Director, UK in the World programme, Chatham House. Formerly HMG's Open Innovation Team, Cabinet Office, & DFID. https://bsky.app/profile/oliviaosullivan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliviaosullivan.bsky.social/post/3mjwtvwmb4c25Good to ask @tomfletcherun.bsky.social today at @chathamhouse.org if international diplomacy is broken - and get his answer - broken for who? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1sD3XOispqo?feature=share20 Apr 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:uvp2jjcinbhcmioxqgxxcdft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwtvwmb4c25https://bsky.app/profile/oliviaosullivan.bsky.social/post/3mhxmdoa4rc2zReally pleased to have this piece from our UK in the World and Middle East and North Africa Associate Fellow @cjophillips.bsky.social on the tightrope Starmer is trying to walk on Iran, and what it means for the UK's relationship to American power: [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:uvp2jjcinbhcmioxqgxxcdft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxmdoa4rc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliviaosullivan.bsky.social/post/3mespygitcs2kStarmer also pointedly emphasising Greenland’s sovereignty and hymning British troops who died in Afghanistan here [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2026 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:uvp2jjcinbhcmioxqgxxcdft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mespygitcs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/oliviaosullivan.bsky.social/post/3mebabjqk7k23It was great to chat to @philtinline.bsky.social for the writing of this excellent report, which gets to grips with why it is so hard for the state to actually do stuff, and features a cameo from my old team, the Open Innovation Team. Many insights in here apply to foreign policy too: [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Feb 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:uvp2jjcinbhcmioxqgxxcdft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebabjqk7k23https://bsky.app/profile/oliviaosullivan.bsky.social/post/3mcwi32xkcc2lTrump's Greenland threats undermine the idea US tariffs are about aligning allies against China or onshoring industry. They're a tool to get things Trump wants. This is just one marker of a new era of economic coercion. In our @chathamhouse.org comment, Jerome Puri and I look at the UK's options: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/trumps-greenland-tariffs-show-uk-must-prepare-new-era-economic-coercion21 Jan 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:uvp2jjcinbhcmioxqgxxcdft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwi32xkcc2l