'' examines how anti-corruption efforts could be made significantly more effective through new ways of understanding why people engage in the practice;<ref>{{cite web  |vauthors=Hoffmann, LK, Patel, RN  |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/collective-action-corruption-nigeria-social-norms  |title=Collective Action on Corruption in Nigeria: A Social Norms Approach to Connecting Society and Institutions  |publisher=Chatham House|date=May 2017  |access-date=21 July 2020  |archive-date=11 May 2018  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013216/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/collective-action-corruption-nigeria-social-norms  |url-status=live  }}</ref> and ''America's International Role Under Donald Trump'' explores the impact of US President [[Donald Trump]]'s personality and style—brash, unpredictable, contradictory and thin-skinned—on his engagement in foreign affairs.<ref>{{cite news  |author=Wickett, X.  |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/americas-international-role-under-donald-trump  |title=America's International Role Under Donald Trump  |work=Chatham House |publisher=Chatham House|date=Jan 2017  |display-authors=etal  |access-date=21 July 2020  |archive-date=11 May 2018  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081042/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/americas-international-role-under-donald-trump  |url-status=live  }}</ref>

Major reports in 2018 included ''Transatlantic Relations: Converging or Diverging?'' which argues that the longer-term fundamentals of the transatlantic relationship remain strong,<ref>{{cite web  |author=Wickett, X.  |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/transatlantic-relations-converging-or-diverging  |title=Transatlantic Relations: Converging or Diverging?  |publisher=Chatham House|date=Jan 2018  |access-date=21 July 2020  |archive-date=8 November 2019  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108122434/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/transatlantic-relations-converging-or-diverging  |url-status=live  }}</ref>
''Making Concrete Change: Innovation in Low-carbon Cement and Concrete'' exploring why significant changes in how cement and concrete are produced and used are urgently needed to achieve deep cuts in emissions in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change,<ref>{{cite web  |author=Lehne J & Preston F.  |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2018/06/making-concrete-change-innovation-low-carbon-cement-and-concrete  |title=Making Concrete Change: Innovation in Low-carbon Cement and Concrete  |publisher=Chatham House|date=June 2018  |access-date=17 November 2021  |archive-date=19 December 2018  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219161129/https://reader.chathamhouse.org/making-concrete-change-innovation-low-carbon-cement-and-concrete  |url-status=live  }}</ref> and ''Artificial Intelligence and International Affairs'' arguing the rise of AI must be better managed in the near term in order to mitigate longer term risks and to ensure that AI does not reinforce existing inequalities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2018/06/artificial-intelligence-and-international-affairs |title=Artificial Intelligence and International Affairs |publisher=Chatham House|date=June 2018 |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=13 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213140545/https://www.chathamhouse.org/2018/06/artificial-intelligence-and-international-affairs |url-status=live }}</ref>

