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We teach and conduct research on the international history of Britain, Europe and the world.
We wish a big congratulations to Dr Chloë Mayoux (one of our PhD alumni) who has won the Michael Dockrill 2025 Thesis Prize for her work 'A place in the world: negotiating nuclear power and independence in Africa (1957-63).'
#alumni
#news
#prize
#thesis
#history
#lse
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Congratulations to Professor Kirsten Schulze who has been elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS) in recognition of her contribution to historical scholarship.
#news
#academic
#fellow
#royalhistoricalsociety
#history
#lse
3 days ago
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Last night we hosted the Welcome “Pub” Quiz! All students from the department were welcome and we saw a great turn out from our UG, Masters and PhD cohorts. We had a bunch of fun and look forward to putting on another next term 😎
#quiz
#students
#history
#party
#lse
3 days ago
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We are delighted to welcome Hooman Zalpour to the Department, who has been awarded the Dr Nasrollah Moghtader-Mojdehi PhD Scholarship from the Iranian History Initiative (IHI). Read more about the IHI here:
www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#iran
#phd
#scholar
#history
#LSE
5 days ago
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'Bonds of freedom: the long fight beyond abolition' by Dr Jake Subryan Richards has appeared in the September issue of 'Research for the World', the online social science magazine from LSE. Read the article here:
www.lse.ac.uk/research/res...
#LSEResearchForTheWorld
#history
#LSE
6 days ago
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It was great getting to meet our new Masters students at their Welcome reception last night! 🎉 It always reminds us just how international the LSE is when we get a chance to chat to so many of our students in one place. Looking forward to a really great 2025-26! 🙌
#masters
#welcome
#history
#lse
10 days ago
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We are pleased to present the inaugural call for applications for a Visiting Fellowship in the name of the late David McClure. Full details can be found here:
www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#fellowship
#fellow
#jobs
#research
#writer
#scholar
#history
#LSE
11 days ago
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Welcome week is rushing by! Last night we hosted our UG reception followed by our PhD reception for all our new students. Great to see such a strong attendance at both! Good times all round 😎
#students
#welcome
#freshers
#party
#history
#LSE
11 days ago
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We are extremely proud to announce that LSE has been ranked no. 2 in the UK for History! The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 has also ranked LSE as the number one university in the UK. Not bad!
www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-...
#thetimes
#thesundaytimes
#history
#lse
17 days ago
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Join us on Tuesday 14 October for Dr Jake Subryan Richards' book release event, "The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans & the End of The Slave Trade". See here for full event details and registration:
www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#event
#slavery
#slavetrade
#africa
#history
#LSE
17 days ago
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On Weds 8 October we host Department alumni Dr Grant Golub as he launches his new book. "Warriors in Washington" looks at how during World War II, the US Army inserted itself into domestic Washington politics to influence the uses of American power.
www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#history
#ww2
20 days ago
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Dr Paul Stock has written a new review of an exhibition. The review is entitled 'Sarah Lethieullier's dolls' house at the Huguenot Museum'. Read the review here:
eprints.lse.ac.uk/129407/
#review
#exhibition
#academic
#history
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Sarah Lethieullier’s dolls’ house at the Huguenot Museum - LSE Research Online
https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/129407/
25 days ago
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A big congratulations to Dr Ron Po who will be visiting the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin this academic year as a Visiting Fellow! Founded in 1981, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin is one of the most renowned interdisciplinary institutes in Europe.
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Professor Steven Casey has appeared on the podcast 'Heroes Behind Headlines'. This episode, entitled 'Truman vs. MacArthur: The Media Battle Behind The Korean War' looks the fascinating media history of the Korean War. Listen to the podcast here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#korea
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Truman vs. MacArthur: The Media Battle Behind The Korean War
Podcast Episode · Heroes Behind Headlines · 09/01/2025 · 1h 21m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truman-vs-macarthur-the-media-battle-behind-the-korean-war/id1604942951?i=1000724326941
about 1 month ago
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'Defending the Baltics means defending Europe' - Prof Kristina Spohr's latest El Pais column is out! Read the article in full here:
elpais.com/opinion/2025...
