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In IDEAS we certainly hope we have something worthwhile to offer a global public hungry for analysis rather than soundbites, open debate rather than cheap posturing.

IDEAS Director Professor Michael Cox

IDEAS events aim to provide the public, policymakers, and professionals with diplomatic insight. Our events include public lectures, debates, policy workshops, and international conferences.

You can find podcasts and videos from past LSE IDEAS events, organised by year.

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    The Revolution in Warfare is (Still) Coming: Technology on the Battlefield from Yemen to Ukraine

    Thursday 24 October 2024

    Many have argued that the war in Ukraine heralds a revolution in warfare that will upend our understanding of war, but what the war demonstrates is not revolution but evolution. But complacency even in the face of evolution poses serious challenges for states. This talk details lessons observed on the future of war based on recent conflicts in Ukraine, Yemen, and the Middle East.


  • MTL Richard Walker

    Meet the Leader with Richard Walker
    Tuesday 13th December 2022

    In this discussion Richard Walker, Managing director of the British Iceland supermarket chain, talked to Lutfey Siddiqi, Visiting Professor in Practice at LSE IDEAS.

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    Russia-Ukraine Dialogues: Black Sea security
    Tuesday 6th December 2022

    Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Tania Latici and Tornike Parulava joined Leon Hartwell to discuss Black Sea security from the Ukrainian, Georgian and EU perspectives.

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    Russia-Ukraine Dialogues: the future of energy
    Tuesday 29th November 2022

    Benjamin Schmitt, Guy Monson and Jadwiga Emilewicz joined Leon Hartwell for discuss the impact of the war on regional and global energy markets.

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    Wednesday 16th November 2022

    Dani Rodrik, Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Michael Pettis and Christine Côté discuss problems with the global trading system, core reform priorities and potential obstacles.

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    Russia-Ukraine Dialogues: non-aligned perspectives
    Tuesday 15th November 2022

    Desra Percaya, Tanvi Madan and Mustafa Kutlay joined Leon Hartwell to discuss the views of three states seemingly non-aligned in the war, namely Turkey, Indonesia and India.

  • Russia Ukraine Dialogues 2 300 x 300

    Russia-Ukraine Dialogues: the future of China-Russia relations
    Tuesday 1st November 2022

    Lukas Fiala, Björn Alexander Düben and Yu Jie joined our chair Leon Hartwell to discuss the evolving relationship between China and Russia including diplomacy, lessons learned and the impact on military strategy.

  • NATO strategic concept

    NATO's Strategic Concept
    Monday 31st October 2022

    Benedetta Berti, Christopher Coker and Andy Salmon took part in this LSE public event chaired by Mary Kaldor discussing NATO's latest strategic concept, when it was formed and what it is for.

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    Russia-Ukraine Dialogues: battlefield updates
    Tuesday 18th October 2022

    Mariia Avdeeva, Michael Kofman and Sir Lawrence Freedman joined our chair Dr Leon Hartwell to look at the past eight months of the conflict. Discussing phases of the war, NATO support for Ukraine and future scenarios.

  • Strategic nexus

    The Strategic Nexus Between Climate Change, Energy and Geopolitics
    Tuesday 11th October 2022

    Professor Robert Falkner, Dr Rita Floyd and Professor Christopher Coker explored how to develop effective international strategies that help us prevent catastrophic global warming.

  • Feminist Foreign Policy

    Feminist Foreign Policy
    Tuesday 4 October 2022

    Sofia Calltorp, Dame Judith Macgregor, Maryam Monsef and Nina Bernarding joined Professor Karen Smith to discuss what is a feminist foreign policy and how can it be implemented.

  • Money and empire

    Money and Empire: A Conversation on Charles Kindleberger and the Dollar System
    Tuesday 8 September 2022

    LSE Global Economic Governance Commission experts joined us for a coversation on Professor Perry Mehrling's latest book 'Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System' with the author himself.

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    The Emerging Market Debt Crisis
    Thursday 28 July 2022

    Jayati Gosh, Joseph Stiglitz and Jerome Roos discussed why emerging markets are facing another debt crisis and how can they be addressed effectively.

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    The Collapse of The Soviet Union 30 Years On: transition and Soviet legacyWednesday 8 December 2021

    This year states across Eastern and Central Europe are marking their third decade of independence, and the region remains in a state of unknown; oscillating between the western liberal democracies of the EU and a pivot towards Moscow and the East. Did we witness the end of History? Has Europe been wanting for a superpower ever since? Has Washington lost its fight for influence in the post-Soviet space? Catch up on this LSE IDEAS and Ratiu Forum webinar.

  • Pir Panjal sq

    Tuesday 7 December 2021

    Join this LSE IDEAS discussion about the Kashmir Conflict with Manish Tewari, Anuradha Bhasin and Sumantra Bose. According to some international observers, the Kashmir conflict, now in its 75th year, entered a dangerous new phase in August 2019, when India's Hindu nationalist government unleashed a policy of draconian repression in Indian-administered Kashmir. The conflict is simmering dangerously amid continuing repression, a low-level insurgency, and abysmal relations between India and Pakistan. Since 2020, China has moved from the background to the foreground of the conflict by flexing its military power on the disputed territory's eastern border, which has resulted in an alarming and protracted high-Himalayan confrontation between the Indian and Chinese armed forces. Kashmir is a tinderbox in more ways than one, in a volatile regional environment rendered even more uncertain by the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. The eruption of a major crisis in the near future is probable.

  • NATO event sq


    Monday 6 December 2021

    The online event organized by LSE IDEAS, New Strategy Center Romania, Elcano Royal Institute, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) on 6 December addresses the implications of a new Strategic Concept of NATO, against a challenging backdrop.

  • Jinping Obama event sq

    China and the Post-COVID Global Order: a world according to China?
    Friday 3 December 2021

    Elizabeth Economy and George Magnus analyse China’s global leadership ambitions and their implications at this LSE IDEAS webinar.

