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Independent Thinking
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Chatham House director Bronwen Maddox hosts conversations with leading policymakers, journalists and Chatham House experts to provide insight into the latest international political issues.Independent Thinking gives listeners the opportunity to engage with the high level conversations hosted by Chatham House.
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What is Independent Thinking about?
Chatham House director Bronwen Maddox hosts conversations with leading policymakers, journalists and Chatham House experts to provide insight into the latest international political issues. Independent Thinking gives listeners the opportunity to engage with the high level conversations hosted by Chatham House.
Who hosts Independent Thinking?
Independent Thinking is hosted by Chatham House. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
What has Independent Thinking covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Israel in deadlock: What next for a divided country?" (30 October 2026, 37 minutes), "Can Africa maximize its global influence?" (23 October 2026, 36 minutes), and "How will Ukraine get through winter after the Trump-Putin diesel deal?" (16 October 2026, 38 minutes).
How often does Independent Thinking publish?
Independent Thinking publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 100 episodes.
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Booking probability for Independent Thinking is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Independent Thinking requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Independent Thinking's contact route on record: verified email.
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Recent episodes
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Episode #58
Can Africa maximize its global influence?
Oct 23, 202636 minS4As the world becomes more unstable and the demands for critical minerals from China and big tech increases, can greater international attention on Africa translate into greater power and prosperity for African nations...
Oct 16, 202638 minS4President Trump and President Putin's back-door deal to release hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Russian diesel into international markets has revitalized the Kremlin's war effort and left President Zelenskyy...
Oct 9, 202629 minS4The rightward movement in democracies in Europe and beyond shows little sign of slowing. Germany has elected its first far-right regional government in Saxony-Anhalt. In France, voter anger with Emmanuel Macron puts the...
Oct 2, 202630 minS4The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels' capture of Yemen's port city of Mocha means that Iran now effectively controls two crucial waterways in the region – the Bab al-Mandab Strait to the Red Sea and thus the Suez Canal, as...
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Sep 25, 202635 minS4President Donald Trump welcomes Xi Jinping to Washington with the US-China dynamic in a moment of historic flux. China is rising economically and militarily, while the US is mired in the Iran war, alienating allies and...
Sep 18, 202636 minS4A call by leaders of the tech giants on the frontier of Artificial Intelligence to 'slow the pace' of its development has sparked debate over the risks associated with AI. Does AI represent an existential threat, and if...
Episode #52
How did 9/11 shape the world we live in?
Sep 11, 202646 minS4Twenty five years ago the deadliest terrorist attacks in human history, on 11 September 2001, saw 2,977 people killed in New York, Washington, and aboard the planes hijacked by 19 members of Al-Qaeda. An immediate...
Episode #51
What is the United Nations for?
Sep 4, 202635 minS4The United Nations convenes for its 81st General Assembly next week amid turmoil around the world that it seeks to bring together. The conflicts in Iran, Ukraine and Gaza, and the US, China and Russia's undermining of...
Aug 28, 202636 minS4It's been a tumultuous year in the Middle East – and it's far from over. Six months after the US and Israel launched their offensive against Iran, the conflict continues to disrupt trade, energy and food security...
Aug 21, 202633 minS4The climate crisis has seldom been dramatized so vividly as in the summer of 2026. Apocalyptic fires, widespread droughts and drained rivers in Europe made clear a worsening situation that even the most fervent denier...
Aug 14, 202629 minS4Britain's new prime minister Andy Burnham is not known for his interest in foreign affairs, but foreign affairs are eternally and often unforgivingly interested in Britain. What should Burnham and his new foreign...
Episode #47
Is the AI boom about to bust?
Aug 7, 202641 minS4The $2.6 trillion spent on artificial intelligence, data centres and advanced chipmaking dwarfs the cost of previous infrastructure megaprojects. Yet AI has become a money pit for tech giants like Amazon, Google...
Jul 31, 202635 minS4Ukraine's drone strikes deep into Russian territory coincided with one of Kyiv's biggest political and military convulsions of the war: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the popular defence minister Mykhailo...
Jul 24, 202639 minS4Andy Burnham took over as UK prime minister with a vow to restore hope in British politics – and an early volley of voter-friendly policy promises. But are they quite as significant as billed? How much room to manoeuvre...
Episode #44
Has Trump made the presidency too powerful?
Jul 17, 202629 minS4The 2026 World Cup final in New Jersey may represent the pinnacle of soft power for the USA and a moment of global prestige for President Donald Trump. But at home, concerns are growing over his ever-expanding vision of...
Jul 10, 202638 minS4This year's NATO summit brought together the leaders of all 32 member states in Ankara. President Donald Trump's return to the summit brought renewed controversy, with remarks on Greenland and Iran underscoring the...
Jul 3, 202642 minS4The United States marks its 250th birthday at a moment of intense division and international uncertainty. At home, President Donald Trump is aggressively remodelling America's governance around expanded White House...
Episode #41
Can Andy Burnham save Labour?
Jun 26, 202640 minS4UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves No.10 a decade since the Brexit referendum that began the UK's cycle of chaos, and Andy Burnham seems set to take over unopposed. Our experts discuss what the new regime will mean...
Jun 19, 202636 minS4Can Labour's prized plans to decarbonize power generation by 2050 withstand growing demands for extra defence spending – an acrimonious argument that has already claimed two senior defence ministers? Or pressure to...
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Ben Bland
Director of the Southeast Asia Program, Lowy Institute
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Dr. Sanam Vakil
director of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Programme, London’s Chatham House
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Julie Norman
lecturer and co-director of the Centre on US politics at University College London, UCL centre for US politics
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General Sir Richard Barrons
former Commander Joint Forces Command, senior consulting fellow, UK Joint Forces Command
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