#news
#history
#europe
#politics
#war
#germany
#baltic
#lithuania
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Defender el Báltico es defender Europa
El despliegue militar de Alemania en la frontera báltica con Rusia indica que se dispone, por fin, a tomar las riendas de la seguridad europea y a confirmar las palabras con hechos
https://elpais.com/opinion/2025-08-27/defender-el-baltico-es-defender-europa.html
about 1 month ago
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Join us on Tuesday 14 October for Dr Jake Subryan Richards' book release event, "The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans & the End of The Slave Trade". See here for full event details and registration:
www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#event
#book
#slavery
#slavetrade
#africa
#history
#LSE
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Join us on Weds 8 October as we host Dr Grant Golub's book launch, "Warriors in Washington". Full event details and registration here:
www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#history
#books
#ww2
#war
#politics
#event
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Warriors in Washington: World War II and the Politics of American Power
Warriors in Washington: World War II and the Politics of American Power Dr Grant Golub book release event
https://www.lse.ac.uk/International-History/Events/2025/Warriors-in-Washington-World-War-II-and-the-Politics-of-American-Power
about 1 month ago
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One of our incoming PhD candidates, Alisha Ma, is set to chair a panel at the ASECS 2026 Annual Meeting: “Colonial Worldmaking in Eighteenth-Century European Spaces, Ideologies, and Imaginations” and the deadline to submit abstracts is 22 September 2025.
asecs.org/sessions2026...
#history
#LSE
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Dr Alex Mayhew's book, "Making Sense of the Great War: Crisis, Englishness, and Morale on the Western Front", has received a new review! Check it out below 👇 📝
#books
#review
#history
#ww1
#LSE
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about 2 months ago
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The Historical Journal
about 2 months ago
📘From our latest issue Dina Gusejnova (
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@lsehy.bsky.social
) on 'Loyalty and Allegiance in Baltic German Political Thought after the First World War'
#Refugee
#Intellectual
#Family
#Politics
🛡️📜 👉Read open access:
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about 2 months ago
From the archive: Exposing the myth of Western betrayal of Russia over NATO’s eastern enlargement Kristina Spohr
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#USRussia
#Ukraine
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Exposing the myth of Western betrayal of Russia over NATO’s eastern enlargement - British Politics and Policy at LSE
Thirty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia still peddles the myth of Western betrayal of Russia by expanding NATO eastward after the Cold War.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/exposing-the-myth-of-western-betrayal-of-russia/
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Dr Paul Stock has co-authored a new article which has been published in the journal 'Space and Culture' entitled 'From the Intercellular to the Extraterrestrial: The Need for Interdisciplinary Spatial Study'. Read it here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#history
#LSE
#space
#academic
about 2 months ago
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Patrick McMaster, LSE International History Masters Alumni, has published a journal article in "The Chinese Historical Review". Read "Maoism's Window into Africa: China's Interest in Post-Independence Algeria" here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#LSE
#history
#china
#alumni
about 2 months ago
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Dr Ron Po's recent book receives further glowing reviews and acclaim! Ming Qing Studies review:
drive.google.com/file/d/1ECFA...
Maritime History Entangled: Networks, Frontiers, and Flows review:
maritimehistoryentangled.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/r...
BookAuthority:
bookauthority.org/books/new-ma...
2 months ago
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'Text and Topos: British Travellers to Real-and-Imagined Classical Sites, c. 1560–1820' Read Dr Paul Stock's new article in the journal 'History' (The Journal of the Historical Association). Read it here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#history
#travel
#mediterranean
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Text and Topos: British Travellers to Real‐and‐Imagined Classical Sites, c. 1560–1820
Early-modern British travellers to the Mediterranean often understood their journeys through the lens of classical texts and culture. Historians sometimes explain this as an imaginative phenomenon: t...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-229X.70040
2 months ago
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In July, Prof Joanna Lewis hosted a two day work shop designed to support PhD students grappling with the myriad challenges of writing up and completing their research, whilst planning next steps. Feedback has been extremely positive!
#PhD
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#workshop
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2 months ago
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A big congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Ingleson who has officially started her tenure as Associate Professor at the Department of International History, LSE. Dr Ingleson has been an outstanding servant to the Department, and was promoted from Assistant Professor over the summer.
2 months ago
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On the 50th anniversary of the first CSCE summit, Prof Kristina Spohr was interviewed on Germany’s Deutschlandfunk on the significance of the Helsinki Final Act (1975) for Europe & the world in past and present. Listen to the interview in full here:
www.deutschlandfunk.de/der-helsinki...
