LSE in print
On Assad's shoulders
The Guardian, 23/08/2013, p.36, Fawaz Gerges
Although we do not have independent information as to whether Bashar al-Assad's regime fired chemical weapons on the eastern suburbs of Damascus and killed hundreds of civilians , as the opposition claims, the burden of proof, morally and legally, lies squarely on the shoulders of the Syrian president.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/22/assad-toxic-gas-claims
-syria|
Suburban London: Trouble in Metroland
The Economist, 22/08/2013
This is a startling change, says Tony Travers of the London School of Economics. For almost a century beginning roughly with the arrival of big American manufacturers such as Hoover and Ford in the 1930s jobs spread across south-east England like spilt water.
http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21584004-londons-suburbs-and-
commuter-towns-are-suffering-growing-gravitational-pull?fsrc=rss|btn|
Fracking - will it cut our fuel bills?
The Times, 23/08/2013, p.35, Unattributed
the desperation of the promoters of fracking that they are resorting to such dubious claims about its potential impacts. Comment by Bob Ward, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE.
Οι Αδελφοί Μουσουλμάνοι δεν είναι μιλιταριστική οργάνωση
To Vima, 18/08/2013, p.A23
Comment by Katerina Dalacoura on the violence in Egypt.
LSE online
New Baghdad library takes step closer to realisation
guardian.co.uk (Web), 22/08/2013, Liz Bury
established and diaspora Iraqi artists, as well as talks, lectures, seminars and short courses. Saad Eskander, director of the Iraq National Library and Archive (INLA) , who studied at the London School of Economics before returning to Baghdad, his birthplace, in 2003, said: "New libraries have a notable role to play in consolidating Iraq's young democracy by promoting unconditional access
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/22/baghdad-library-architects-design-tender|
Thursday news roundup
Prospect - Prospect Editorial - Aug 22 at 13:43 BST
of being charged if found in possession. The charity Release and the London School of Economics used Home Office Data and freedom of information requests to show that 78 per cent of black people...
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blog/thursday-news-roundup-2/|
The missing middle
Spectator - Ed West and Fraser Nelson - Aug 22 at 9:46 BST
administrators are being replaced by software. Michael Boehm, an academic at the London School of Economics and author of a paper on job polarisation, says that technology and ‘offshoring’ mean...
http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9000951/the-missing-middle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-missing-middle|
LSE’s Cancer Research fillip
Property Week - Nick Johnstone - Aug 23 at 1:03 BST
The London School of Economics has bought Cancer Research UK’s London...
http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/lse’s-cancer-research-fillip/5059453.article|
Al Jazeera Tries Fair and Balanced in U.S. News Push
Bloomberg – Aug 20 2013
Al Jazeera is perceived as playing a political role more than that of a journalist,” said Fatima El-Issawi, who leads a London School of Economics research project titled Arab Revolutions: Media Revolutions.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-19/al-jazeera-tries-fair-and-balanced-in
-u-s-news-push.html|
Egypts media counter-revolution
New Yorker, Aug 21 2013
Fatima El-Issawi, a former correspondent for Agence France Presse in Iraq who is now working on a report about the news media in Egypt for the London School of Economics, says one problem that can’t be overlooked is how little the media evolved during the Morsi era.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/08/egypts-media-counter-revolution.html?mobify=0|
Asians frisked more than whites for drugs in UK: Study
Times of India
LONDON: A study by the London School of Economics and the NGO Release revealed on Thursday that in 2009/10, the overall search rate for drugs across the population as in the UK was 10 searches per 1000 people as part of a controversial stop and ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/Asians-frisked-more-than-whites-for
-drugs-in-UK-Study/articleshow/21990557.cms|
Band baaja in T-town: Dil Raju's daughter Hanshitha to wed Harshith
Deccan Chronicle – 23/08/2013
The young graduate from the London School of Economics (LSE) is all set to tie the knot with Harshith Reddy, the son of Narsimha Reddy who owns a group of ...
