Weaponising dependency - the new world order
Speaker
In this inaugural lecture, Rory Stewart explores how economic interdependence, technological networks and global supply chains have become instruments of geopolitical power.
As states increasingly leverage trade, energy, finance and critical technologies to advance strategic interests, longstanding assumptions about globalisation, cooperation and security are being fundamentally reshaped. Drawing on his experience as a scholar, diplomat and former Cabinet minister, Stewart examines the implications of this emerging international landscape for democratic governance, international institutions and the balance of power between states. Addressing some of the most pressing political and economic challenges of our time, this lecture will offer fresh insights into the changing nature of power, dependency and resilience in a rapidly evolving world order.
Meet our speaker and chair
Rory Stewart is the co-presenter of The Rest is Politics podcast. A former UK Cabinet minister, diplomat and MP, he served as Secretary of State for International Development and held a number of ministerial portfolios. Stewart also served in the British Diplomatic Service and was awarded an OBE for his work in Iraq. He was Professor of Human Rights at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government; as well as the Brady-Johnson Professor of Grand Strategy at Yale University.
Jeffrey Chwieroth is Head of the Department of International Relations and Professor of International Political Economy at LSE. He is also co-investigator of the Systemic Risk Centre, Associate of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and Faculty Affiliate at the Phelan United States Centre.
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