The public health systems in Africa are under growing pressure. The sharp 70 per cent drop in official development assistance (ODA) risks weakening critical health programmes, while a rise in public health emergencies continues to stretch already fragile infrastructure. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) – the public health agency … Read more
It has been nearly two months since the release of the long-anticipated America First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS), a document whose very title feels inconsistent – and exposes what many in the field have long understood: that global health, as practiced, has rarely been truly global. Rather it has often meant that a few countries … Read more
David Petraeus could be the United States’ most famous living general. He commanded American and allied NATO forces in Iraq and Afghanistan; he was 10th commander of US Central Command and director of the CIA. He now advises civilian and military leaders on strategy, most recently telling Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, how to proceed against … Read more
Chatham House experts highlight the crunch moments and potential flashpoints in the year ahead. United States: Will Trump pitch a grand bargain with Beijing? Once Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20, he will have choices to make and the authority to make them. Top of the list are America’s fraught, geopolitical relations with Russia and … Read more
The crisis in the Middle East is being felt deeply in Southeast Asia. Perhaps most of all in the Philippines, which imports 98 per cent of its oil from the Gulf. The choking of global oil trade has led to acute fuel shortages, causing the Philippine government to declare a national emergency. The situation has forced President Ferdinand … Read more