Independent Thinking
Independent Thinking is the new podcast from Chatham House.
Each week our director, Bronwen Maddox, will host conversations with leading policymakers, journalists and our own Chatham House experts to provide insight and depth on the big international questions of the week.
Independent Thinking gives you, the listener, the opportunity to engage with the high-level conversations that the institute hosts, and, for Chatham House members, to ask questions directly to the participants in each episode.
Apr 24, 2026
EU expansion, energy shocks, and uneasy alliances: will the
conflict in the Gulf – and other crises – force a more unified
European strategy?
This week’s episode comes from the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece,
where host Bronwen Maddox is joined by Grégoire Roos, director of
our Europe, Russia and Eurasia...
Apr 17, 2026
From Hormuz to Hungary and the Vatican to the Federal Reserve, it has been an unusually contentious week for the White House, even by the standards of President Trump’s second administration.
This week’s podcast comes from the US, where our analysts assess the political and economic state of the US as it begins...
Apr 10, 2026
China prepared in advance for a US attack on Iran. But many of
its Asian neighbours have been hit hard because their economies
were heavily reliant on energy imports from the Gulf.
In the short-term, the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz has
triggered rationing, and shortages of diesel, gas and fertiliser.
Does...
Apr 1, 2026
An earlier than usual episode of the Independent Thinking
podcast, ahead of the Easter break.
In a one-on-one conversation, Chatham House Director Bronwen
Maddox discusses energy with Sir Dieter
Helm, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford,
who has been advising governments and writing on energy,...