Global South Unit

Civil Society Organisations’ Political Control over Brazil and Japan’s Development Cooperation in Mozambique: More than a mere whim?Sérgio Chichava and Jimena Durán
Working Paper Series 02-2016, February 2016

The Long Crisis Facing Emerging Markets: A Roadmap for Policy Reforms 
Rajiv Biswas and Álvaro Méndez
Policy Brief Series 01-2016, January 2016

A comparative study of foreign economic policies: The CIVETS countries
Angélica Guerra-Barón and Álvaro Méndez 
Working Paper Series 03-2015, June 2015

Strategies and Counter-strategies: China in the Andean Region of South America
Ádam Chimienti and Benjamin Creutzfeldt
Working Paper Series 01-2014, October 2014

Thursday, 21 July 2016                  

GSU PUBLIC LECTURE (Summer School) 
China and Latin America: The case of Peru                  

Speaker: Professor Cynthia Sanborn, Director of the Research Center at the Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP); Professor of Political Science, CIUP 

Chair: Dr. Alvaro Mendez, co-founder of LSE Global South Unit; Senior Research Fellow, Department of International Relations, LSE

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Venue:  NAB.1.04
Time: 18.20-20.00

Wednesday, 13 July 2016                  

GSU PUBLIC LECTURE (Summer School) 
Rooted versus Mechanical Dependency: China in Latin America's Extractive Sector                   

Speaker: Professor Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Instituto Igarapé Fellow Chair: Professor Chris Alden, Director of the Global South Unit; Professor in International Relations, LSE                  

Time: 18.30- 20.00 
Venue:   CLM.7.02

Monday, 27 June 2016

PUBLIC LECTURE: Latin America and China. Current Conditions and Future Prospects

Speaker: Dr. Álvaro Méndez, co-founder of LSE Global South Unit; Senior Research Fellow, Department of International Relations, LSE
Chair: Jian Junbo, Associate Professor, Fudan University.

Venue: Fudan University, China
Time: 10.00-11.30 AM

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

LSE Alumni Chile - Dinner and discussion with LSE academics
"China and Latin America: an analysis of the present context and its prospects"

Opening remarks: Shania Shen, LSE alumna

Speakers: Professor Chris Alden, Director of the Global South Unit; Professor in International Relations, LSE
Dr. Alvaro Mendez, co-founder of LSE Global South Unit; Senior Research Fellow, Department of International Relations, LSE

Venue: Confitería Torres. Av. Isidora Goyenechea 2962, Las Condes
Time: 7.30 PM

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Round Table: China y América Latina: análisis del momento y sus proyecciones

Speakers: Mariano Turzi, Universidad Torcuato di Tella
Alvaro Méndez, London School of Economics  
Osvaldo Rosales, Ex Director de Comercio Internacional e Integración, CEPAL  

Moderator: Fernando Reyes Matta, Director Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre China, UNAB  
Closing remarks:  Prof. Chris Alden, London School of Economics

Venue: La Academia Diplomática de Chile "Andrés Bello"

With the generous support of CAF - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina

Wednesday, 04 May 2016 

Seminario internacional - La conexión china en la política exterior del Perú en el siglo XXI

El seminario reunirá a varios expertos a nivel regional y global para discutir sobre las relaciones entre China y Perú, entre los cuales cabe destacar la presencia del eminente profesor Chris Alden, autor del best seller “China in Africa”.

Poster

Time: 09.00 - 17.00
Venue: Campus PUCP - Anfiteatro Dammert, Facultad de Derecho, Lima, Peru

Friday, 29 April 2016

WORKSHOP  "Leadership in times of uncertainty: The role of regional development banks in Latin America”

With Enrique Garcia, President of CAF; Professor of Practice, LSE Time: 5-7pm 

Venue:   Thai Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE campus

Thursday, 28 April 2016

PUBLIC LECTURE: GSU & DEPT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS From Tailwinds to Headwinds. Can Latin America Weather the Storm?

Speaker: Enrique Garcia, President of CAF; Professor of Practice, LSE Chair: Professor Chris Alden, Director of the Global South Unit; Professor in International Relations, LSE

Time: 6.30-8pm Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE campus

President Garcia will explore the role of development banks in meeting the current challenges that Latin America faces in the 21st century.

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Friday, 15 January 2016

III ANNUAL CAF- LSE CONFERENCE 
Global Governance in an Era of Uncertainty

Speakers:

Enrique García, President of CAF – Development Bank of Latin America;
Leonel Fernández, Former President of the Dominican Republic;
Michel Camdessus,Former Managing Director of the IMF and Governor of the Bank of France;
Enrique Iglesias, Former Secretary General of SEGIB, President of the Inter-AmericanDevelopment Bank, and Executive Secretary of ECLAC
Celso Amorim, Former Minister of Foreign Relations and Minister of Defense of Brazil

For all of the speakers see the full conference programme here.

One of the most important developments of the contemporary century is the emergence of the global south onto the stage of world politics. However, these new rising states do not have a track record in international leadership in a globalized world. The challenges and uncertainties of the twenty-first century require a multilateral approach to global governance. The third annual CAF-LSE conference was held on Friday 15th January 2016 at the London School of Economics. This conference contributed to understanding the rise of the global south by focusing on key international actors from Asia, Africa and Latin America and their perspectives on global governance in an era of uncertainty.

Conference Programme
Venue: Shaw Library, 6th floor, Old Building, LSE Campus
Time: 09.00 - 18.15

Tuesday 24 February 2015

LSESU Brazilian Society & LSE Global South Unit Public Lecture
Brazilian Foreign Policy: a Q&A session with Minister Celso Amorim

Chair: Dr Alvaro Mendez, co-founder of LSE Global South Unit; Senior Research Fellow, Department of International Relations, LSE

Described as one of the world’s best foreign ministers (Foreign Policy-2009), Brazilian Minister Celso Amorim is considered largely responsible for the country’s greater international projection under the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Having led some of Brazil’s most defining moments in the international stage, Minister Amorim shares some key moments of his acclaimed career followed by an exclusive Q&A session with participants.

Venue: CLM 4.02, Clement House
Time: 11am-12.30pm

Thursday, 2 October 2014

Regent's University London & LSE Global South Unit Public Lecture:
Latin America in the 21st Century

Speaker: Dr Arturo Valenzuela, Senior Advisor for Latin America at Covington & Burling in Washington DC
Chair: Dr Alvaro Mendez, co-founder of LSE Global South Unit; Senior Research Fellow, Department of International Relations, LSE

Venue: Tuke Common Room, Regent's University
Time: 6 PM

Thursday 5 September 2013 

TRIUM and Department of Management Public Lecture
Turnaround: Third World lessons for First World growth

Speaker: Peter Blair Henry, Dean of New York University’s Stern School of Business and former professor of International Economics at Stanford University
Chair: Professor Craig Calhoun, LSE

Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Time: 6.30-8pm