China's Political Worldview and Chinese Exceptionalism

Thursday 28 October 2021 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Online public event

Speakers:

Benjamin Ho, Assistant Professor at the China Programme in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Beverley Loke, Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter.

Joseph Chinyong Liow, Tan Kah Kee Professor in Comparative and International Politics, and Dean at the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Chair:

Professor William A Callahan, Professor of International Relations, LSE

The ongoing global coronavirus pandemic has generated considerable worldwide debate concerning China's global leadership and international contribution. Discussing Benjamin Ho's new book, China's Political Worldview and Chinese Exceptionalism, the event will explore how China is currently engaged in a competition with the United States to demonstrate its superiority over the latter.

Dr Ho argues what is at work in this competition is the sense of Chinese exceptionalism, as Beijing claims to be good and better than the U.S. and the West. How this is being played out in international politics will have significant implications for the future of global order and international leadership.

This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. Registation for this event on Zoom will open after 10am on Tuesday 5 October.

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For any queries email events@lse.ac.uk.

Environmentalism and Global International Society

Tuesday 23 November 2021 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Online public event

Hosted by Department of International Relations and The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Speakers:

Steven Bernstein, Distinguished Professor of Global Environmental and Sustainability Governance, University of Toronto.

Barry Buzan, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the LSE (formerly Montague Burton Professor); honorary professor at Copenhagen, Jilin, and China Foreign Affairs Universities; a Senior Fellow at LSE Ideas; and a Fellow of the British Academy.

Robert Falkner, Associate Professor of International Relations and the Research Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Kathryn Hochstetler, Professor of International Development and Head of the Department of International Development at LSE.

Chair:

Dr Milli Lake, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the International Relations Department (Teaching and Learning)

In this launch event for the new book Environmentalism and Global International Society, the panelists will discuss the extent to which international relations has been greened and whether international society is capable of addressing major ecological challenges.

This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. Registation for this event on Zoom will open after 10am on Tuesday 2 November.

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For any queries email events@lse.ac.uk.

The External Action of the European Union

Tuesday 30 November 2021 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Online public event

Speakers:

Nora Fisher Onar, Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of San Francisco.

Sieglinde Gstöhl, Director of the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies at the College of Europe.

Karen E Smith, Professor of International Relations at LSE.

Chair:

Federica Bicchi, Associate Professor of International Relations at LSE.

Join us for the launch of a new book edited by Sieglinde Gstohl and Simon Schunz, The External Action of the European Union.

This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. Registation for this event on Zoom will open after 10am on Tuesday 9 November.

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Policing Speech in the Digital Era: making the rules of online expression

Thursday 02 December 2021 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Online public event

Speaker:

Professor David Kaye, Clinical Professor of Law at UCLA and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (2014-2020).

Drawing on his book Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet and his time as the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Freedom of Expression, David Kaye has a unique perspective on how states and tech companies are navigating a key puzzle of our time: how to reduce harmful content online and its contribution to extremism and polarisation, challenge the spread of authoritarianism, work around the business imperatives of tech companies, while upholding freedom of expression and human rights.

This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. Registation for this event on Zoom will open after 10am on Thursday 11 November.

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For any queries email events@lse.ac.uk.