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Der Helsinki-Effekt. Kristina Spohr zu 50 Jahre Schlussakte KSZE
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/der-helsinki-effekt-kristina-spohr-zu-50-jahre-schlussakte-ksze-100.html
2 months ago
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One of our new PhD students, Alisha Ma, is organising a panel at the College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference coming up in August! Full info and abstract submission here:
caa.confex.com/caa/2026/web...
#conference
#art
#history
2 months ago
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A massive congratulations to all our students who graduated yesterday! 🎉 We trust you celebrated accordingly, sharing the moment with your friends, family and loved ones. 😄😎🙌
#graduation
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The College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference is the largest meeting of art historians, artists, curators, and visual arts professionals. Full info and abstract submission here:
caa.confex.com/caa/2026/web...
#conference
#art
#history
3 months ago
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We are delighted to announce that the following students received a Raymond Huang Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement on the LSE100 course: • Catalina Pitre • Kaitlyn Mason • Alexandra Liepe LSE100 is LSE's flagship interdisciplinary course for all UG students.
#LSE
#awards
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3 months ago
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Did you miss one of our events? Never fear! You can catch up on our past events by visiting our website here:
www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#events
#history
#LSE
3 months ago
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Don't forget! "Women of the World Unite: The United Nations Decade for Women and Transnational Feminisms, 1975 to Now" is an excellent exhibition currently being hosted by the LSE Library. Our own Dr Imaobong Umoren helped to curate it!
#history
#lse
#feminism
www.lse.ac.uk/library/even...
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Women of the world unite: the United Nations Decade for Women and transnational feminisms 1975 to now
Come and explore our exhibition "Women of the World Unite" curated by Dr Imaobong Umoren and Dr Gillian Murphy.-- free and open to all.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/events/general/women-of-the-world-unite-un-decade-for-women-and-transnational-feminisms-1975-to-now?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeVIyacvVGAHe3fwPKOzvM46LDKUDu7AyKVgWNAiqfUOLcKkJJUooOitMH2Ww_aem_JttldSo159FcWedp8ScRAA
3 months ago
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Dr Ron Po recently spoke at the ISHMap Conference, hosted in Paris. His talk explored the significance of several long-overlooked sea charts from the long eighteenth century, and examined how these visual sources can offer fresh insight into the history of late imperial China.
#china
#history
#LSE
3 months ago
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Dr Tanya Harmer’s book “Beatriz Allende: Una vida revolucionaria en América Latina durante la Guerra Fría” was launched in Santiago, Chile this week and received a glowing review in Le Monde Diplomatique by Faride Zerán.
www.lemondediplomatique.cl/beatriz-alle...
#allende
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Beatriz Allende o cuántas vidas caben dentro de una vida. Por Faride Zerán
(Le Monde Diplomatique - Edición Chilena, julio 2025)
https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/beatriz-allende-o-cuantas-vidas-caben-dentro-de-una-vida-por-faride-zeran.html
3 months ago
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Jack Roush (one of our PhD Candidates) has published article on Iran in "The Hill". In wake of U.S. strikes and a fragile ceasefire with Israel, Iran has sought to strengthen ties with its European partners, Belarus and Serbia. Read the full article here:
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5391152-iran-strategic-ties-europe/
3 months ago
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3 months ago
What a great way to celebrate the publication of GLOBALIZING EUROPE. Many thanks, Cambridge University Press bookshop!
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On the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings, Prof Kirsten Schulze spoke at the Society for Terrorism Research Conference at Royal Holloway on ‘Why local jihads go global’.
#conference
#Research
#londonbombings2005
#Terrorism
#history
#news
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www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...
3 months ago
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Dr Roham Alvandi shared his thoughts in Engelsberg Ideas on the hubris of Ali Khamenei and the missed opportunities that the Iranian people have given him to avoid the present crisis.
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/how...
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How Iranians paid the price for Ali Khamenei's hubris
The record of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is catastrophic. His day of reckoning may finally have arrived.
https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/how-iranians-paid-the-price-for-ali-khameneis-hubris/
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Dr Roham Alvandi shared his thoughts in Engelsberg Ideas on the hubris of Ali Khamenei and the missed opportunities that the Iranian people have given him to avoid the present crisis.
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/how...