  • Margaret MacMillan sq

    Alliances and War: from the Delian League to the First World War
    Monday 29 November 2021

    This is the first Engelsberg Chair lecture of 2021/22 on alliances and war, delivered by historian Margaret MacMillan. Do alliances prevent war or lead to it? Can alliances outlast a war or are they doomed to break apart? Such questions are as old as recorded history and continue to engage international historians and political scientists. This lecture will examine the types and fates of alliances using examples from the past with particular attention to the alliance ‘system’ before 1914 and its part in the outbreak of the First World War. It will then look at the strategies, war aims, and tensions among the Allies and the Central Powers up to the crucial year of 1917.

    Click here to download the PDF of Margaret's slides from the lecture.

  • Amit Sheniak

    Cyber-Policy in the Middle East: origins and current trends
    Wednesday 24 November 2021

    This LSE IDEAS webinar with Amit Sheniak explores the origins, current trends, and the future of cyber-policy in the region.

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    Monday 15 November 2021

    Thirty years ago the Soviet Union collapsed, bringing an epoch which opened up in 1917 to an end. But why did this 'superpower' implode? Was it inevitable? And what impact has the end of the Soviet system had on the former USSR, the continent of Europe, and the wider international system?

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    Russian National Strategy in a Multipolar World
    Thursday 11 November 2021

    Dmitry Suslov discusses the formation and practice of Russian national strategy in a multipolar world. He describes how national objectives and their achievement are developed within Russian state institutions, as well as the evolution of national strategy over the past two decades.

  • Clare Melford

    Bankrolling Bigotry
    Tuesday 9 November 2021

    The financial incentives to create polarising and divisive content online have generated a tsunami of hate and division. Breaking the business model is the key to reclaiming our information space. Catch up on our webinar with Clare Melford, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Global Disinformation Index.

  • China Arctic Event sq

    China and the Arctic: Great Power competition, security and regional responses
    Thursday 21 October 2021

    This webinar covered China’s security and diplomatic engagement in the Arctic, and exploring commensurate regional responses.

  • East Asia NGP Map sq

    East Asia's Non-Great Powers: strategies for responding to China's rise
    Thursday 21 October 2021

    In this second of a series of lectures on Strategy: New Voices, Professor Evelyn Goh looks at the strategies of East Asia’s non-great powers for dealing with the rise of China.

  • World Flags Encyclopedia sq


    Wednesday 20 October 2021

    This panel explores the role of women in diplomacy in the 21st century. The panellists consider the extent to which the context has changed over the course of their careers and the work that remains to be done to improve women’s representation in diplomacy.

  • Balkan Theatre event sq

    Dramatic Interactions for Justice and Peace
    Wednesday 13 October 2021

    Artists and academics discuss how drama and storytelling can contribute to rebuilding identity and meaning in post-conflict societies.

  • Leslie Maasdorp sq

    Meet the Leader: Leslie Maasdorp
    Monday 11 October 2021

    In the Meet the Leader series, LSE IDEAS hosts fireside chats with leading practitioners of strategy and diplomacy, who have achieved distinction in public and private sectors. This series is part of the LSE IDEAS Alumni Network. Find out more about our Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy Programme. Leslie Maasdorp is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the New Development Bank. In this role he is responsible for the treasury, portfolio management, finance and accounting functions of the Bank.

  • Organised Crime Balkans sq


    Thursday 7 October 2021

    Researchers and policy experts discuss how Western Balkans organised crime groups came to dominate the global criminal underground from North America to South Africa.

  • China Environment event sq

    China's Environmental Foreign Relations
    Thursday 30 September 2021

    Ahead of COP26 in November, LSE IDEAS' China Foresight Project, the Grantham Research Institute at LSE, and LSE's Department of International Relations co-host a panel discussing the evolution of China’s own understanding of the environment, the role of domestic stakeholders in shaping Chinese environmental diplomacy and Beijing’s role in the upcoming COP26.

  • Jinping Obama event sq


    Tuesday 21 September

    Has the West enabled the global resurgence of authoritarianism? Following the recent publication of Jonathan Holslag's book, World Politics Since 1989, LSE IDEAS hosts a webinar to analyse the extent to which the West has enabled the rise and consolidation of authoritarian regimes such as China since the end of the Cold War.

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    Monday 20 September

    Against a backdrop of growing social and ecological crisis, the new authoritarianism has found a wide appeal amongst populaces all over the world. What is the source of this appeal and potency? What structural forces are propelling forward this challenge to liberalism and the rule of law? What are the implications of these trends for international politics? And what – exactly – can democrats do to withstand them?

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    Tuesday 29 June

    Today, we live in a world wracked by nationalism and national hatreds. Over 70 years ago the famous British historian E. H. Carr proposed a way out of the problem in his long out of print classic ‘Nationalism and After’. What did he say, why was he right then, and why is he right now?

  • Morocco Flag sq


    Monday 28 June

    This webinar, co-hosted with the Policy Center for the New South, explores the shift in Morocco’s economic orientation southwards, examining the policy frameworks, actors, sectors and dynamics of economic engagement with the African continent.

  • Politics of the Far Right sq


    Friday 25 June

    What must the European Union learn from authoritarian threats to democracy? Catch up on this LSE IDEAS and Ratiu Forum webinar.

  • Globe Watercolour sq

    Achieving Peace in an Age of Chaos: Solutions for a Sustainable Future
    Wednesday 23 June

    What makes for peaceful countries? Leading figures in peacebuilding and human development explore a new understanding of peace in the 21st century.

  • New Diplomacy CSDS Conference sq

    A New Diplomacy for the Emerging Global Binary: Digitalisation, Pandemics and the Search for a Reset
    Thursday 17 and Friday 18 June

    LSE IDEAS and the Center for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy host a timely debate on the future of diplomacy in the contemporary global binary era. Catch up on the various panels from the conference.

  • USA Flag sq


    Tuesday 15 June

    In this first of a series of lectures on Strategy: New Voices, Matthew Kroenig asks what is needed for an effective US national strategy.

  • Arne Westad 2

    Empires Past and Present: empires today
    Tuesday 8 June

    For the last seventy years, the United States has been the predominant state within the international system. Does it make sense to call the United States an empire? Is its power now irrevocably waning? Are we in the midst of a transfer of global power and wealth from west to east? Will China — another international power that can be seen as an empire — be the state benefitting most from the global changes we are now seeing?

