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3 March 2011 |
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• Indian academic takes up top international affairs and history
chair at LSE
A magisterial chronicle of India, a pioneering study of ecological movements
and an award-winning social history of cricket are among the works of a
scholar and writer who will take up the Philippe Roman Chair at LSE in
2011-12.
Ramachandra Guha (pictured), a historian and biographer based in
Bangalore, will succeed professor Niall Ferguson as holder of the chair in
history and international affairs. He takes up the post in September.
Dr Guha said: 'I am honoured and delighted at the opportunity to be part
of LSE IDEAS. My intellectual evolution was profoundly shaped by several
generations of scholars associated with the LSE and this debt will surely be
increased further by the year spent among the brilliant minds in and around
Houghton Street.'
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• Aping around for Comic Relief
The LSE Design Unit have decided to do something funny for money this Red
Nose Day.
On Friday 18 March, senior designer Ailsa Drake will be spending the day
dressed as a gorilla. The team will also be having a cake sale on the day.
The Design Unit would be really grateful if you could sponsor them, and
doing so, you will help to transform the lives of people across the UK and
throughout Africa. Your cash will help to make a huge difference.
You can sponsor Ailsa and the Design Unit at
http://my.rednoseday.com/LSEdesignunit, or
visit room W402, Tower Three, on the day to buy some of their
delicious cakes.
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• Free books as part of World Book Night
World Book Night
represents the most ambitious and far-reaching celebration of adult books
and reading ever attempted in the UK and Ireland.
On Saturday 5 March, two days after World Book Day, with the full support
of the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association, the Independent
Publishers Guild, the Reading Agency with libraries, World Book Day, the BBC
and RTE, one million books will be given away by an army of passionate
readers to members of the public across the UK and Ireland.
The book give-away will comprise 40,000 copies of each of the 25
carefully selected titles, to be given away by 20,000 ‘givers’, who will
each distribute 48 copies of their chosen title to whomever they choose on
World Book Night. The remaining books will be distributed by World Book
Night itself in places that might otherwise be difficult to reach, such as
prisons and hospitals.
LSE Arts were contacted by LSE alumna Angela Burns who is acting as a
World Book Night ‘giver’. She has 48 free copies of The Prime of Miss
Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark to distribute.
The books will be available from 11am on Monday 7 March in the Shaw
Library. There will be 48 books and they will be available on a first come,
first served basis.
For more information, email
arts@lse.ac.uk.
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• LSE lecturer receives British Academy grant
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis (pictured), senior lecturer in the
political economy of south eastern Europe at LSE, has been
awarded a small grant by the British Academy for a two year project
titled 'Understanding the Link Between Economic Connectedness and
Spatial Dependence'.
The project will use small area data for the UK and Holland to examine
the role of commuting, agglomeration, and sectoral specialisation/industrial
concentration in connecting local economies and producing similar (or
disparate) economic outcomes across space.
Work on the project will be carried out at LSE, with input from
colleagues in the University of Groningen, Holland.
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• LSE
IDEAS appoint course administrator for new Executive Masters Programme
Dr Sue Onslow (pictured) has been appointed as the course administrator
for the new MSc Diplomacy and International Strategy course, which will
begin teaching in September 2011.
This new and unique Executive Masters Programme is for high-flyers
dealing with all aspects of international affairs, and is organised and
managed by LSE IDEAS. The course will involve senior academics from across
LSE as well as top policy practitioners, and is the latest in the growing
number of executive education courses which have been set up across the
School.
Dr Onslow said: ‘This course is the first of its kind because it looks
firmly to the future, and is grounded in a deep understanding of political,
economic and military issues. The events in North Africa and the Middle East
underline how much political and business leaders need to develop their
strategic thinking to cope with fast-changing events. This course is
designed to do just that.’
More information about the course can be found on the
LSE IDEAS website.
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• Academic
abroad
On behalf of the Royal Society, Professor Nikolas Rose, professor of
sociology and director of BIOS at LSE, will be giving a paper
at the second
Raymond
and Beverly Sackler USA-UK Scientific Forum, in
Irvine, California.
