Podcast specials is a semi-regular podcast series featuring interviews with Chatham House experts - and others - about the critical underlying issues shaping international relations.
Hosted by staff from across the institute, each episode goes in-depth on a topic, looking beyond the news to explore the issues shaping global politics.
We Just Got Back From... New York | United Nations General Assembly
Chatham House analysts Laurel Rapp and Dr Christopher Sabatini returned from New York saying they saw signs of optimism and the renewal of 'shoe-leather diplomacy' behind the scenes at the United Nations annual General Assembly.
The UNGA meeting was held as US President Donald Trump heads towards midterm elections, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres nears the end of his term on 31 December 2026.
Laurel Rapp, a former US State Department diplomat, is director of the US and North America Programme and Dr Christopher Sabatini is director of the Latin America Programme. They were talking to Head of News and Comment Stephen Farrell in the first of a new Chatham House video interview series.
14 Sept 2026
AI: The New Great Game?
'Washington would compel its allies in Europe and in Asia and everywhere apart from China to get on board with its regulatory regime [for AI],' says Sebastian Mallaby, author of 'The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence' and the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.
He explains that regulation of AI is urgently needed, why America is likely to set the pace and that job losses of 5-10 per cent to AI will prove a huge economic challenge for governments.
Sebastian Mallaby speaks with Mike Higgins, editor of The World Today, in a wide-ranging conversation that also considers the recent hacks by 'rogue' AI models and how China might be better approached on issues of AI safety.
📖 Read the interview based on this podcast published in the autumn issue of The World Today here:
6 Aug 2026
The Open Centre: Reimagining Europe's Offer to a Fractured World
'Europe is like faith: when you have it, nothing can shake it,' says Grégoire Roos, director of the Europe and Russia and Eurasia Programmes at Chatham House. He explains why he believes Europe should stop defining itself in relation to the United States and China, reject narratives of civilizational decline, and instead build a more confident, open and inclusive vision for its role in the world.
Grégoire Roos speaks with Mike Higgins, editor of The World Today, in a wide-ranging conversation based on his essay, 'The Open Centre: Reimagining Europe' s Offer to a Fractured World', published in the summer issue of The World Today.
Read the full article:
The Open Centre: Reimagining Europe's offer to a fractured world
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