  • Police 3 sq


    Friday 4 June

    2020 saw mass protests against police violence in the US, Colombia, Nigeria and Indonesia, amongst other contexts. But when considering what to do about it, those interested in reform are confronted with a weak evidence-base on effective measures to reduce police violence. This leaves a prominent and unanswered question – how do you actually reform the police? Building on her over 20 years of researching police in Africa, and working with EU and UK-donor programmes, Alice Hills will discuss the challenges facing, and opportunities open to, donors seeking to influence police reform in the Global South. Andrew Faull will discuss reform efforts in South Africa. Liam O’Shea will introduce the www.howtoreformthepolice.com project, a global platform to collate and synthesise the international evidence on police reform, incubated within LSE.

  • China 171 event sq

    17+1: China's Foreign Policy in Central Europe
    Friday 28 May

    Once the beacon of Chinese influence in Central and Eastern Europe, the 17+1 project has largely proved ineffective. How will Chinese diplomacy fare in a post-Covid world where transatlantic cooperation seems to be re-emerging?

  • Joe Biden sq


    Wednesday 26 May

    Have recent years really warranted the claims of decline of the USA and end of 'the West'? Rosa Balfour, Michael Cox and Jussi M. Hanhimäki discuss.

  • China Arctic Event sq

    China and the Arctic: Critical Minerals, Environmental Politics and Climate Change
    Thursday 13 May

    The first LSE IDEAS-UiT panel of China and the Arctic focuses on Beijing’s climate policy vis-à-vis the region, critical resource mining and great power responsibility.

  • Insurgent Europeanism sq


    Friday 7 May

    The Eurozone and migration crises, Brexit and the pandemic have fundamentally changed the fabric of civil society in Europe and its attitudes towards the European project. Drawing on research that mapped, tracked and monitored developments in European civil society from 2018 to 2020, the panel will explore these changes and consider their implications for the future of Europe.

  • Coker Why War sq


    Thursday 6 May

    There is a claim that war is a pathology, and that if we were to sober up we could recognise this and abolish it. Catch up on this talk from Christopher Coker about the topic of his latest book, Why War?He discusses the key themes of his latest book, including a look at the development of patriotism and nationalism across the European landscape.

  • Ailish Campbell

    Meet the Leader: Ailish Campbell
    Wednesday 5 May

    In the Meet the Leader series, LSE IDEAS hosts fireside chats with leading practitioners of strategy and diplomacy, who have achieved distinction in public and private sectors. This series is part of the LSE IDEAS Alumni Network. Our distinguished guest today is Dr Ailish Campbell. She was appointed Canada's Ambassador Designate to the European Union in October 2020.

  • Police 2 sq


    Friday 30 April

    In this webinar, Matthew Light brings a comparative-politics perspective, looking at the broader factors which impact reform. Jyoti Belur speaks about the challenges and barriers to police reform in India. Cathy Lisa Schneider discusses the role of social movements such as the Black Lives Matter in police reform in the US. Ziyanda Stuurman presents her perspectives based on her research on policing in Brazil and South Africa.

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    Clientelism and state capture in the EU and EU-accession countries
    Friday 23 April

    Patron-client relations, rule of law weakness, state capture: how different are these concepts, and in which way do they play out across European countries?

  • Police sq


    Friday 16 April

    Shota Utiashvili, Ben Bradford, Rachel Neild, Heather Sutton, Zoha Waseem and Liam O'Shea discuss police organisation reform. This is the second in a four part series on police reform.

  • Business SDG Rosario conf sq

    Partnering with business to promote human security and the SDGs: comparative experiences
    Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 April

    How can business collaborate with other actors to find innovative solutions to contemporary development and security issues facing societies and policymakers?

  • Arne Westad 2

    Empires Past and Present: empire around 1900
    Tuesday 30 March

    In this series of four lectures, LSE IDEAS Engelsberg Chair Odd Arne Westad discusses the concept of empire and why it is still relevant today.

    Even if the Europeans had deemed the 19th century a "long peace", the world had changed tremendously between 1800 and 1900. Of the 1800 powers only a few remained strong, and they were all European. But, at the same time, the concept of empire was changing, and new forms of anti-imperial resistance was starting to grow. This third lecture will discuss high imperialisms, their relationship to globalising capitalism, and how a destabilised European world initiated the tragedies of the 20th century.

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    Monday 29 March

    Professor Moonis Ahmar, Jinnah Visiting Fellow at LSE IDEAS, explores Pakistan-US relations during the Biden-Harris administration.

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    Friday 26 March

    Nick Dunlop, Beatrice Fihn and Mary Kaldor explore different forms of international action for nuclear disarmament since the 1980s and what lessons can be drawn for campaigners and policymakers today.

  • Joe Biden Bucharest sq


    Friday 19 March

    The United States’ policy approach towards Central and Eastern Europe will be discussed within a broader context of American foreign policy objectives in Europe and neighbouring regions.

  • China Korea event sq

    Empire and Righteous Nation: Past, present and future of China-Korea relations
    Tuesday 16 March

    This panel seeks to untangle the history of Korea’s relationship with China and, given that Sino-Korean relations will be of crucial importance in the future, build on this knowledge to recognize new opportunities, or avoid false paths, over the years to come.

  • CRP conclusions event sq


    Monday 15 March

    After four years of researching violence and conflict across Africa and the Middle East, what have we learned?

  • Visegrad event square


    Wednesday 10 March

    Thorn in the EU’s side or dynamic emerging power block? Join us to discuss the role of the Visegrad Group in the global order.

  • China's Financial System event sq

    2021: A Pivotal Year for China's Financial System?
    Tuesday 9 March

    2021 may mark a turning point in the global standing of China’s financial system. From the digital yuan, to financial services liberalisation and US treasuries purchases, this panel seeks to explore key trends and place these in an increasingly fraught geopolitical context.

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    Thursday 4 March

    This event looked at contemporary conflicts and examined how identity politics shape, and are shaped by violence, interact with the dynamics of the political marketplace, and are used by authoritarian rulers and political-military entrepreneurs to increase and maintain their power.