The paper looks at the social implications of
neuroscience for the legal system, and Professor Rose will
particularly focus on the promises and perils of early intervention for
those deemed 'risky' or 'at risk'.
The forum is organised by the US National Academy of Sciences and the
UK Royal Society and the topic this year is 'Neuroscience and the Law'.
Professor Rose is a member of the Royal Society's
Brain Waves project, which
is exploring the social implications of recent developments in the
understanding of the human brain.
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• LSE Perspectives
The LSE Perspectives March 2011 Gallery is now online. You can view this
month's selection of photos
here.
LSE Perspectives is an online gallery featuring photos taken by LSE
students and staff, each image reflecting a unique perspective on a
particular scene.
If you have taken any artistic images on your travels, from your home
town, or even just here in London, why not submit them for LSE perspectives
so that they can be shared with the rest of the School?
Every month, the Arts team selects 12 images and publishes them online.
For more information and to submit your images, visit
LSE Perspectives submissions. Previous galleries can be found
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 Notices
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• Tell us what you think - Staff News feedback survey 2011
The Press Office has put together a short survey for you to let us know how
you feel about Staff News. It will be an important way for us to find
out how we can improve the newsletter for you.
The survey is open to all staff and should take no more than five minutes
to complete. To take part, visit
www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsewebsite/staff_news_2011.
The survey is open until Friday 25 March. We really appreciate you taking
the time to give us your feedback.
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• George
IV Apartments - open morning
On Thursday 17 March, Residential Services is holding an open morning in
the three newly refurbished apartments above the George IV pub.
All staff are invited to come and take a peek a these quality apartments,
as well as chat to the residences team about the extensive range of LSE
accommodation available to staff and visitors to the School, both on campus
and within LSE’s residences.
The event runs from 9am until 12.30pm, with a tasty complimentary
breakfast for everyone who comes along.
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• LSE knitting circle
A small knitting circle has started up at the School, meeting on Wednesdays
from 12.30-1.30pm in the Senior Common Room (SCR), Old Building.
Anyone is welcome to go along, whether you are a novice or an expert. The
group are even teaching a few total beginners how to knit!
For more information, email Jeni Brown at
j.l.brown@lse.ac.uk.
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• The
latest IT Services news direct to your inbox
The termly ITS newsletter is out now and available
online.
In this issue:
- LSE WiFi services - an important update
- Office 2010 Users: find all the help you need in one location
- New training and development system
- New and improved H: space utility released
- Stay protected - update your Sophos anti-virus credentials now
To receive future newsletters directly to your inbox,
subscribe today.
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• AUA
branch coordinators needed
Helen Broad, current AUA (Association of University Administrators) branch
coordinator at LSE, is looking for one or more coordinators to work with her
on AUA events at LSE and the 2011 AUA Golden Jubilee.
The position would be voluntary. If you are interested in applying or would
like to get more involved with AUA activities at LSE, please email Helen at
aua@lse.ac.uk.
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• Call for applications under the partnership PhD mobility bursaries
2011-12
Applications are invited from LSE PhD students for mobility bursaries
to visit one of the School's institutional partners (Columbia University
(New York), the National University of Singapore (NUS), Peking
University (Beijing), Sciences Po (Paris), or the University of Cape
Town) in order to work informally with an advisor on their PhD thesis,
research and/or on related publications and presentations and to
introduce them to the academic culture, professional contacts, and
employment opportunities of another country/region.
For 2011-12, up to 10 bursaries are on offer to visit one of the
five partner institutions
listed above. For any one partner institution, up to two flat rate bursaries
of £2,500 are available.
Students registered for PhD studies at any LSE department and who have
already been upgraded to full doctoral student status are eligible to apply.
Each visit should be a minimum of two months and a maximum of three months
in duration.
Full details about the bursaries, including application procedures, can
be found
here. Any further enquiries should be directed to
academic_partnerships@lse.ac.uk.
The deadline for applications, including references, is midday on
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 Research
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• Research opportunities
Candidates interested in applying for any research opportunities should
contact Michael Oliver in the
Research Division at
m.oliver@lse.ac.uk or call ext 7962.
