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The World Today

@TheWorldToday

The international affairs magazine of @ChathamHouse.

London, England

Joined April 2009

The World Today
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Jul 29
When Iranian drones struck three Amazon Web Services data centres in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on 1 March 2026, the disruption was immediate. Payment firms Alaan and Hubpay reported disruption to their services. Banks, including Emirates NBD and the Abu Dhabi
The world’s internet infrastructure is under threat – who is going to protect it?
From chathamhouse.org
The World Today
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Jul 22
In 2019, swarms of drones and cruise missiles struck energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, temporarily halting a large part of the kingdom’s oil production and sending shockwaves through energy markets. Tehran denied direct involvement, but the geopolitical reality was undeniable.
Gulf states can contain the threat from Iran and Israel. But they’ll need help
From chathamhouse.org
The World Today
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Jul 16
'The US government has been hollowed out. There’s hardly anybody left in the National Security Council. State Department key offices have been gutted, and the quality of the people there is not great. It’s a real problem, as we’ve seen with Iran, which is a catastrophic series
Lawrence Freedman: ‘Nothing I’ve seen in 50 years compares with Trump’s chaos’
From chathamhouse.org
The World Today
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Jul 15
International agreement on nuclear weapons only came after the world saw the terrifying power of the technology at Hiroshima — and asked what would happen if it fell into the wrong hands. We cannot afford to wait for an artificial intelligence equivalent of Hiroshima before we
Britain’s place in the new world order
From chathamhouse.org
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Jul 13
Europe’s future depends on what happens from the UK to Ukraine, from Norway to Türkiye and not just within the European Union. The UK needs to lead the development of Europe's new security architecture, with a European NATO at its core, writes Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP
Britain’s place in the new world order
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