  • Kosovo sq

    Europe's Frozen Conflicts: Kosovo, Transnistria and Eastern Ukraine
    Friday 26 February

    This discussion explores the complexities of these three regions and asks how external powers such as the USA and the EU might work to bring about peace and stability in Europe’s most troubled territories.

  • Visegrad event square

    Seeing Central Europe 30 Years On: film and the arts in the Visegrad countries
    Monday 15 February

    This event explores the Visegrad countries’ cultural development since 1991 with a particular focus on film and theatre.

  • UK EDC Final Report sq


    Tuesday 9 February

    Catch up on the virtual launch of the final report from the LSE Economic Diplomacy Commission, with Professor Linda Yueh, Professor Michael Cox, Stephen Paduano, Lord Mark Sedwill and Dr Adam Marshall.

  • Xenophobia S Africa sq


    Wednesday 27 January

    How have racist ideas and exclusionary frameworks persisted in modern South African society?

  • Arne Westad 2

    Empires Past and Present: empire around 1800
    Tuesday 26 January

    Around 1800 the world was dominated by a number of predominant empires at different stages of development: Britain, France, Austria, Russia, the Ottomans, Spain, and the Qing. This is the second Engelsberg lecture of 2020/21. Arne Westad will discuss each of these empires, the resistance against them, and how the future looked from the perspective of each.

  • Porto Montenegro sq


    Friday 22 January

    What should we make of the growing geopolitical interplay between Turkey, Israel, the UAE and the Balkans?

  • Bukavu expo sq

    Hosted by the Conflict Research Programme, LSE IDEAS and the Governance in Conflict Network, Ghent University
    Thursday 21 January

    This event explores North-South research collaborations, discussing how to overcome the erasure of local voices in the production of knowledge across academia. The event will also launched the (Silent) Voices: Bukavu Expo, an online exhibition illustrating the difficulties faced by Congolese researchers when conducting fieldwork in conflict settings.

  • Visegrad event square


    Wednesday 20 January

    We shine a spotlight on Central Europe’s Visegrad economies thirty years after the establishment of the V4 Group.

  • ideas nsc nupi sq


    Thursday 10 December

    LSE IDEAS, the New Strategy Center Bucharest (NSC) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) host a one-day conference to provide a comprehensive update on the challenges to NATO in the Arctic and Black Sea.

  • US Intelligence Community sq

    Whistleblowing Nation: The History of US National Security Disclosures
    Monday 30 November

    The twenty-first century witnessed a new age of whistleblowing in the United States. Disclosures by Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, and others have stoked heated public debates about the ethics of exposing institutional secrets, with roots in a longer history of state insiders revealing classified information. Bringing together contributors from a range of disciplines to consider political, legal, and cultural dimensions, Whistleblowing Nation (Columbia University Press, 2020) is a path breaking history of national security disclosures and state secrecy from World War I to the present.

  • US Election CSEEP sq


    Friday 27 November

    Will US foreign and defence policy change in Central and South-Eastern Europe under Joe Biden’s presidency?

  • Documenting Human Rights Abuses and Transitional Justice in Syria panel sq

    Documenting Human Rights Abuses and Transitional Justice in Syria
    Friday 20 November

    The Syrian war is the most documented conflict in history. But is documentation paving the way for justice? Drawing on new research from the Conflict Research Programme, the panel discuss the current gaps in documentation and ways to address them.

  • Mind the Gap

    "Mind the Gap": New Directions in History, Culture and Diplomacy in a Time of COVID
    Co-hosted with the Department of International HistoryThursday 19 November

    This event was the first presentation of the History, Culture and Diplomacy Series. Blanche Wiesen Cook, Margaret Peacock, Audra Wolfe, and Patryk Babiracki set the stage for on-campus lectures by each scholar in the 2021/22 academic year.

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    Cities at War: global insecurity and urban resistance
    Wednesday 18 November

    Listen to the panel discussion of the recently published book Cities at War and how urban environments are sites of contemporary warfare and insecurity.

  • simon miles book launch sq

    Co-hosted with the Department of International History
    Tuesday 17 November

    Simon Miles discusses how the United States and the Soviet Union decided to move from covert engagement to overt conversation and how this laid the groundwork for the end of the Cold War.

  • when elephants fight panel sq


    Thursday 12 November

    Lee Kuan Yew once stated "The 21st century will be a contest for supremacy in the Pacific." As US-China competition escalates, how should regional powers respond?

  • Arne Westad 2

    Empires Past & Present: the idea of empire
    Wednesday 11 November

    This is the first lecture in the 20/21 Engelsberg Chair series. Arne Westad discusses the concept of empire and resistance to empire in a long historical perspective.

  • EU Romani sq

    The EU and the Romani People
    Thursday 5 November

    What is the European Union doing to address racism directed towards Romani communities, and race-related exclusion within its borders?

  • Meet the Leader Naheed Nenshi sq

    Meet the Leader: Naheed Nenshi
    Thursday 5 November

    In the Meet the Leader series, LSE IDEAS hosts fireside chats with leading practitioners of strategy and diplomacy, who have achieved distinction in public and private sectors. This series is part of the LSE IDEAS Alumni Network. Our distinguished guest today is Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi.

  • US-China Great Power Competition panel sq


    Wednesday 28 October

    The nature of great power competition in the 21st century will shape the world. Are we in a new cold war between the US and China?

  • Presidential Election US-China Panel sq


    Thursday 22 October

    While hawkishness on China is bi-partisan in the US, the 2020 presidential election will still have a major impact on US-China relations. What can we expect after November?

  • David Mitrany sq


    Tuesday 20 October

    Michael Cox and Lucian Ashworth discuss Mitrany's impact on international relations and how his Romanian origins influenced his thinking.

  • FCDO Parliament Square sq


    Wednesday 14 October

    The panel discuss the policy recommendations proposed by the Conflict Research Programme to the UK Government’s Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.