2019 saw three major reports produced. ''The UK and Japan'' makes the case that a stronger relationship could advance each country's ability to address shared global concerns.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/05/uk-and-japan |title=The UK and Japan |publisher=Chatham House|date=May 2019 |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222143150/https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/05/uk-and-japan |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Conflict Economies in the Middle East and North Africa'' examines the common economic factors that continue to drive conflict in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/06/conflict-economies-middle-east-and-north-africa |title=Conflict Economies in the Middle East and North Africa |publisher=Chatham House|date=June 2019 |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906011636/https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/06/conflict-economies-middle-east-and-north-africa |url-status=live }}</ref> And ''Kazakhstan: Tested by Transition'' examines if the country can pursue modernisation and reform, and break from its authoritarian past.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/11/kazakhstan-tested-transition |title=Kazakhstan: Tested by Transition |publisher=Chatham House|date=Nov 2019 |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=6 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106131400/https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/11/kazakhstan-tested-transition |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020 and 2021, there were reports on ''The Business Case for Investment in Nutrition'' claiming to be the first of its kind to reveal the hidden costs of malnutrition for business, and the extent to which these costs are recognised and addressed by multinational companies<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/business-case-investment-nutrition |title=The Business Case for Investment in Nutrition |publisher=Chatham House|date=July 2020 |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=15 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115025844/https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/business-case-investment-nutrition |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''Myths and misconceptions in the debate on Russia'' which aims to deconstruct sixteen of the most prevalent myths and misconceptions that shape contemporary Western thinking on Russia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/05/myths-and-misconceptions-debate-russia |title=Myths and misconceptions in the debate on Russia |publisher=Chatham House|date=May 2021 |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027123038/https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/05/myths-and-misconceptions-debate-russia |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Officers==
[[File:Chinas State Councillor Dai Bingguo and Robin Niblett (6191750778).jpg|thumb|[[Robin Niblett]] meeting with [[China]]'s State Councillor [[Dai Bingguo]]]]
{{As of|2024}},
The chairman of the Council of Chatham House is [[Nigel Sheinwald|Sir Nigel Sheinwald GCMG]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/nigel-sheinwald |title=Nigel Sheinwald |work=Chatham House |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=16 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916055437/https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/nigel-sheinwald |url-status=live }}</ref> and its director and CEO is [[Bronwen Maddox]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/bronwen-maddox |title=Bronwen Maddox |work=Chatham House |access-date=2 December 2022 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021125122/https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/bronwen-maddox |url-status=live }}</ref> Maddox took over in 2022 from [[Robin Niblett|Sir Robin Niblett]], who had been director of Chatham House for 15 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 22 November 2022|title=Robin Niblett|publisher=Chatham House|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/robin-niblett |url-status=live |access-date=5 June 2023|archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607233600/https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/robin-niblett }}</ref>
Research directors are Tim Benton, [[Patricia Lewis (physicist)|Patricia Lewis]], Creon Butler, and Alex Vines.

Chatham House has three presidents: [[Alistair Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish|Lord Darling of Roulanish]], former [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], [[Eliza Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller|Baroness Manningham-Buller]], a [[crossbench peer]] and former [[Director General of MI5]], and [[Helen Clark]], former [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|prime minister of New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Governance|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-governance|access-date=9 January 2022|publisher=Chatham House|language=en|archive-date=25 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025140908/https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-governance|url-status=live}}</ref>

Current personnel are listed on the Chatham House Web site.<ref>{{cite web | title=Our people | publisher=Chatham House| url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people | access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>

== Funding ==
During the 2020/2021 year, Chatham's largest donors were the [[Luc Hoffmann|MAVA Foundation]] which provided over £5,000,000 and the UK [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]], which provided over £1,000,000. The charitable organisation [[Robert Bosch Stiftung]] and the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] provided between £500,000 and £1,000,000 each.<ref>{{cite web |title=Donors to Chatham House |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-funding/donors-chatham-house |publisher=Chatham House|access-date=23 June 2022 |language=en |archive-date=25 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725200443/https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-funding/donors-chatham-house |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2022, the funding transparency website [[Who Funds You?]] gave the Chatham a C grade (rating goes from A to E).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who Funds You? Chatham House |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/who-funds-you/chatham-house/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 November 2022 |archive-date=22 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122114944/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/who-funds-you/chatham-house/ }}</ref>