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130823/entertainment-tollywood/article/band-
baaja-t-town-dil-raju%E2%80%99s-daughter-hanshitha-wed-harshith|
Black People ‘Five Times More Likely to be Jailed’ for Drug Possession than White Offenders
International Business Times UK - Aug 22 at 13:21 BST
and a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics, added: "It's shocking that police officers are spending so much time targeting minor drug offences...
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/500820/20130822/black-people-stop-search-drug-offences-possession.htm|
Namibia And The Economic Partnership Agreement – Analysis
Eurasia Review - Pambazuka News - Aug 23 at 6:03 BST
research project by the Department of Political Sciences/University of Pretoria and the London School of Economics on South Africa’s foreign policy, sponsored by the Open Society Foundation of
http://www.eurasiareview.com/23082013-namibia-and-the-economic-partnership-agreement-analysis/|
For dark-skinned Mexicans, taint of discrimination lingers
Sacramento Bee - Aug 23 at 5:31 BST
said Mario Arriagada Cuadriello, a doctoral candidate in comparative politics at the London School of Economics. He is an editor at Nexos, a leading cultural and political magazine.When Arriagada...
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/22/5672867/for-dark-skinned-mexicans-taint.html#mi_rss=Capitol%20and%20California|
For dark-skinned Mexicans, taint of discrimination lingers
Miami Herald - Tim Johnson - Aug 22 at 20:18 BST
said Mario Arriagada Cuadriello, a doctoral candidate in comparative politics at the London School of Economics. He is an editor at Nexos, a leading cultural and political magazine.When Arriagada...
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/22/3579391/for-dark-skinned-mexicans
-taint.html|
Bør foreta store grønne investeringer
Aftenposten - Aug 22 at 12:14 BST
Oljefondet) drives. Debatt AV: sony kapoor direktør, tankesmien Re-Define, gjesteforsker, strategisk rådgiver, London School of Economics Oljefondets størrelse er allerede 150 prosent...
http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/Bor-foreta-storeAgronne-investeringer-7287357.html|
TOUGH CALL: Tax justice and what it would mean for the Bahamian economy
The Tribune - LARRY SMITH - Aug 23 at 4:55 BST
when they are passed on, generation to generation. But researchers at the London School of Economics have compared social mobility in eight advanced countries, and their data shows that the more...
http://www.tribune242.com/news/2013/aug/22/tough-call-tax-justice-and-what-it
-would-mean-baha/?opinion|
Sorkin, Clooney, Al Jazeera America
The Hill - Brent Budowsky - Aug 23 at 3:54 BST
He holds an LL.M. degree in international financial law from the London School of Economics. He can be read on The Hill’s Pundits Blog and reached at
http://thehill.com/component/content/article/73-columnists/318369-sorkin-clooney-
al-jazeera|
Standard test hurdle for Nalanda hopefuls
Calcutta Telegraph - Aug 23 at 3:37 BST
ranked according to infrastructure, strength of teachers and students? performance by agencies. London School of Economics, too, takes into consideration the rank of the alma mater of the applicants...
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130823/jsp/frontpage/story_17260873.jsp|
UK stop & search figures show race bias
Press TV - Aug 22 at 19:46 BST
drugs possession than white people, a study has found. According to the London School of Economics ( LSE) and drug law charity Release, black people are 6.3 times more likely to be searched...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/08/22/319935/uk-stop--search-figures-show-
race-bias/|
Al Jazeera seeks to enlarge U.S. audience
Keene Sentinel - Kristen SchweizerBloomberg News - Aug 22 at 18:53 BST
more than that of a journalist,” said Fatima El-Issawi, who leads a London School of Economics research project titled Arab Revolutions: Media Revolutions. There’s little doubt that some Americans...
http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/national_world/al-jazeera-seeks-to-enlarge
-u-s-audience/article_2f8ae1b3-42f3-5027-9f30-453709c759dc.html|
Fed'de halef tartışması
Deutsche Welle - Deutsche Welle - Aug 22 at 15:51 BST
kazandığı ortaya çıkınca hakkındaki eleştiriler doruk noktasına ulaştı. Londra Üniversitesi’ne bağlı London School of Economics’ten ekonomi profesörü Wouter Den Haan, Summers'ın Obama’nın Ulusal...