  • Ministry of Defence building sq

    The Integrated Review - Towards a Conclusion
    Monday 5 October

    Ahead of the UK Government’s final discussion on its Integrated Review of foreign, defence, security and development policy, a panel of LSE IDEAS experts consider what it should conclude.

  • Putin Vucic sq

    Russia and China in South-East Europe
    Co-hosted with the Ratiu Forum
    Friday 2 October

    What are Russia’s and China’s strategies and ambitions in South-East Europe?

  • Janne Haaland Matlary

    Contemporary Challenges to Democracy
    Co-hosted with the Ratiu Forum
    Friday 18 September

    This panel discussion explores how populist media and historical narratives are creating a crisis of self-belief in Western liberal democracies. This is part of the Ratiu Forum's "Dialogues on Democracy" event series.

  • Michael Burleigh Lecture sq

    The End of the End of History
    Co-hosted with the Ratiu Forum
    Wednesday 16 September

    Has liberalism failed to deliver on its promises? Professor Burleigh and Professor Cox discuss ‘the end of the end of history’. This is part of the Ratiu Forum's "Dialogues on Democracy" event series.

  • Viktor Orban sq

    Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe?
    Co-hosted with the Ratiu Forum
    Tuesday 15 September

    Populist and illiberal governments now dominate much of Central and Eastern European politics. Can liberal democracy survive? This is part of the Ratiu Forum's "Dialogues on Democracy" event series.

  • Cluj Napoca sq2

    Immigration into Eastern Europe: new challenges
    Monday 27 July

    Central and Eastern Europe must address a new phenomenon: it is now a place of immigration. How is the region responding?

  • In the Streets and Online panel sq

    In the Streets and Online: peace, human security and civil unrest after COVID-19
    Monday 6 July

    Recent events as well as the COVID-19 pandemic suggest that the world is becoming more turbulent both off and online. This panel discussion will present new global trends around peace, conflict and civil unrest, and examine their implications for online space and human security.

  • Michael Burleigh Lecture sq

    A Journey Through History, Populism and Nationalism
    Friday 3 July

    Michael Burleigh delivers his third and final Engelsberg Chair Lecture. Many people consume bits of History as part of the entertainment industry, from costume dramas to how people lived ‘then’. Michael Burleigh explores a much wider sample of how History impacts on the present, from national stories/mythologies to inapt historical analogies. Can there be too much remembering? Would amnesia be better?

  • Geopolitics Balkans event sq

    Geopolitics in the Balkans
    Co-hosted with the Ratiu Forum
    Monday 29 June

    The COVID-19 outbreak, shifts in the global order, and rising tensions between great powers have brought new geopolitical dynamics into the Balkans. Against this backdrop, we will discuss these ongoing changes with a special focus on Serbia.

  • Peace and the Pandemic sq

    Peace and the Pandemic
    Wednesday 24 June

    Will coronavirus contribute to the further escalation or new outbreaks of conflict? How can the international community –governments, international organisations, regional actors and civil society develop a peace-building response to COVID-19? Helen Clark, head of the United Nations Development Programme 2009-2017, and former Prime Minister of New Zealand leads an expert panel to discuss the development and security risks of the current pandemic.

  • Malign Foreign Influences Black Sea Panel sq

    Malign Foreign Influences in the Black Sea RegionCo-hosted with the UK Romania GroupMonday 22 June

    What threatens the Black Sea region? From border security to cyber intrusion, our panel examine current and future malign foreign influences in the Black Sea security environment.

  • China in One Country sq

    China in One Country? Autarky, decoupling, and its implications
    Thursday 11 June

    Facing international upheaval due to COVID-19, and an increasingly hostile West, some speculate that China may experience a semi-Stalinist turn inward, and widespread technological and economic decoupling from the rest of the world. What is the truth behind these speculations, what is the internal debate within China, and what might this mean for China and indeed for the international community?

  • Democracy Ratiu 2020

    Will Democracy Survive in Poland, Hungary and Serbia?
    Co-hosted with the Ratiu Forum
    Monday 8 June

    A recent Freedom House report singled out Poland, Hungary and Serbia for their alarming rate of democratic disintegration. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided these countries with an unusual opportunity to interfere with constitutional powers and scheduled elections. How have these three countries exploited this opportunity? And what longer-term impact will this have in these precarious times for democracy?

  • Meet the Leader Jimmy Wales

    Meet the Leader: Jimmy Wales
    Wednesday 3 June

    In the Meet the Leader series, LSE IDEAS hosts fireside chats with leading practitioners of strategy and diplomacy, who have achieved distinction in public and private sectors. This series is part of the LSE IDEAS Alumni Network. Our distinguished guest is Jimmy Wales.

  • COVID19 and Africa panel

    COVID-19 and Africa: pandemics and global politics
    Monday 1 June

    A panel of leading African commentators reflect on the global response to the health dimensions of the pandemic in Africa.

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    COVID-19 Economic Response: a comparative, cross-border perspective
    Friday 29 May

    This panel compare and contrast the economic policy response to COVID-19 undertaken by countries around the world in both developed and emerging economies. It will explore the immediate impact on supply-chains and the outlook for trade and cross-border investment from here.

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    COVID-19 and Deglobalisation
    Thursday 30 April

    COVID-19 was a significant supply shock for the global economy, among other things. With nations protecting their borders and even limiting some trade, will this accelerate a move toward deglobalisation?

    You can read the blog post based on this event here.

  • Radical_Uncertainty_4085 sq

    Radical Uncertainty: decision making for an unknowable future
    Tuesday 10 March

    Two leading economists, John Kay and Mervyn King, discuss decision making in conditions of radical uncertainty, where we can neither imagine all possible outcomes nor assign probabilities to future events.

  • LSE Festival Personalities sq

    Personalities and Progress: LSE and the world
    This event was part of the     Friday 6 March

    Since its foundation in 1895 LSE people and ideas have helped to shape the world. We will explore the lives and influence of six LSE people whose work and ideas have shaped our world – do their experiences hold any lessons for today as the 21st century progresses.

  • China Jiangling sq

    Monday 2 March

    This panel discusses the challenges that China faces in avoiding the ‘middle-income trap’ of development and how this aims to be avoided through the ‘Made in China 2025’ industrial strategy.