The Research Division maintains a regularly updated list of
research funding opportunities for academic colleagues on their website.
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• Research e-Briefing
Click
here to read the
February edition of the Research Division
newsletter.
To sign up for
research news, recent research funding opportunities, research awards that
are about to start, and examples of research outcomes, click
here. The next issue is out
at the end of March 2011.
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• Latest opportunities from LSE Enterprise
LSE Enterprise offers you the opportunity to undertake private teaching
and consultancy work under the LSE brand. We help with bidding, contracts
and other project administration, enabling you to focus on the work itself.
To see the latest opportunities click
here or visit
http://twitter.com/lseenterprise.
If you would like us to look out for consulting opportunities in your
field, email your CV and summary of interests to
lseenterprise.consulting@lse.ac.uk.
Email exec.ed@lse.ac.uk to be
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 Events
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• Upcoming
LSE events include....
Britain: a country divided?
On: Thursday 3 March at 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre,
Clement House
Speakers: Professor John Hills, director of CASE and professor of
social policy at LSE, and Dr Polly Vizard, research fellow at
CASE
Respondents: Professor Sir Tony Atkinson, centennial professor in
the Department of Economics at LSE, and David Darton, director of
Foresight at the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Why Human Rights and Democracy are Critical to overcome Poverty
On: Monday 7 March at 6-7pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Gunilla Carlsson (pictured), Swedish minister for
international development cooperation
The Prospect of Harm to Civilians in the Ethics of War - Part 1
On: Tuesday 8 March at 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Frances Kamm, Littauer Professor of Philosophy and
Public Policy, Harvard University
The second lecture in this series
The Prospect of Harm to Civilians in the Ethics of War- Part 2 will take
place at 6.30pm on Wednesday 9 March.
Public Service Broadcasting and Public Value: the remaining challenges for
the BBC
On: Wednesday 9 March at 6.30-8pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Sir Michael Lyons (pictured), outgoing chairman of the BBC
Trust
This event is free and open to all, however a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can still be requested online.
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• New exhibition - LSE Photo Prize 2011
28 February - 15 April, Atrium Gallery, Old Building
LSE Arts is proud to present the LSE Photo Prize Exhibition 2011. This
year’s photo prize takes on the theme of 'Crossing Borders'.
The LSE Photo Prize Exhibition is an annual competition run by LSE Arts
which is open to submissions from all LSE staff and students and showcases a
wide range of photography. This exhibition is supported by the LSE Annual
Fund, Metro Imaging, and A. Bliss.
The exhibition is free and open to all. For more information, please
click
here. Make sure you keep up to date with what’s on at
www.lse.ac.uk/arts.
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• LSESU
Visual Arts Society presents its Annual Art Exhibition
Monday 7 March, the Quad
The LSESU Visual Arts Society invites you to their annual Art Exhibition.
Funded from an Annual Fund grant, the exhibition will run for the whole
day, with an official launch event in the evening. The event is free and
open to all.
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• The Human Sciences in 'the Century of Biology' - Revitalising
Sociology
Tuesday 8 March, 6.30pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Professor Nikolas Rose (pictured),
professor of sociology and director of BIOS at LSE
We live, it is said, in the century of biology where we now understand
ourselves in radically new ways, as the insights of genomics and
neuroscience have opened up the workings of our bodies and our minds to new
kinds of knowledge and intervention. Is a new figure of the human, and of
the social, taking shape in the 21st century? With what consequences
for the politics of life today? And with what implications, if any, for the
social, cultural and human sciences?
This event is free and open to all, with no ticket required.
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• World Stage - new lecture series celebrating life at LSE
Wednesday 9 March, 6.30pm, Wolfson Theatre,
New Academic Building
Speaker: Gita Patel (pictured), a fund manager and LSE alumnus
The School has announced a new lecture in the ongoing ‘World Stage:
Student and Alumni Lecture Series’ that celebrates life at LSE from
different national, cultural and personal perspectives.
Gita Patel, who has played a leading role in promoting women’s
entrepreneurship, will speak to LSE staff and students about her time at the
School.
