Global Strategies @ LSE connects academics with Whitehall and beyond.
The aim of the project is to provide sound practical advice on how strategy can be made more effective in this complex age. The focus is on international strategic issues, often military but also political, diplomatic, economic, and business issues.
To do this, the project brings together a wide range of academics from LSE with senior practitioners past and present, from the UK and overseas. Regular discussions take place with senior officials on the strategic aspects of major issues such as ISIS, Iran, Syria, Russia, Ukraine, China, Migration, and Energy.
The project's close links with Whitehall reflect the value senior officials attach to the discussions they have with us and the quality of our research. Private Global Strategies papers have contributed to the government's work on the Strategic Defence and Security Review, and policy towards Russia and Ukraine.
Beginning in 2016, Global Strategies will also be hosting private lectures on broader themes of strategy: the challenges faced in creating and implementing strategy, the difficulties multinationals have in making decisions in an age of radical uncertainty, and the likelihood of nuclear weapons being used in the years ahead.
Most Global Strategies events are private, but here you can watch and listen to some recent lectures from the project's series on strategy.
Sun Tzu meets Michael Porter: Military Strategy vs Business Strategy
Lecture by John Kay, one of Britain's leading economists, whose career has spanned the academic world, business and public affairs whose latest book is Other People's Money: Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People? In this lecture, John Kay discusses to what extent is business strategy is similar to military or political strategies. Watch the video.
Lecture recorded 9th June 2016
The Limits of Strategy
Lecture by Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London and author of Strategy: A History.
Listen:
Download / Lecture Recorded April 7 2016
Project Heads
Gordon Barrass is Visiting Professor at LSE IDEAS. Formerly, a member of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Chief of its Assessments Staff and International Adviser to PwC. He works on global risks and threats, and ways of enhancing assessments and making strategy more effective in these challenging times.
Christopher Coker is Professor of International Relations specialising in strategy and the future of warfare. He teaches at defence academies around the world and has been a Visiting Fellow at several, including the National Institute for Defence Studies in Tokyo and the Swedish Defence College.
Project Coordinator
Tom Bailey is the Coordinator for Global Strategies @ LSE. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and is currently studying for an MSc in Political Theory at the LSE.