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    2030 Sustainability Goals: can businesses rise to the challenge?Co-hosted with the LSE Systemic Risk Centre
    Tuesday 25 February

    This panel event asks whether the private sector can rise to the challenge of meeting the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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    Coalitions for Change: working with the private sector to improve peace and security
    Tuesday 11 February

    Durable solutions to conflict, underdevelopment and humanitarian crises require new alliances between diverse and non-traditional actors from the private sector, government and civil society. What role should the Academy play in encouraging and supporting such partnerships?

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    Civilisation-States and the Future of World Order
    Friday 7 February

    This panel event explores the concept of ‘civilisation-states’, with specific reference to China, Russia and India, and what this may mean for the future of the world order.

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    The Future of Anglo-German Relations: beyond BrexitCo-hosted by the Dahrendorf Forum at LSE IDEAS and the European Institute
    Monday 3 February

    This panel discussion with Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Dr Norbert Röttgen focuses on assessing the implications of the Brexit process for the future of Anglo-German relations.

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    Thursday 30 January

    What do think tanks 'think'? Are they more than just advocates of special interests? How can they retain their independence? And what is—and should be—their role in the 'Age of Fake News'?

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    Engerland! Rossiya! Hyphenated-phantom-limb Nations on the Edges of Europe
    Tuesday 21 January

    The second Engelsberg Chair Lecture from Michael Burleigh examines how Britain and Russia have dealt with the loss of empire and what impact that has had on self-understanding and politics.

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    Co-hosted by the Dahrendorf Forum at LSE IDEAS and the European Institute
    Thursday 16 January

    Listen to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, minister of defence & leader of the CDU in Germany, deliver a lecture at LSE on future German-British partnerships.

  • Shanghai sq

    Tuesday 10 December

    This panel reassesses the Chinese economy and consider the effects of a slowing Chinese economy.

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    Co-hosted by the Dahrendorf Forum at LSE IDEAS and the European Institute
    Monday 9 December

    The Dahrendorf Forum at LSE IDEAS and the European Institute welcome George Papaconstantinou and Panicos Demetriades for an evening of reflection and discussion to mark the launch of their latest publications.

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    Co-hosted by the New Strategy Center and NATO Public Diplomacy
    Thursday 5 December

    Listen to the podcasts from the day-long conference that consider NATO's Next Ten Years, bringing together senior officials, military personnel, former practitioners and other experts. The conference was held the day after the NATO heads of state and government meeting in London in December 2019, held to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance.

  • Versailles sq

    From 1919 to 2019: Pivotal Lessons from Versailles
    Thursday 28 November

    A panel of distinguished scholars discuss the legacy of the First World War, the Versailles Peace Treaty which followed, and why the treaty has been so hotly debated ever since by critics and defenders alike.

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    Tuesday 26 November

    With the Taiwan elections approaching in January 2020, there grows a stirring, yet precarious, potential of a redefining shift in the nation’s foreign policy. Join us for a panel discussion.

  • Euromissile event sq

    Towards a new Euromissile Crisis? Implications of the end of the INF Treaty
    Thursday 21 November

    In light of the American and Russian withdrawals from the landmark 1987 INF Treaty, this event discusses the implications for European security, transatlantic relations, and nuclear disarmament.

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    "We, the People?" Some Thoughts from our Past on Contemporary European Populism
    Tuesday 12 November

    What can history contribute to an understanding of contemporary European populism, which is now as much in power as insurgent? This was the inaugural Engelsberg Chair lecture with Michael Burleigh.

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    Thursday 7 November

    Joe Robinson from British technology company Improbable discusses how new advances in the games industry are being adopted by government departments in order to greatly improve the way nations prepare and plan for conflict.

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    India's Foreign Policy
    Co-hosted with the South Asia Centre
    Tuesday 29 October

    Ian Hall, Kate Sullivan, and Mukulika Banerjee discuss India's Foreign Policy.

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    Thursday 24 October

    Sean McFate talks about his newest book Goliath which looks at warfare in the 21st century and examines why the West doesn't win wars and what we need to do in this new age of war.

  • Berlin Wall 2 sq

    30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: German historical memory and national identityCo-hosted with the Department of International History
    Wednesday 23 October

    Hope Harrison examines the arc of memory politics in Germany since 1989, including the impact of the rise of the far right as well as German plans for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Wall.

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    Anatomies of RevolutionCo-hosted with the Department of International Relations
    Tuesday 22 October

    Some of the world's best-known and most acute scholars of revolution discuss the main themes that emerge from George Lawson's recently published book Anatomies of Revolution.

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    Wednesday 16 October

    World-renowned think tank expert James McGann discusses the role of think tanks and the ways in which the industry is changing.

  • Iqaluit sq

    Wednesday 9 October

    The event examined the systematic injustices faced by Canada’s indigenous communities by the legal system, drawing on Matthew Eaton-Kent’s experience working in the country’s far north.

  • Trump Johnson sq

    No Longer Special? The Death of Anglo-America?
    Co-hosted with the Department of International Relations
    Thursday 3 October

    John Ikenberry, Kori Schake and Linda Yueh discuss the notion of 'Anglo-America', what the relationship between the USA and UK has meant for the world in the twentieth century, and how a retreat by both from the world - and perhaps from each other - will impact on the international system.

  • Euro sq

    Challenges Facing the Euro
    Tuesday 17 September 2019

    The Governor of the Bank of France recalls the tangible assets that the Euro has already provided to the Euro area and will focus on the efforts needed towards building a stronger Europe, against the backdrop of Brexit, while stressing three priorities: increasing resilience, increasing growth and affirming sovereignty.

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    Thursday 13 June 2019

    We heard from the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to UK, H.E. Ms. Saida Muna Tasneem, on women's empowerment in Bangladesh. The talk was followed by an interactive dialogue with Lutfey Siddiqi.

  • China Britain square

    What would it mean for Britain's economic diplomacy if China becomes dominant in the world economy?
    Thursday 6 June 2019

    Linda Yueh explores what Britain needs to consider in relation to economic diplomacy and China.

