IDEAS Events 2013

Is ASEAN still Relevant?

Wednesday 4 December 2013, 6.30pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Tan Sri Dr Tony Fernandes; Chair: Professor Arne Westad

Historical Method And Complexity Theory: Re-interpreting the 1948 Tito-Stalin Split

Thursday 28 November 2013, 6.30pm, B13, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields (LIF)
Discussants: Professor Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Dr Svetozar Rajak; Chair: Dr Svetozar Rajak 

 The Future of EU Enlargement

Tuesday 26 November 2013, 6.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

Power in the Information Age

Monday 25 November 2013, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Alec Ross; Chair: Professor Charlie Beckett

Why is the US Air Force Still in Europe?

Wednesday 20 November 2013, 1.30 - 3.00pm, B13, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Speaker: General Frank Gorenc; Chair: Dr Nicholas Kitchen

Gandhi Before India

Monday 11 November 2013, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building      Speaker: Dr Ramachandra Guha; Chair: Professor Michael Cox

Crisis Mismanagement in the East China Sea

Wednesday 6 November, 6.30pm, Room B13 32 Lincoln Inn Field (LIF) Speaker: Dr Jessica Chen Weiss; Chair: Professor Arne Westad 

The Origins of the Revolution: Marx and Eastern Europe

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building  Speaker:Professor Timothy Snyder; Chair: Professor Michael Cox

Emerging Powers and a Rising Africa

Monday 28 October 2013, 6.30pm, New Theatre, East Building
Speakers: Dr Ana Alves, Professor Vladimir Shubin, Dr Soyeun Kim, Dr Mehmet Ozkan; Chair: Dr Chris Alden

Looking Back 40 Years On from the 1973 Coup

Tuesday 22 October 2013, 6.30pm, NAB 2.04, New Academic Building
Speaker: Sergio Bitar; Discussants: Alan Angell, Tanya Harmer, Victor Figueroa Clark; Chair: George Philip

The Origins of the Nations: The Brotherlands Hypothesis

Tuesday 15 October 2013, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Timothy Snyder; Chair: Professor Arne Westad

The EU in the Eye of the Storm

Monday 14th October 2013, 6.30pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building (NAB)
Speaker: Dr Javier Solana; Discussant: Professor Robert Cooper; Chair: Professor Michael Cox

Moments of Truth

Thursday 10th October 2013, 6.00pm, B13, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Speaker: Professor George Philip; Chair: Dr Francisco Panizza

John F Kennedy's Quest For Peace

Monday 15 July 2013,  6.30-8.00pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs; Chair: Professor Craig Calhoun 

The Power of Radio and the Cold War

Wednesday 19 June 2013, 6.00pm, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields (LSE), Room LG.18
Speakers: Professor Lord Peter Hennessy, Mr. Phil Tinline, Dr. Simona Tobia, Dr. Alban Webb; Chair: Professor Arne Westad 

Opening the Black Box of Russian Foreign Policy

Monday 10 June 2013; 6.30 - 8.00pm
Speaker: Fiona Hill; Chair: Professor Michael Cox

The EU and China: the Political Game

Thursday 6 June 2013, 11:30am-1.30pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House
Speakers: Frank Lavin, Nicola Casarini, Professor Jing Men, Roderic Wye; Chair: Guy de Jonquieres

60 Years After the End of the Korean War

Monday 3 June 2013, 2:00-6:00pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House
Speakers: Dr Robert Barnes, Mr Aidan Foster-Carter, Professor Heonik Kwon, Dr James Hoare, Professor Hazel Smith

China and Globalization:  From the Opium War to the Beijing Olympics and Beyond
Thursday 23 May 2013, 6.30pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House
Speaker: Professor Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chair: Professor Arne Westad

Book Launch: Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay. Against Impunity

Tuesday 14 May, 6.00 - 8.00pm, Columbia House COL 2.01
Speaker: Dr. Francesca Lessa 

Guatemala Within the Global Drug Wars

Thursday 9 May 2013, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: HE Acisclo Valladares; Discussants: Mike Trace, Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas; Chair: Dr Piers Ludlow

Global Power in a Shifting International Order:  The West and the Rest

Wednesday 8 May 2013, Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Joseph Nye; Chair: Professor Michael Cox

The Governance Report 2013

Tuesday 7 May 2013, 6.30pm, CLM5.02, Clement House
Speakers: Professor Helmut K. Anheier, Professor Mary Kaldor, Dr. Inge Kaul, Professor Arne Westad; Chair: Professor Craig Calhoun

Warrior Geeks

Thursday 2 May 2013, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Christopher Coker; Chair: Professor Arne Westad

Governing the Global Drug Wars: Washington DC Report Launch

Thursday 25 April 2013, 3pm, The Institute for Policy Studies
Speakers: John Collins, Coletta Youngers; Chair: Sanho Tree 

Prevention of Mass Atrocities: Can the EU Do Better?

