Chatham House, formally known as Royal Institute of International Affairs, is an independent policy institute based in London. Its mission is to help governments and societies build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world. It achieves this through rigorous research, dialogue and leadership, guided by values of independence, inclusivity, diversity and collaboration.
Chatham House is structured around six thematic research programmes—Environment and Society; Global Economy and Finance; Global Health; International Law; International Security; and Digital Society—and seven regional programmes covering major world areas such as Africa, Asia‑Pacific, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Russia and Eurasia, the US and the Americas, and UK in the World.
The thematic programmes are grouped, with four (Global Health, International Law, International Security and Digital Society) forming the Global Governance and Security Centre, which focuses on evolving international norms, institutions and security in a fracturing world order.
Environment and Society Centre houses the Sustainability Accelerator, launched in 2021. Its goal is to elevate sustainability within Chatham House’s work by investigating and piloting innovative solutions—combining evidence‑based policymaking with entrepreneurial experimentation—specifically targeting areas such as food, land and natural resources, climate and energy transitions, and accelerating sustainable finance.
Global Economy and Finance programme produces policy‑oriented analysis on topics like economics of climate change, global economic governance (G7/G20), international trade and investment, developing‑country debt, global health finance and evolution of the international monetary system. It also examines transparency tools—such as the Task Force on Climate‑related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and EU sustainable investment taxonomy—that support sustainable finance frameworks.
Chatham House offers a wide range of valuable outputs. It publishes in-depth research, hosts private briefings, seminars, workshops and round‑tables, and produces analysis for policymakers, business leaders and civil society. It also publishes respected journals (such as International Affairs and the Journal of Cyber Policy), and hosts events and dialogues that facilitate informed decision‑making.
Our mission
Chatham House’s mission is to help governments and societies build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world.
We pursue our mission through dialogue, analysis and solutions-based ideas, and by empowering the next generation to build a better world.
As we embark on our second century, we are focused on three goals for the future.