#iran
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How Iranians paid the price for Ali Khamenei's hubris
The record of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is catastrophic. His day of reckoning may finally have arrived.
https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/how-iranians-paid-the-price-for-ali-khameneis-hubris/
3 months ago
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"Iran's Nuclear Dreams May Survive Even a Devastating American Blow" Dr Roham Alvandi has spoken with The New York Times about the history and future of Iran's nuclear ambitions. Read the article here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/w...
#iran
#nuclear
#usa
#history
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Iran’s Nuclear Dreams May Survive Even a Devastating American Blow
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-program-us-strikes.html
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Last week Dr Roham Alvandi spoke with The Times about Khamenei's representative in the UK. His primary role seems to be to whip up support for the Islamic Republic amongst Britain’s Muslim population. Read the article here:
www.thetimes.com/article/7638...
#iran
#Israel
#usa
#war
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Iran’s ‘propagandist-in-chief’ billed to speak at Scottish mosque
As the battle between Iran and Israel escalates, a Glasgow mosque with links to the Tehran regime will host a representative of supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei
https://www.thetimes.com/article/7638a550-4d6b-4ffa-b09b-92eea716b5cf?shareToken=3c9063ec96ca85c8f1f7dda7070a0efd&fbclid=IwY2xjawLCMqJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnyE0OGh2PwqmdkG2Ir55u32U6Yi7HkFSHDByrRw9cQALQ5CZZ8r-AtUR9iT_aem_oIOhUr5dnsAXP6mhGbzttQ
3 months ago
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Masters alumnus, Aidan Hall, has had an abridged version of his dissertation published in the magazine "Inside Indonesia". You can read the article entitled "The Stiletto and the Bludgeon" here:
www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...
#indonesia
#war
#alumni
#masters
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4 months ago
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Dr Roham Alvandi spoke with The Washington Post today about the memory of the 1953 coup in Iran and calls for regime change in Iran today. Read the article here:
www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025...
#iran
#history
#LSE
#1953coup
#TheWashingtonPost
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The U.S. helped oust Iran’s government in 1953. Here’s what happened.
The U.S. has not publicly called for regime change in the current Israel-Iran conflict, but over 70 years ago, it played a key role in ousting Tehran’s government.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025/06/19/iran-coup-1953-us-role/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUwMzA1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUxNjg3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTAzMDU2MDAsImp0aSI6IjZlYTc0MmFhLWQ2Y2YtNDk3Zi1iMTY5LWIzNDU1NDdjZTA4YyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9oaXN0b3J5LzIwMjUvMDYvMTkvaXJhbi1jb3VwLTE5NTMtdXMtcm9sZS8ifQ.BMKk9X4EdUdhTQfFDGM-cIE5QJsXialEkvk9P2DATiY
4 months ago
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The Debate - France 24
4 months ago
🗨️" You can’t change a regime or destroy
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4 months ago
Read an interview with Imaobong Umoren
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which traces the entangled histories of Britain and the Caribbean and the legacies of exploitation, slavery and empire that persist today.
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A new history of Britain and the Caribbean – Interview with Imaobong Umoren - LSE Review of Books
In this interview with LSE Review of Books Managing Editor Anna D’Alton, Imaobong Umoren discusses her new book, Empire Without End: A New History of Britain and the Caribbean. From the first arrival ...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2025/06/12/author-interview-empire-without-end-a-new-history-of-britain-and-the-caribbean-imaobong-umoren/
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Dr Roham Alvandi has shared his thoughts on Iran's nuclear ambitions in the Financial Times. He explains why no Iranian regime — past, present or future — will surrender Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Read the article here:
www.ft.com/content/d9e7...
#iran
#israel
#usa
#financialtimes
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Regime change won’t stop Iran from pursuing nuclear ambitions
All recent Iranian leaders, from royals to mullahs, have sought this capability — future governments will too
https://www.ft.com/content/d9e7ca13-5098-4cff-814e-02e5b5dcb02c
4 months ago
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4 months ago
FYI:
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Dr Ron Po’s exhibition wall on the cultural history of shark fin is now on display in the Marshall Building as part of this year’s LSE Festival, and will remain on show until 3 July! Listen to Dr Po speak here:
soundcloud.com/lsepodcasts/...
#LSEFestival
#LSE
#history
#culture
#China
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