==Chatham House Prize==
The Chatham House Prize is an annual award presented to "the person, persons, or organization deemed by members of Chatham House to have made the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations in the previous year".<ref name="CHPrize">{{cite web|url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/events/chatham-house-prize|title=Chatham House Prize|publisher=Chatham House|access-date=1 December 2019|archive-date=5 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405043806/http://www.chathamhouse.org/events/chatham-house-prize|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===List of winners===
[[File:Dr Robin Niblett, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Dr Vincent Cable MP (7420278560).jpg|thumb|Chatham House's former Director [[Robin Niblett]] (left) with [[Myanmar]] opposition leader [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year
! Name 
! Country
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|2005|| [[President of Ukraine|President]] [[Viktor Yushchenko]]<ref name=CHPrize/> || {{flagcountry|Ukraine}}
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|2006|| [[President of Mozambique|President]] [[Joaquim Chissano]]<ref name=CHPrize/> || {{flagcountry|Mozambique}}
|-
|2007|| [[Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned|Sheikha Mozah Al Missned]]<ref name=CHPrize/> || {{flagcountry|Qatar}}
|-
|2008|| [[President of Ghana|President]] [[John Kufuor]]<ref name=CHPrize/> || {{flagcountry|Ghana}}
|-
|2009|| [[President of Brazil|President]] [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|Lula da Silva]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3698 |title=Lula: Brazil's Olympic Champion |publisher=Latinbusinesschronicle.com |date=6 October 2009 |access-date=5 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128223025/http://latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3698 |archive-date=28 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
|-
|2010|| [[President of Turkey|President]] [[Abdullah Gül]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-204888-gul-winner-of-prestigious-chatham-house-award.html |title=Gül winner of prestigious Chatham House award |publisher=Todayszaman.com |date=20 March 2010 |access-date=5 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016114958/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-204888-gul-winner-of-prestigious-chatham-house-award.html |archive-date=16 October 2012 }}</ref> || {{flagcountry|Turkey}}
|-
|2011|| [[Burma|Burmese]] opposition leader [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/chatham-house-prize/2011 |title=Winner of prestigious Chatham House award 2011 |publisher=Chatham House|date=2 December 2011 |access-date=2 December 2011 |archive-date=13 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081231/https://www.chathamhouse.org/chatham-house-prize/2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flagcountry|Myanmar}}
|-
|2012|| [[President of Tunisia|President]] [[Moncef Marzouki]] and [[Rached Ghannouchi]]<ref name=CHPrize/> || {{flagcountry|Tunisia}}
|-
|2013|| [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]]<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/media/news/view/194010 |title=Hillary Clinton voted Chatham House Prize winner |publisher=Chatham House |date=28 August 2013 |access-date=12 November 2013 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925184334/https://www.chathamhouse.org/media/news/view/194010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{flagcountry|United States}}
|-
|2014|| [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|Co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation]] [[Melinda French Gates]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/chatham-house-prize |title=Winner of prestigious Chatham House award 2014 |date=21 November 2014 |access-date=6 February 2015 |archive-date=27 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627092544/http://www.chathamhouse.org/chatham-house-prize |url-status=live }}</ref>||{{flagcountry|United States}}
|-
|2015|| [[Médecins Sans Frontières]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/news/2015-06-22-m-decins-sans-fronti-res-msf-awarded-2015-chatham-house-prize |date=22 June 2015 |title=Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Awarded 2015 Chatham House Prize |publisher=Chatham House|access-date=25 June 2015 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626130227/http://www.chathamhouse.org/news/2015-06-22-m-decins-sans-fronti-res-msf-awarded-2015-chatham-house-prize |url-status=dead }}</ref>||{{flagcountry|Switzerland}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2016|| [[Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] [[Mohammad Javad Zarif]]<ref name="zk">{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/news/2016-10-24-john-kerry-and-mohammad-javad-zarif-named-winners-chatham-house-prize-2016 |title=John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif named winners of the Chatham House Prize 2016 |work=Chatham House |date=24 October 2016 |access-date=25 October 2016 |archive-date=26 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026164013/https://www.chathamhouse.org/news/2016-10-24-john-kerry-and-mohammad-javad-zarif-named-winners-chatham-house-prize-2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{flagcountry|Iran}} 
|-
||[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[John Kerry]]<ref name="zk"/> || {{flagcountry|United States}} 
|-
|2017||[[President of Colombia|President]] [[Juan Manuel Santos]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/news/2017-10-19-president-juan-manuel-santos-named-winner-chatham-house-prize-2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019161642/https://www.chathamhouse.org/news/2017-10-19-president-juan-manuel-santos-named-winner-chatham-house-prize-2017 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 October 2017 |title=President Juan Manuel Santos named winner of the Chatham House Prize 2017 |publisher=Chatham House}}</ref>||{{flagcountry|Colombia}}
|-
|2018||[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2018/10/committee-protect-journalists-named-winner-chatham-house-prize-2018|title=The Committee to Protect Journalists named winner of the Chatham House Prize 2018|date=8 October 2018|publisher=Chatham House|access-date=9 November 2020|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512041655/https://www.chathamhouse.org/2018/10/committee-protect-journalists-named-winner-chatham-house-prize-2018|url-status=live}}</ref>||{{flagcountry|United States}}
|-
|2019||[[David Attenborough|Sir David Attenborough]] and [[Julian Hector]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/news/2019-11-19-sir-david-attenborough-and-bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-awarded-chatham-house |title=Sir David Attenborough and the BBC Studios Natural History Unit awarded Chatham House Prize 2019 for ocean advocacy |date=19 November 2019 |publisher=Chatham House}}</ref>||{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
|-
|2020||[[Judiciary of Malawi|Malawi Constitutional Court Justices]] [[Healey Potani]], [[Ivy Kamanga]], [[Redson Kapindu]], [[Dingiswayo Madise]] and [[Michael Tembo]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/10/chatham-house-prize-malawi-judges-win-election-work |title=Chatham House Prize 2020: Malawi Judges Win for Election Work |date=26 October 2020 |publisher=Chatham House|access-date=14 April 2021 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512041610/https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/10/chatham-house-prize-malawi-judges-win-election-work |url-status=live }}</ref>||{{flagcountry|Malawi}}
|-
|2023||President [[Volodomyr Zelenskyy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/06/ukraines-president-zelenskyy-awarded-2023-chatham-house-prize |title=Ukraine's President Zelenskyy awarded 2023 Chatham House Prize |date=20 June 2023 |access-date=28 December 2023 |publisher=Chatham House}}</ref>||{{flagcountry|Ukraine}}
|-
|2024||[[Prime Minister of Poland|Prime Minister]] [[Donald Tusk]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-20 |title=Donald Tusk awarded 2024 Chatham House Prize |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2024/06/donald-tusk-awarded-2024-chatham-house-prize |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Chatham House}}</ref>
|{{flagcountry|Poland}}
|}