Gita co-founded the Stargate Capital Investment Group and also launched
Trapezia, Europe’s first venture fund to target women-focused businesses.
She is an LSE governor and was listed in the 2005 Asian Power 100 as one of
Britain’s most influential men and women.
The event will also feature current LSE students and will be followed by
a food and drinks reception, where students and staff will have the chance
to meet and chat informally.
For more information and to register your interest to attend, please
visit
lse.ac.uk/worldstage.
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• LSE MPA Programme's Capstone Showcase
Thursday 10 March, 6.30-8pm, Senior Dining Room, Old Building
Speaker: Camila Batmanghelidjh
You are invited to attend the MPA's annual Capstone Showcase which this
year will be addressed by Camila Batmanghelidjh, leading social entrepreneur
and founding director of Kids
Company.
Kids Company is one of fourteen organisations with which the MPA is
currently running Capstone projects - six month consultancy assignments
undertaken by second year MPA students in collaboration with distinguished
NGOs, and both government and private sector organisations.
Camila Batmanghelidjh's speech, 'Flipping the
coin - Betrayal or Opportunity? The politics of looking after vulnerable
children in Britain. (A seat with a cushion reserved for David Cameron),'
will be followed by a reception. This will provide the opportunity for
interested individuals and organisations to learn more about the MPA
Programme and to meet its students.
To attend this event, please RSVP to
mpapublicpolicy@lse.ac.uk.
For more information on MPA Capstone projects, click
here.
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• Climate Change needs Climate Justice
Thursday 10 March, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Mary Robinson (pictured),
president of Ireland (1990-97) and former United Nations high
commissioner for human rights (1997-2002)
The debate on climate change is moving from stopping it to how best to
manage its effects. Climate justice links human rights and development to
achieve a human-centred approach to the issue, safeguarding the rights of
the most vulnerable and sharing the burdens and benefits of climate change
and its resolution equitably and fairly.
This event is free and open to all, however a ticket is required. One
ticket per person can be requested on Thursday 3 March.
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• LSE Economics Conference 2011 - The New Global Economy: policy
and financial markets
Saturday 12 March, Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
The LSE EC, organised by the LSESU Economics and Finance Societies, will
aim to explain the current global dilemmas of both the public and
private sectors and provide an insight into solutions. Speakers from
around the world will give their opinions and challenge both the
audience and each other to think differently about these issues.
Speakers will include:
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Lord Adair Turner, chairman, FSA
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Hany Fam, head of Mastercard UK and Ireland
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Richard Moat, CFO and deputy CEO Everything Everywhere
(T-Mobile and Orange merger)
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Colin Mayer, dean of Saïd Business School, University of
Oxford
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Sir Samuel Brittan, Financial Times columnist
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Melanie Baker, Morgan Stanley economist
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Francesco Casselli, professor of economics, LSE
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Richard Wellings, Institute of Economic Affairs
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Sayanthan Ghosal, professor of economics, University of
Warwick
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Peter Sinclair, professor of economics, University of
Birmingham
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit
www.lse-ec.org.
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• Mexico Today: economic prospects and
public security
Monday 21 - Thursday 25 March, LSE campus
This conference is organised by LSE's Department of Government in
collaboration with the LSE Mexican Alumni Association and the LSESU
Mexican Society.
The conference will be inaugurated by LSE's Director Howard Davies and
the Mexican finance minister, Ernesto Cordero, on Monday 21 March at 1pm
in the
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building.
Other events include a public lecture with Alejandro Poiré, national
security spokesman, Presidencia de la República, as well as economic,
public security, and cultural panels.
For more information, please see the
conference website.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Global Chaos of Love
Speaker: Professor Ulrich Beck
Recorded: Wednesday 23 February, approx 84 minutes
Click here to listen
Catch-Up History and the Cold War
Speaker: Professor Peter Hennessy
Recorded: Wednesday 23 February, approx 84 minutes
Click here to listen
A Perfect Storm in the Arab World?
