About

Question 1

Who are Chatham House?

Answer 1

Royal Institute of International Affairs

World leading independent institute established by Lionel Curtis in 1920 in the wake of the Paris Peace Conference

2020 = centenary - context of challenging and turbulent international affairs

300-400 employees

Question 2

What is Chatham Houses mission? And how does it achieve this?

Answer 2

To help governments and societies build a sustainable secure, prosperous and just world.

It does this through ANALYSING and PROMOTING the understanding of major international issues and current affairs.

Question 3

How do Chatham House deliver their mission?

Answer 3

DIALOGUE
- encouraging governments, private sector, civil society to engage in open debates and private discussions on major issues in world politics

RESEARCH

• rigorous analysis of critical global, regional and country specific challenges
• publish reports/papers/magazine
• vital resource for leaders, policy makers in government and private sector

LEADERSHIP

• training the next generation of policy makers - Queen Elizabeth II academy
• network of researchers and experts work together on international issues
• propose solutions based on government and societies cooperating to build a prosperous for all

Question 4

What issues do Chatham House investigate?

Answer 4

Shifts in global economic and political power

Safeguarding the earth’s natural resources

Delivering affordable healthcare

Countering cyber threats

Question 5

What do Chatham House want to read their research?

Answer 5

Seek to connect their ideas with a diverse audiences - policy constituencies, general public to build momentum and positive change.

Question 6

What are Chatham Houses policies grounded in?

Answer 6

Cooperative approach to international affairs

The rule of law

Representative and accountable governance

Open and well grounded markets

Vibrant media and civil society

Question 7

What is the Chatham House rule?

Answer 7

Repeat what is said but not who said it.

Rule developed to encourage openness of discussion and facilitate sharing of information

Speakers openly discuss views in private while allowing the topic and nature of the debate to be made public and contribute to a broader conversation

Question 8

Who is the Patron of Chatham House?

Answer 8

Queen Elizabeth II

Question 9

Who are the presidents of Chatham House?

Answer 9

Sit John Major

Lord Darling

Baroness Manningham Buller

Question 10

Who is the Chairman?

Answer 10

Lord O’Neil

Question 11

Who is the CEO?

Answer 11

Dr Robin Niblett

Question 12

Who does the government responsibilities and management of Chatham House belong with?

Answer 12

Council - nominated by individual and nominated members

Question 13

What is the staff structure of Chatham House?

Answer 13

Research projects are divided into a set of teams

• geographic areas- Asia / Africa / Europe
• specific themes - global health/ energy and environment/ international law and security/ global economy etc

Question 14

What is the Queen Elizabeth Academy?

Answer 14

Offers potential and established leaders the opportunity to spend 12 months as a fellow at Chatham house

Number of applications more than doubled in recent years

Question 15

What do the Communications and Publications team do?

Answer 15

Oversea Chatham house brand and distributes the research - focusing on public audiences

The World Today magazine

International Affairs academic journal

Question 16

What does the Directors Office do?

Answer 16

Determines the strategic direction of the institute,high level events and new initiatives.

Question 17

What do external relations do?

Answer 17

Manage the relationships with individual and corporate members and develops the busy schedule

Question 18

How does Chatham House receive funding?

Answer 18

Benefits from diverse global support

Registered charity

Philanthropic

Membership fees

Question 19

What is Chatham Houses relationship with the government?

Answer 19

Chatham House develops independent policy relevant analysis and new ideas to major policy decision makers around the world

Happens through direct government briefings, high level round tables and conferences, testimony to parliamentary committees

E.g. Brexit impact, UK relations with Russia

Question 20

What are the priority areas for Chatham House 2018/19?

Answer 20

Continuing to infuse policy departments through analysis of facts and expertise

Highlighting opportunities for positive change

Contributing to policy innovation - climate change / cyber security

Proactively engaging younger audiences - Common Futures Project - engaging young people from 13 countries across Europe and Africa to identify their shared concerns to work together to find solutions through online communities

Question 21

What is a challenge Chatham House needs to face?

Answer 21

Keeping up to date with changing contexts - climate change / cyber security

Remaining relevant and needed for the next 100 years

Question 22

What are some of the main people initiatives?

Answer 22

Developing a culture in which dialogue, collaboration and engagement between team members can thrive

Promoting Learning and Development

Promoting diversity and inclusion

Supporting the entire employee life cycle

Academy / Internship