Professor Michael Cox is Director of LSE IDEAS and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at LSE.
In addition, he is currently working on a history of LSE.
Professor Cox has held appointments at:
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The Queen's University of Belfast (1972-1995)
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California State University at San Diego (1986)
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The College of William and Mary in Virginia (1987-1989)
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The Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth (1995-2001)
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The Catholic University of Milan (2003-2008)
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The University of Melbourne (2004-2005)
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The Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies in Canberra, Australia (2004-2008)
He helped establish the Cold War Studies Centre in 2004 and expand it into IDEAS, a foreign policy centre based at the LSE which aims to bring the academic and policy words together, in 2008.
In a 2014 international survey, IDEAS was ranked 2nd in the world amongst the best university affiliated Think Tanks.
Since joining the LSE he has also acted as Academic Director of both the LSE-PKU Summer School and of the Executive Summer School.
In 2011, he launched a new Executive Masters in Global Strategy designed to teach senior foreign policy practitioners.
Professor Cox has held several senior professional positions in the field of international relations including:
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Chair of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
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Member of the Executive Committee of the British International Studies Association and of The Irish National Committee for the Study of International Affairs
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Associate Research Fellow Chatham House, London
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Director of the David Davies Memorial Institute for the Study of International Politics, Aberystwyth
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Senior Fellow Nobel Institute, Oslo;
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Chair of the United States Discussion Group at the Royal Institute of International Affairs
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Transatlantic Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute London.
He also serves on the editorial board of several academic journals and has been Editor of several leading journals in IR, including:
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The Review of International Studies
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International Relations
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Cold War History
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International Politics
He is now general editor of two successful book series: Palgrave's Rethinking World Politics and Routledge's Cold War History.
Professor Cox is a well-known speaker on global affairs and has lectured in the United States, Australia, Asia, and in the EU. He has spoken on a range of contemporary global issues, though most recently he has focused on the role of the United States in the international system, the rise of Asia, and whether or not the world is now in the midst of a major power shift.
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