Speaker: Professor Fawaz Gerges
Recorded: Thursday 24 February, approx 87 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Adam Sandelson
I've been at LSE for six years,
and previously worked in the NHS for
more than a decade. I manage the
Student Counselling Service here,
which is a team of 10 very
experienced counsellors. The work is
always varied and interesting, and
we do our best to see students with
minimal delay.
Over recent years we've expanded
our work a lot, and as well as doing
individual counselling, we also have
a large groups and workshops
programme. This includes all kinds
of events, such as one-off workshops
on procrastination, short term
groups on stress management, and
longer term therapy groups.
We're always looking at new ways
to contribute to the work of the
School, and have recently run
sessions with the Careers Service on
surviving the recession, as well as
sometimes delivering workshops to
students within individual
departments. We can do all this and
still maintain absolute
confidentiality about the students
who use the service, but it's also
good to use our understanding of the
School in a number of different
ways.
What advice would you give to
new students coming to LSE?
Take your time and don't rush.
LSE can feel like quite an exciting
place, but all students need time to
process what's going on -
academically, socially, and
culturally. There can be an
expectation of having to excel and
get everything right, but of course,
that's not always possible.
Name three things you cannot
do without.
I'm hooked on my eBook reader. It
stops me taking a dozen books away
on holiday, not all of which end up
being read, strangely.
I'm quite keen on my three cats,
but couldn't choose just one of
them. They are a family, but one has
terrible envy towards the others and
can't stand watching anyone else but
her getting attention. Don't ask me
why.
I'd like to try to be without my
mobile phone occasionally, but it's
hard to leave it behind.
Have you ever appeared on
stage - in any capacity?
I give the odd talk at LSE, such
as 'Studying and Surviving at LSE'.
I once heckled Jimmy Carr at the
Hackney Empire; this was a serious
mistake.
What is your speciality in the
kitchen?
I can feed the cats quite
adequately most days.
Who is your LSE hero?
I came across Professor Peter
Townsend as a student, and admired
his work on inequality and poverty.
What are the best and worst
presents you have ever received?
Handmade cards from my kids when
they were little were great. The
worst was a free gliding lesson. It
was a baking hot day, and the pilot
was very overweight and sweating
heavily under the Perspex roof. I
thought he might have a heart attack
at any moment, and I'd have to bring
the plane down. Luckily we made it,
but I wouldn't want to repeat the
experience. On the video I replied
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 Training
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• Training
for staff at LSE
Staff courses scheduled for next week include:
- Moodle next steps
- Developing your web presence
- Recruitment and selection
- One-to-one IT training
For a full schedule and further details, including booking information,
please see www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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• HR
training and development courses
Performance development review: making it happen and doing it well
Wednesday 9 March, 11.30am-1pm
The HR Division invites you to attend a short briefing session that will
enable you to make the most of the performance development review (PDR)
process.
Improve your CV
Wednesday 25 March, 10am-1pm
If you are considering a change in role or the next step in your career,
this short course will help you make effective applications for jobs at the
School.
Networking
Tuesday 22 March, 1.30am-4.30pm
This half-day workshop takes a light-hearted look at the concept of
networking and it explores its benefits for building and maintaining
relationships. Delegates will have an opportunity to learn some practical
tools and techniques that can be used in less formal situations in order to
build rapport and get to know people.
Recruitment and selection training
Monday 14 March, 9.30am-5.30pm
This course provides an overview of the School's recruitment processes and
gives you a broad understanding of various recruitment techniques. It will
help you become more effective when recruiting and ensure the people you
select are the best fit for the jobs you need to fill. The course will also
help develop your interview and selection skills.
Grammar and punctuation essentials
Wednesday 16 March, 10am-1pm
Learn the rules of grammar and apply them in your writing with this
light-hearted, easy-to-understand refresher in grammar and punctuation.
For further information and to book a place, visit the
online training booking
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 Media
bites
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• BBC News (28 February 2011)
Arab
Unrest: winners and losers
The revolutionary storm has shaken the Middle East to its very
foundation, and regardless of what happens next, the region's state
system will never be the same, says Professor Fawaz A Gerges, director
of the Middle East Centre at LSE.
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