==Distinctions==
In November 2016, Chatham House was named ''[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]]'' magazine's Think-Tank of the Year, as well as the winner in the UK categories for International Affairs and Energy and Environment.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/features/think-tank-awards-2016-the-winners |title=Think Tank Awards 2016: the winners |last=Team |first=Prospect |access-date=5 January 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=14 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020403/http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/features/think-tank-awards-2016-the-winners |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[University of Pennsylvania]]'s rankings for 2017, Chatham House was ranked the [[think tank]] of the year,{{failed verification|date=June 2022}} and the second-most influential in the world after the [[Brookings Institution]], and the world's most influential non-U.S. think tank.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinktankwatch.com/2017/01/2017-think-tank-rankings-cheat-sheet.html |title=2017 Think Tank Rankings - Cheat Sheet |website=www.thinktankwatch.com |access-date=5 January 2018 |archive-date=25 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225181028/http://www.thinktankwatch.com/2017/01/2017-think-tank-rankings-cheat-sheet.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Reactions ==
Chatham House has been criticized for its perceived [[elitism]], lacking transparency in funding, and alignment with [[Interventionism (politics)|Western interventionism]]. Scholars have noted that the think tank is operated by political, academic, and corporate elites.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Medina-Iborra |first=Ivan |date=March 24, 2015 |title=Visibility and activity: foreign affairs think tanks in the United Kingdom |url=https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/bitstream/handle/10871/16602/4-Medina-Guttormsen_AcceptedArticle_PoliticalPerspectivesSI_20121.pdf |website=University of Exeter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Parmar |first=Inderjeet |date=2002-04-01 |title=Anglo-American Elites in the Interwar Years: Idealism and Power in the Intellectual Roots of Chatham House and the Council on Foreign Relations |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0047117802016001005 |journal=International Relations |language=EN |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=53–75 |doi=10.1177/0047117802016001005 |issn=0047-1178|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The ''[[Financial Times]]'' has questioned the organization's limited disclosure of funding sources, particularly in comparison to European counterparts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British think-tanks ‘less transparent about sources of funding’ |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ae6968c4-b5ec-11e4-b58d-00144feab7de |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.ft.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> In one instance, the ''[[The Bureau of Investigative Journalism|Bureau of Investigative Journalism]]'' revealed that a report published by Chatham House was authored by a lobbyist with undisclosed financial interests in the subject matter, highlighting issues with Chatham House's editorial independence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-12 |title=Chatham House’s independent expert is lobbyist {{!}} TBIJ |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250512135811/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2011-12-08/chatham-houses-independent-expert-is-lobbyist |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> Critics have also argued that the institution has historically supported interventionist foreign policy positions, especially in relation to the [[Iraq War]] and [[Enlargement of NATO|NATO expansion]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holmes |first=Flora |date=January 1, 2020 |title=Public Attitudes to UK Military Interventionism |url=https://bfpg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Public-Attitudes-to-Military-Intervention-1.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Michael |date=March 1, 2021 |title=What do Think Tanks do? Chatham House in search of the United States |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350334875_What_do_Think_Tanks_do_Chatham_House_in_search_of_the_United_States |website=London School of Economics and Political Science}}</ref> The organization's confidentiality rule, famously known as the [[Chatham House Rule]], has been criticized for allowing influential participants to shape public discourse from behind closed doors while limiting public accountability and scrutiny.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sanburn |first=Josh |date=2016-06-09 |title=The World’s Most Powerful and Secret Group, Explained |url=https://time.com/4362872/bilderberg-group-meetings-2016-conspiracy-theories/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=TIME |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-11 |title=Why is every Bay Area event imposing Chatham House Rules? |url=https://sfstandard.com/2025/01/11/chatham-house-rule-burnout/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=The San Francisco Standard |language=en}}</ref> Some commentators argue that the rule obscures power dynamic, shields controversial statements, and hinders transparency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-09 |title=The Chatham House Should Not Rule |url=https://kendraalbert.com/chatamhouse |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Kendra Albert |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Additionally, critics have highlighted the organization's early 20th-century role in reinforcing [[colonialism]], noting that its foundations were closely linked to [[British imperialism]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ba |first=Oumar |date=2024-04-03 |title=Now what? |url=https://www.duckofminerva.com/2024/04/now-what.html |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=The Duck of Minerva |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Williams |first=Paul |date=2003-03-01 |title=A Commonwealth of Knowledge: Empire, Intellectuals and the Chatham House                Project, 1919–1939 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00471178030171003 |journal=International Relations |language=EN |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=35–58 |doi=10.1177/00471178030171003 |issn=0047-1178|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Australian Institute of International Affairs]]
* [[Canadian International Council]]
* [[German Council on Foreign Relations]]
* ''[[International Affairs (journal)|International Affairs]]''
* [[List of think tanks in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael]]
* [[Pakistan Institute of International Affairs]]
* [[Singapore Institute of International Affairs]]
* ''[[The World Today (magazine)|The World Today]]''

