What is Chatham House?
{{Infobox organisation |name = Chatham House |image = |caption= |membership = 3,000+ |headquarters = [[London]], [[England]] |formation = {{start date and age|1920}} |website = {{URL|http://www.chathamhouse.org/}} }} [[File:Aung San Suu Kyi at Chatham House.jpg|thumb|230px|right|[[Aung San Suu Kyi|Daw Aung San Suu Kyi]] exits Chatham House after addressing an event on responsible investment in [[Burma]] and receiving her Chatham House Prize, 22 June 2012]] '''Chatham House''', also known as the '''Royal Institute of International Affairs''', is a London [[think tank]]. It is a [[non-profit]], [[non-governmental organization]]. It analyses and promote the understanding of major international issues and [[current affairs]]. Chatham House is one of the world's leading organizations in this area.<ref>[http://www.euractiv.com/pa/think-tanks-going-global-survey-news-257212 Think-tanks going global, survey finds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203070733/http://www.euractiv.com/pa/think-tanks-going-global-survey-news-257212 |date=2013-02-03 }} EurActiv.com</ref> It takes its name from its premises, a [[Grade I listed]] 18th-century house in [[St. James's Square]], once occupied by three British prime ministers, including [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham]]. In a recent report, Chatham House is ranked the second most influential [[think tank]] in the world after the [[Brookings Institution]], and the world's most influential non-US think tank.<ref>University of Pennsylvania [http://www.gotothinktank.com/2012-global-goto-tank-index-report 2012 Global go-to think tanks ranking released] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302102430/http://www.gotothinktank.com/2012-global-goto-tank-index-report/ |date=2013-03-02 }} 2013</ref> In 2009, Chatham House was also named the top non-US think tank by ''Foreign Policy'' magazine.<ref name='foreignpolicy'>{{cite news|first=James|last=McGann|title=Foreign Policy: The Think Tank Index|date=2009|url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story