are bronwen maddox, director and chief executive of chatham house, an independent organisation, which under its royal charter exists to advance the sciences of international politics, economics, and jurisprudence . the charter dates from 1926, bronwen maddox from last month, but her appointment is the culmination of a distinguished career reporting the world. michael goldfarb has been a foreign correspondent for npr, national public radio, in the united states. his podcast is the first rough draft of history. the rough draft of history. latest episode features the story the latest episode features the story of mikhail gorbachev. stefanie bolzen is uk and ireland correspondent for the german media group, die welt, including for its newspaper of the same name a paper established in hamburg by the british army of occupation, one month after winston churchill delivered his speech warning that an iron curtain was descending and dividing europe. let s talk about the unfinish
needed the anointing of the country. instead, it was a form of asset stripping not back that up by institution building.- stripping not back that up by institution building. which has laid the foundation institution building. which has laid the foundation of institution building. which has laid the foundation of some institution building. which has laid the foundation of some of- institution building. which has laid the foundation of some of what . institution building. which has laidj the foundation of some of what we are seeing in ukraine and in putin s rain, iguess are seeing in ukraine and in putin s rain, i guess you would call it. just leaving that aside, let s talk about something else which is unfinished business, michael, over to you, iraq. this is a massive over simplification so shoot me down in flames if you like, but to what extent, the violence, the power of the malicious and the straightforward legacy of the way of not so much the way the invasion was conducted but