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