Thursday, 26 March 2013, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building (NAB)
Speakers: James Kearney and Dr. James Smith; Chair: Professor Karen E Smith

MSc Diplomacy and International Strategy Information Evening

Thursday, 21 March 2013, New Academic Building (NAB), 8th Floor, LSE
If you would like to attend, please register at ideas.strategy@lse.ac.uk

New Directions in Latin American Integration - The Alianza Pacifico

Thursday, 21March 2013, 6.00-9.00pm, the BOX, Tower Three, 5th Floor
Keynote speaker: H.E. Mr Mauricio Rodriguez; Chair: Dr Francisco Panizza

The UN and The Break-up of Yugoslavia: A Reassessment

Tuesday, 19 March 2013, COL 2.01, 6.30pm-8.00pm, Columbia House
Speaker: Professor Mats Berdal; Chair: Dr. Marietta Stankova; Discussant: Dr. Svetozar Rajak 

An Indonesian View of the World Trade Organisation

Speaker: Dr Mari Elka Pangestu; Chair: Dr Kirsten E. Schulze
Tuesday 19 March 2013, 2.30-4pm, New Theatre, East Building

Fifty Years without JFK: Rethinking Global Diplomacy

Wednesday, 13 March 2013, Senate House, University of London
Keynote Speaker: Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman

Lessons Learned? Can Transition Experiences Be Exported: From Eastern Europe to the Arab Spring

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 11am-12.30, COL 2.01, Columbia House
Speakers: Professor Anne Applebaum, Radosław Sikorski

Does Eastern Europe Still Exist?

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 6.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Anne Applebaum; Chair: Professor Michael Cox

Chinese Foreign Policy: Diplomacy and the CCP; Sino-British Relations in Africa

Thursday 7 March 2013, 5.30pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House
Speakers: Mr. Zhou Guohui, Mr. Lui Taol; Chair: Professor Arne Westad

Re-measuring the World: China's Global Development Impact

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 6.30-8.00pm, NAB 1.04, New Academic Building
Speaker: Dr. Helmut Reisen, Chair: Prof. Danny Qua

Governing the Global Drug Wars - Paris Report Launch

Tuesday 26 February 2013, Centre d'Histoire de Sciences Po, Conference Room, Ground Floor, 56 Rue Jacob 75006 Paris
Speakers: John Collins; Joanne Csete; Chair: Dr. Henri Bergeron

The Challenges to the Democratization Process in Latin America

Wednesday 20 February 2013, 6.30pm-8.00pm, The Box, Tower 3
Speaker: Jose Miguel Insulza; Chair: Dr. Francisco Panizza

Contemporary Russia and the Balkans

Tuesday 19 February 2013, 6.30pm-8.00pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House
Speaker: Dr. Peter Duncan; Chair: Dr. Marietta Stankova; Discussant: Dr David Cadier

American Counterinsurgency Strategy: Lessons from History

Monday 18 February 2013, 6.30pm-8.00pm, NAB 1.04, New Academic Building
Speakers: Max Boot; Discussant: Dr Toby Dodge; Chair: Dr. Nicholas Kitchen

China's New Leadership - Hopes for Reform and Fear of Uncertainty

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 6.30pm-8.00pm, Room TW1.G.01, Ground Floor, Tower 1, LSE
Speakers: Professor Athar Hussain, Professor Arne Westad, Dr Debin Ma; Chair: Professor Stephan Feuchtwang

Putinism: The Ideology

Tuesday 12 February 2013, 6.30pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Anne Applebaum; Chair: Professor Michael Cox

Guatemala and the UN: Rethinking International Security

Monday 11 February 2013, NAB 1.04, New Academic Building
Speaker: Fernando Carrera; Chair: Dr. Francisco Panizza

Russia and the First World War: Time to Think Again

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 6.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Professor Dominic Lieven, Chair: Professor Janet Hartley

Towards a Paradigm Shift in Latin American Migration and Asylum Policies? Argentina and Mexico in Comparative Perspective

Thursday 24 January, 6:00-7:00pm, COL 2.01, Columbia House
Speaker: Luisa Feline Freier; Chair: Dr. Francisco Panizza

A Europe Made of Money -The Emergence of the European Monetary System

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 7.00pm, Graham Wallas Room (OLD550), Old Building
Speaker: Dr. Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol, Chair: Dr. Piers Ludlow

IRAQ - From War to a New Authoritarianism

Monday 21 January 2013, 6.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Dr Toby Dodge, Chair: Professor Arne Westad

The Balkans' Europeanisation: a Blessing or a Curse?

Tuesday 15 January 2013,  COL 2.01, Columbia House
Speakers: Dr Dimitar Bechev, Mr Laza Kekic; Chair: Dr Marietta Stankova