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* Bosco, A., and C. Navari, eds. ''Chatham House and British Foreign Policy, 1919–1945: The Royal Institute of International Affairs During the Interwar Period'' (London, 1994). 
*{{cite book |last=Carrington |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Carrington (historian) |others=Revised and updated by Mary Bone |year=2004 |title=Chatham House: Its History and Inhabitants |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86203-154-1 }}
* Morgan,  R. "'To Advance the Sciences of International Politics...': Chatham House’s Early Research", ''International Affairs'', 55:2 (1979), 240–251. 
*  Parmar, I. "Anglo-American Elites in the Interwar Years: Idealism and Power in Chatham House and the Council on Foreign Relations", ''International Relations'' 16:53 (2002), 53–75. 
* Perry, Jamie Kenneth John. "Chatham House, The United Nations Association and the politics of foreign policy, c. 1945–1975" (PhD Diss. University of Birmingham, 2015) [http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/6097/1/Perry15PhD.pdf online].
* Thorne, Christopher. "Chatham House, Whitehall, and Far Eastern Issues: 1941–1945", ''International Affairs'', 54:1 (1978), 1–29. 
* Williams, Paul. "A Commonwealth of knowledge: Empire, intellectuals and the Chatham House Project, 1919–1939." ''International Relations'' 17.1 (2003): 35–58.

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.chathamhouse.org/}}
* {{EW charity|208223|The Royal Institute of International Affairs}}
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40553 Architectural history and description] - from the ''[[Survey of London]]''
* Conference papers, research memoranda and miscellaneous papers relating to the work of the Far East Department of the Royal Institute of International Affairs are held by [https://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/collections/a-z/r/ SOAS Archives].

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