Experts from across Chatham House look at the key challenges and achievements of the 39th president of the United States.

Women’s rights organizations and feminist activists in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continue to live in a political culture of impunity and with increased violent backlash on their ...

Europe’s leaders have been struggling to deal with war, populist nationalism and a flagging economy. Trump 2.0 sharpens all three challenges and is a necessary wake-up call. José Manuel Barroso ...

The rapid and complete capitulation of the Assad regime in Syria shows how quickly fragile political systems can transform.

With a general election imminent, it is already clear that the next UK government will take office in an immensely challenging environment for foreign policy. From wars in Gaza and Ukraine to concerns ...

Assad’s departure could help Turkey become a key point of transit for natural gas. But renewable energy may offer the more ...

Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens the very existence of Ukraine as a state. To date, Ukraine’s leadership, its army, and its people have denied Putin his ambition. Western military and economic ...

Research focuses on the regional implications of Syria’s 2024 revolution – and foreign and domestic policy in Lebanon and Jordan. The sudden collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December ...

The fall of the Assad regime has damaged Russian interests far beyond Syria. First, the collapse is a serious blow to Russia’s reputation as a reliable ally capable of guaranteeing the survival of its ...

The ousting of Syria’s brutal dictator Bashar al-Assad by his own people is not just a momentous national event but one with consequences spilling across the Middle East, nowhere more so than Iran.