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The Politics of Financial Crises: Lessons Across Continents
Thursday 29 November, 9.00am, Arundel House Speakers: Various
The Rise and Decline of the American "Empire" Thursday 22 November 2012, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building Speaker: Professor Geir Lundestad; Chair: Professor Michael Cox
Islamists in Power - Governing the Arab World
Wednesday 21 November 2012, 6.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House Speaker: Professor Gilles Kepel; Chair: Professor Craig Calhoun
The Gulag: What We Know Now and Why It Matters Tuesday 20 November 2012, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building Speaker: Anne Applebaum; Chair: Professor Arne Westad
9/11 and the Attack on Muslims Tuesday 13 November 2012, 6:30pm, BOX, 5th Floor Tower Three Speaker: Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid; Chair: Professor Arne Westad
Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750
Thursday 1 November 2012, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building Speaker: Professor Arne Westad; Chair: Professor Michael Cox
The Global Drug Wars
Tuesday 23 October 2012, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building Speakers: Dr. William McAllster, Professor David Courtwright, Dr. Ethan Nadelmann, Nigel Inkster; Chair: Professor Michael Cox
Historians at work: Inside the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Monday, 22 October 2012, 4pm, COL 2.01 Speaker: Dr William B. McAllister; Chair: Dr Roham Alvandi
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Regional Perspectives 50 years on Thursday 18 October 2012, 6.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House Speakers: Professor Antony Kapcia, Professor Hal Klepak, Dr. Carlos Alzugaray Treto; Chair: Dr. Piers N Ludlow
True Believers: Collaboration and Opposition under Totalitarian Regimes
Wednesday 17 October 2012, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building Speaker: Anne Applebaum; Chair: Professor Arne Westad
Reinventing Europe: One Crises, Many Futures
Wednesday 10 October 2012, 6.30pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre Speakers: Robert Cooper, Richard Corbett, John Peet
Europe in Crisis Seminar
Wednesday 10th October 2012, 12:30pm - 6:00pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House Speakers: Various
A Conversation with Senator John McCain
Wednesday 10th October 2012, 2.00pm – 3.00pm, LSE Campus TBC Speaker: Senator John McCain; Chair: Dr. Munir Majid
The Demise of Kim Jong Il and Its Impact on North East Asia Security
Thursday 4 October 2012, 6.30pm, COL 2.01 Columbia House Speaker: Mr. Aidan Foster-Carter; Chair: Professor Arne Westad
Kiss of the Dragon? China’s Geoeconomic Strategy in a Changing Global Order
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building Speakers: Jonathan Fenby, Guy De Jonquieres, Linda Yueh Chair: Professor Arne Westad
Iran and Israel: Covert War Games in Africa
Thursday 24 May 2012, 12noon to 2:00pm, EAS.E168 (LSE East Building) Speaker: Dinesh Mahtani Chair: Dr Chris Alden
UK-Argentina: Is There a Way Forward?
Thursday 17 May 2012, 6.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building Speakers: Ambassador Alicia Castro, Dr John Hughes Moderator: Professor George Philip
US Foreign Policy, 2nd Edition - Book Launch
Thursday 10 May 2012, 6.30pm, COL 2.01 Columbia House Speakers: Professor Michael Cox, Dr Doug Stokes
Negotiating While Fighting: Peace initiatives, the Vietnam War, and British perspectives
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, FCO Speakers: Sylvia Ellis, Richard Fyjis-Walker, Professor James Hershberg, Andrew Preston, Professor Patrick Salmon, Sir Robert Wade-Gery, Professor John Young; Chair: Professor Matthew Jones, Alex Ellis
Governor Tarso Genro and Professor Carlos Henrique Horn on the current economic and political situation in Brazil
Tuesday 8 May, 2012, 5.00pm to 6.30pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House Speakers: Governor Tarso Genro and Professor Carlos Henrique Horn: Moderator: Professor Sandra Jovchelovitch; Chair: Dr Francicso Panizza
Anticipations of the Asian Century (May 3-4): Conference Report
Many have argued that the 21st century will belong to Asia. LSE IDEAS hosted a two-day conference to study to this concept and its implications in May, looking both at the historical backdrop to Asia's rise and potential future trajectories.
After The Arab Spring: Power Shift in the Middle East?
Tuesday 1 May 2012, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building Speakers: Dr Amnon Aran, Roger Cohen,Professor Anoush Ehteshami; Chair: Dr Toby Dodge
10th Annual LSE-GWU-UCSB InternationalGraduate Conference on the Cold War
19 to 21 April 2012
Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party, Inside an Autoritarian Regime
Wednesday 25 April, 6.30pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House Speaker: Professor Joseph Sassoon; Chair: Dr Toby Dodge
Tiger Head Snake Tails, China today, how it got there and where it is heading
Tuesday 24 April, 6.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House Speaker: Jonathan Fenby, Chair: Professor Arne Westad
Indian Democracy's Ferocious Faultlines
Monday, 12 March, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building Speakers: Patrick French, Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Professor Sunil Khilnani, Professor Maitreesh Ghatak Chair: Dr Ramachandra Guha
Sport and the Nation: Interpreting Indian History through the Lens of Cricket
Tuesday, 6 March, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building Speaker: Dr Ramachandra Guha; Chair: Professor Michael Cox
Views from China: How Did We Get There and Where Are We Going?
Tuesday, 6 March, 1:30pm-3:30pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House Speakers: Dr. Liu Dong, Ms Yu Haining, Ms Zhao Xuelan
25 years after: Soviet lessons for security transition in the Afghanistan of 2014
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 6.30pm, NAB 2.04 Speakers: Sir Rodric Braithwaite, Jorrit Kamminga; Chair: Dr N. Piers Ludlow
Piracy in Somalia: Inside the Pirate Business
Monday, 27 February, 7.00pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House Speaker: Professor Stig Hansen; Chair: Dr Sue Onslow
African Development: The Miracle of Mauritius
16 February 2012, 6.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building Speaker: Pierre Dinan, Chair: Dr Chris Alden
Reflections on Russia's place in Europe in the 18th century
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 6.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building Speaker: Professor Alexandar Kamenskii, Chair: Professor Janet Hartley
Ten reasons why India will not and should not become a Superpower
Thursday 26 January 2012, 6.30pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre New Academic Building Speaker: Dr Ramachandra Guha; Chair: Professor Michael Cox
The Soviet Union's Collapse: Causes and Consequences
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 6.30 pm, Hong Kong Theatre Speakers: Sir Rodric Braithwaite, Andrei Grachev, Professor Margot Light; Chair: Professor Michael Cox
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