''The World Today'' is a quarterly global affairs magazine founded by

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in 1945. It aims to bring the Institute's analysis to a broad audience, featuring internal research alongside external contributors. The World Today publishes analysis, commentary, interviews, book reviews, photography and original reportage. Prominent contributors include the British journalist Jon Snow, former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Helen Clark Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008 and was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was ...

, British diplomat

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, and Conservative MP

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. The magazine is sent to decision-makers in

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companies and major embassies in London, as well as to key individuals in the British Parliament, Whitehall, the media, and academia. Magazine subscription is open to individuals and institutions, and it is also included in Chatham House membership. The World Today replaced the ''Bulletin of International News'', which was published from 1925 to 1945.

Editors

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was the editor from 1975 until her retirement in 1983. *Graham Walker (1946-2016) was the editor from 1995 to 2010. *Alan Philps was the editor from 2012 to 2021. *Roxanne Escobales was the editor from May 2021 to 2024. *Mike Higgins is the current editor.

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