http://www.dw.de/fedde-halef-tart%C4%B1%C5%9Fmas%C4%B1/a-17039077|
New flood insurance scheme ignores climate change risks
Finchannel.com - Aug 22 at 15:44 BST
the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The new scheme, Flood Re, has been put forward by the Government...
http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128438&Itemid=99999999|
‘Uma democracia forte é capaz de derrotar o terror’, diz analista
O Globo Online - Vivian Oswald - Aug 22 at 11:04 BST
livro “WikiLeaks: news in the networked Era”, o especialista Charlie Beckett, da London School Of Economics, afirma que os vazamentos de informações de governos e as novas tecnologias desafiam...
'UK gov't might not be protecting rights of its citizens at all' - expert
Voice of Russia - Tosi Ivanova - Aug 22 at 15:38 BST
press. That’s according to Charlie Beckett, a media expert with the London School of Economics.Following Miranda’s detention, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger The UK government might actually...
http://voiceofrussia.com/2013_08_22/UK-govt-might-not-be-protecting-rights-of-
its-citizens-at-all-expert-0833/|
British blacks twice as likely to be charged with drugs possession – report
Voice of Russia - Aug 22 at 15:05 BST
However, the new study, by the drug law charity Release and the London School of Economics, argues that drug checks are not only the biggest single reason for search operations but a cause of...
Dua Calon Ketua Bank Federal AS
Deutsche Welle - Deutsche Welle - Aug 22 at 14:51 BST
bersikap lunak pada pihak perbankan", begitu Wouter Den Haan, profesor ekonomi di London School of Economics. Ekonom Berpandangan Luas Wakil Bernankes, Janet Yellen, juga dianggap sebagai...
Bernankes potentielle Erben
Deutsche Welle - Deutsche Welle - Aug 22 at 10:06 BST
gegenüber nicht sonderlich hart", meint auch Wouter Den Haan, Wirtschaftsprofessor an der London School of Economics. Weitsichtige Ökonomin Wenn man Larry Summers als personifizierte Kontroverse...
RBC GAM appoints new head of Asian equities
Asset Magazine - Aug 22 at 15:21 BST
Nallamala holds a bachelors degree in economics and economic history from the London School of Economics. Nallamala will work in partnership with Adam Matthews, RBC GAM managing director and...
Qatar stopper støtten til de syriske oprørere
Information.dk - Aug 22 at 8:46 BST
siger Christian Coates Ulrichsen, mellemøstforsker med speciale i de arabiske golflande ved London School of Economics Middle East Center og ved tænketanken Chatham House. Omlægningen skyldes...
EU suspends military sales to Egypt
Turkish Weekly - Aug 22 at 7:49 BST
its sophisticated, largely American-made weaponry. But Egypt expert John Chalcraft at the London School of Economics said there is a larger aspect to the U.S. military aid.It is a strategic...
EU Suspends Military Sales to Egypt
AllAfrica.com - Aug 22 at 7:33 BST
its sophisticated, largely American-made weaponry.But Egypt expert John Chalcraft at the London School of Economics said there is a larger aspect to the U.S. military aid."It is a strategic...
Ο Κρούγκμαν με... αντιγράφει
Ethnos - Aug 22 at 7:17 BST
Τώρα είναι καθηγητής οικονομικών και διεθνών σχέσεων στο Πρίνστον, επίτιμος καθηγητής στο london School of Economics κι αρθρογράφος των New York Times.Τον Δεκέμβριο του 2008 του απονεμήθηκε
LSE on TV/radio
News
BBC News (23/08/2013)
Fawaz Gerges comments on the reports on chemical attacks in Syria.
Look North
BBC One Yorkshire and North Midlands
Discussion of LSE report on flooding and insurance.