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    Friday 31 May 2019

    Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman from King's College London delivered the keynote lecture entitled 'Star Wars: A View from the Commentariat'. This was part of the conference 'Towards an International History of the Strategic Defence Initiative'.

  • NATO event sq


    Thursday 23 May 2019

    Reflecting on NATO’s 70 anniversary, this round-table discussion reflected on the challenges that the Alliance faces today in light of its long-term history and development.

  • Brexit Ireland event sq

    Brexit, Britain and the Irish Question
    Wednesday 22 May 2019

    Michael Burleigh and Michael Cox explore Brexit and the Irish Question. This event also marked the launch of the LSE IDEAS report: Ireland-UK Relations and Northern Ireland after Brexit.

  • Israel Turkey sq

    Thursday 16 May 2019

    The event introduced a multi-dimensional comparative perspective on the Israeli-Turkish relations and provided comparative analyses from both Israeli and Turkish contributors.

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    From the "End of History" to the Crisis of the Liberal Order: rethinking the end of the Cold War
    Wednesday 8 May 2019

    How and why has the liberal promise of the post-Cold War world not been realised? Where is the world now heading? Is the post-Cold War era over?

  • Chronicle event sq

    Chronicle of a Brexit Foretold? Britain and Europe in the Thatcher Era, 1975-85
    Co-hosted with the LSE Department of International History and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
    Tuesday 26 March 2019

    This event examined the stresses, quarrels, compromises and ambitions which contributed to an unhappy relationship between the United Kingdom and her European partners.

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    European Parliament Elections Panel 2019
    Co-hosted with the LSESU Grimshaw Club
    Thursday 21 March 2019

    This panel discussed the upcoming European Parliament elections which are predicted to be a crucial and transformational event in the history of the European Union.

  • Cauldron event sq

    The Cauldron - NATO’s 2011 operation to protect civilians in Libya
    Wednesday 20 March 2019

    Rob Weighill and Florence Gaub examine the formation, execution and aftermath of an operation marked with many firsts for NATO. A fascinating insight into the mechanics of NATO by experts on the subject.

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    Co-hosted with the LSESU Amnesty International Society
    Thursday 14 March 2019

    At a time of international uncertainty, what is the role of women in peace and security? This panel event aims to answer this question, through a number of perspectives.

  • Civ State 300300

    The Rise of the Civilizational State: China, Russia and Islamic Caliphate and the challenge to the liberal world order
    Thursday 7 March 2019

    Christopher Coker discusses the rise of the civilizational state, drawing on China, Russia, and the Islamic Caliphate.

  • Gentiloni 300300

    Co-hosted with the , a project of LSE IDEAS, and the LSE European InstituteWednesday 6 March 2019

    Paolo Gentiloni offers his insights on the future of Europe, drawing on his experience as prime minister of Italy from 2016 to 2018.

  • Asian Century 300300

    The Coming Asian Century: challenges for the West
    Tuesday 5 March 2019

    In the 19th century, the world was Europeanized. In the 20th century, it was Americanized. Now, in the 21st century, the world is being irreversibly Asianized. The ‘Asian Century’ is even bigger than you think.

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    Co-hosted with the LSESU United Nations Society
    Monday 4 March 2019

    This joint forum aims to provide students with a glimpse of what life is like at a leading university think tank.

  • New World DisOrders 300300

    Crisis of the Liberal World Order, or is the West in Decline - Again?This event was part of the Wednesday 27 February 2019

    John Ikenberry has for many years been insisting that the liberal world order created by the USA after WW2 has proved remarkably durable. Now, however, a series of major shifts in the world has placed the liberal order under immense strain. In this Roundtable, Professor John Ikenberry will be in conversation with leading LSE public intellectual Professor Mary Kaldor.

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    A Marketplace for World Order This event was part of the Tuesday 26 February 2019

    What forces will now shape the international system? Is disorder the only logical outcome with the breakdown of our current world order? Danny Quah suggests how an economic marketplace model for great power competition can help answer these questions, and guide thinking for constructing a world order that works for all the international community.

  • New World DisOrders 300300

    A Populist Wave? Unity and Division Among Europe's New Parties This event was part of the
    Tuesday 26 February 2019

    This event explores two counterintuitive arguments about Europe’s populist parties. First, that populist parties may find more in common with traditional parties in their home countries than with their counterparts in other European contexts; second, that populist parties on the left and the right have more in common with each other than with the traditional parties they separated from.

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    Whatever Happened to the Revolution? LSE in the 60s This event was part of the
    Tuesday 26 February 2019

    One British university above all others came to be associated with student rebellion in the 1960s - the LSE - later referred by one of the original rebels as that 'utopia at the end of the Kingsway rainbow - for a period'. But why the LSE? What did the students hope to achieve? And what legacy did they leave behind?

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    A New International Order? Peacemaking after the First World War This event was part of the
    Monday 25 February 2019

    A century after the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919, this session reappraised the peace settlement that followed the First World War.

  • Disinformation 300300

    Thursday 31 January 2019

    A panel of five distinguished speakers with different academic interests and professional affiliation discussed ‘Why Facts and Think Tanks Matter in an Age of Disinformation’. This event formed part of the annual Why Think Tanks Matter Forum and the 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Report Launch event series.

  • America China 300300

    China’s Peaceful Rise and the Thucydides Trap
    Co-hosted with LSE IDEAS and LSE SU China Development Society
    Tuesday 29 January 2019

    This Bridging Minds Symposium discussed whether the prospects of China's "peaceful rise" are indeed fading, approaching the question from different perspectives.

  • Avramapolous 300300

    Europe’s Response to the Challenge of Migration and Security
    Co-hosted with the LSE European Instituteand the , a project of LSE IDEAS
    Wednesday 23 January 2019

    Dimitris Avramopoulos explores how Europe has reacted to the challenges brought about by migration in a globalised Europe.

  • Political Order 300300

    Monday 21 January 2019

    Drawing on political theory, comparative politics, international relations, psychology and classics, Ned Lebow offered insights into why social and political orders form, how they evolve, and why and how they decline.

  • Commonwealth 300300

    Co-hosted with the LSE Department of International History
    Thursday 17 January 2019

    Philip Murphy offered a personal perspective on the Commonwealth, a complex and poorly understood institution, and asked if it can ever escape from the shadow of the British Empire to become an organisation based on shared values, rather than a shared history.

  • Restraining Great Powers 2 300300

    Wednesday 16 January 2019

    This event examined a crucial element of state behaviour: the use of international institutions, informal alignments and economic instruments such as sanctions, to constrain the power and threatening behaviour of dominant actors.

  • Chocolate 300300

    The Chocolate Case
    Co-hosted with United Nations Cinema and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
    Thursday 6 December 2018

    Marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, LSE IDEAS and the UN Cinema presented a screening The Chocolate Case, followed by a panel discussion on the links between responsible business, consumers, and modern day slavery.

  • Trump 300300

    Trump, America, and the World: two years on
    Tuesday 27 November 2018

    Two years ago Donald Trump’s election shocked the world. This event explored how far he has changed US foreign policy.

  • World After War 300300

    Wednesday 21 November 2018

    Derek Leebaert explored the Anglo-US relations in the years after World War Two – a period that redefined what has come to be the ‘special relationship’.

  • Global Business 300300


    Thursday 8 November 2018

    Experts on international business discuss recent trends in conversation with Mahesh Joshi's new book Global Business - a straightforward commentary on mega trends in globalization.

  • Global Financial Crisis 300300


    Thursday 18 October 2018

    This event explores the causes of the 2008 global financial crash and the lessons we should learn from it with the policymakers who were there.

  • Crucible Fenby 300300

    Crucible: Thirteen Months that Forged Our World
    Tuesday 16 October 2018

    Jonathan Fenby extols his thesis on the crucial months between 1947-1948 which shaped the politics of the Cold War, and left an indelible mark on the modern world.

  • Euro 300300

    Reforms to Strengthen the European Monetary Union
    Tuesday 2 October 2018

    Vítor Constâncio, the former Vice President of the European Central Bank, explored the possible reforms proposed to strengthen the EMU and their predicted consequences.

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    Tuesday 25 September 2018

    Ramachandra Guha tells the epic story of Gandhi's life and how he changed the world armed only with his arguments and example.

  • Philosophy 300300

    Monday 9 July 2018

    Can the work of the great European philosophers help solve Europe's problems today? At this event, scholars discussed how the ideas of thinkers such as Heidegger, Arendt, Anders, and Adorno can be applied to populism, climate change, and artificial intelligence.

  • End War 300300

    To End A WarCo-hosted with the United Nations and the Embassy of Colombia
    Tuesday 26 June 2018

    What does it takes for a nation of 50 million to move from hatred to forgiveness, from war to peace? Listen to the panel discussion on the Colombian peace process and the future of the country.

  • Middle East ISIS 300300

    The Middle East after ISIS: what is at stake?
    Monday 18 June 2018

    ISIS has been defeated militarily, but the fight for the Middle East is just beginning. Gilles Kepel, author of The Rise of Jihad in the West, discusses the future of the region and how it will shape global politics in the decades ahead.

  • Paris 300300

    The French Revolution: one year on Co-hosted with the LSE European InstituteThursday 24 May 2018

    How successful has Emmanuel Macron's first year as President of France been? Jean Pisani-Ferry, former Director of ideas on the Macron campaign, and journalist Christine Ockrent discuss.

  • Zielonka 300300

    Co-hosted with the LSE European Institute
    Wednesday 16 May 2018

    Liberal ideas are under attack across Europe. In this lecture, Jan Zielonka explores the sources of this counter-revolution to the liberal establishment and asks if Europeans can feel secure again?

  • Varela 300300

    Transparency: the most important pillar in a functional democracy Co-hosted with the LSE Global South Unit, part of the CAF-LSE Leadership Series
    Tuesday 15 May 2018

    Our event with Juan Carlos Varela, President of the Republic of Panama, where the President spoke about his battle against corruption, the 'Panama Papers', and building relations with China the 'Panama way'.

  • Italy Cold War Ally 300300


    Wednesday 9 May 2018

    Most histories of the Cold War portray Italy as being passive, without its own ambitious foreign policy. This panel discussion challenges that assumption by exploring Italian diplomacy during the Cold War and how Italian foreign policy was shaped by the country's domestic economy and politics.

  • Pedro Sanchez 300300

    The Catalan Crisis: populism and secessionism Co-hosted with the LSE European Institute and The for Contemporary Spanish Studies
    Tuesday 8 May 2018

    Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on the political, social and economic factors that have led to the growth of populism and secessionism in Catalonia and possible solutions to the current political blockade.

  • Economists 300300

    The Great Economists: how their ideas can help us today
    Monday 9 April 2018

    Linda Yueh discusses her new book that helps us to think about the biggest economic challenges of our time by drawing on the ideas of the great economists whose thinking has already changed the world.

  • EU Flag 300300

    EU Foreign, Security, & Defence Policy after Brexit Co-hosted with the , a project of LSE IDEAS
    Thursday 8 March 2018

    Does Brexit create an opportunity for more defence integration in Europe by removing the UK veto, or will the damage from losing British military capabilities be too great?

  • Newspapers 300300

    Why Post-Truth Matters to Think Tanks
    Tuesday 30 January 2018

    As part of the Global Go To Think Tank Index launch, Chatham House, LSE IDEAS, and the Institute for Government joined hundreds of other leading world think tanks in hosting a simultaneous event discussing the role of think tanks in government and civil society.

  • CAFLSE18 300300

    Co-hosted by CAF - Development Bank of Latin America, the LSE Global South Unit, and LSE IDEASFriday 19 January 2018

    The 2018 CAF-LSE conference focused on the importance of leadership. How can leaders in the global south, in the public and private sectors, maintain stability and growth in turbulent times for the world?

  • Cold War History 300300

    The Cold War: a world history
    Tuesday 9 January 2018

    Arne Westad and Michael Cox discusses the truly global nature of the Cold War, with East and West demanding absolute allegiance around the world.