Join us for #LSEEnvironmentWeek! The programme is now live: 🌱Keynote lectures on biodiversity, climate finance & fires 🌱Public lectures on COP30, climate finance & natural capital 🌱World-class academics & policymakers. 🔗https://www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-week-2025 #Sustainability

📢Applications for our Executive MSc in International Strategy and Diplomacy now close on 8 September 2025! This one-year executive degree is designed for mid-career professionals who want to sharpen their strategic thinking and negotiation skills. ⬇️Apply Now www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/exec/a...

China’s DeepSeek isn’t just about censorship. 🤖 It shows how politics shape AI at every stage — from training data to chips, talent, and geopolitics. ⬇️Read Here blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/08/... #AI #DeepSeek #Geopolitics

✍️Reforming Global Finance: Africa’s G20 Moment | Alvaro Mendez With Africa at the forefront and South Africa leading the G20, calls to reform Bretton Woods gain new urgency amid debt, climate, and inequality crises. ⬇️Read Here www.ispionline.it/en/publicati...

The Changing Face of the South Caucasus | Teona Giuashvili Russia’s war on Ukraine has unsettled the South Caucasus, intensifying existing trends: Azerbaijan is more assertive, Armenia is distancing from Russia, Georgia is drifting from the West. ⬇️Read Here www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...

China condemns US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran — but offers little else. In the Middle East, Beijing’s power remains more rhetorical than real. What does that say about China’s global role? ⬇️READ HERE blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/07/... #China #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #Iran #USChina #ForeignPolicy

🎧WiD Series 2 Episode 7: Women and Trade Negotiations In this episode, Karen E. Smith spoke with Ambassador Ailish Campbell, who was appointed Canada’s Ambassador to the European Union in October 2020. ⬇️LISTEN HERE open.spotify.com/episode/4S5J...

"Realigning for a Post-2025 Transatlantic European Order" Prof. Alexander Evans introduces this year’s LSE Ratiu Dialogues taking place in Romania from the 6-7 September 2025 ⬇️Learn More ratiuforum.com/ratiu-dialog... #RatiuDialogues25 #geopolitics #Europe #security @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social

Bugra Susler's latest article explores Turkey’s relationship with BRICS in the context of shifting global power dynamics and domestic politics. Published in the South African Journal of International Affairs. ⬇️Read Here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Is China filling the void left by Western aid—or rewriting the rules altogether? In this two-part commentary, Dr. Ruby Wang and Felix Brender 王哲謙 unpack China's global health strategy and its tactical presence in crisis zones. ⬇️Read Here blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/06/...

As the G7 Summit unfolds, @kenddrick and Chris Alden have contributed to the official G7 background. Their piece argues the US-UK differences on AI at the Paris Summit don’t signal a G7 split. Instead, they highlight emerging consensus. ⬇️ Read Here bit.ly/g7Canada

📢Applications are now open for our Executive MSc in International Strategy and Diplomacy! Interested in hearing more about the course? Join our Information Session! 📅Jun 23 2025 | 03:00 PM GMT ⬇️ REGISTER HERE lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📢The Once and Future World Order An opportunity to discuss the contours of an emerging world order over the long durée as argued by Amitav Acharya and what this means for the ‘West and the Rest’. 📅Tue 17 June | 4-5.30pm ⬇️REGISTER HERE www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...

Pleased to share my CFR policy memo on India’s Space Policy. I examine how India is reshaping its space policy and engaging with emerging global norms in space. 🔗 www.cfr.org/article/indi... @lseir.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social

📢LSE IDEAS hosted its 2025 Alumni Policy Weekend, welcoming Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy alumni to a day of panels on navigating a multipolar world. A huge thank you to our speakers and alumni for their insights and engagement.

India’s Space Policy: Between Strategic Autonomy and Alignment With the U.S. Discover @dstroikos.bsky.social's paper on India’s space policy, which is now aligning more with the US- its stance on space governance may offer a model for the Global South. ⬇️Read Here www.cfr.org/article/indi...

Germany’s new govt talks tough on China—but can it deliver? Business, academia, and politics are divided. ⬇️Read Here blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/06/... #Germany #China #Geopolitics

🌍Deep Tech for SDG Series | hosted by SGInnovate and UNDP Global Centre in Singapore. LSE IDEAS Research Associate @kenddrick moderated a fireside chat with UNDP & Microsoft on AI’s carbon footprint, greening digital infrastructure, and inclusive digital transformation.

📰How Putin Might Respond to 'Russia's Pearl Harbor' Vuk Vuksanovic, IDEAS associate, told Newsweek that Ukraine had achieved its greatest tactical success since late 2022, which means Moscow has no incentives left to agree to a ceasefire. ⬇️Read More www.newsweek.com/putin-respon...

📢The Changing Landscape for Global Aid Join this panel event, where scholars and practitioners come together to discuss this moment and possible ways forward to sustain common global efforts for justice. 📅June 11 2025 | York University ⬇️REGISTER HERE www.yorku.ca/dighr/events...

📺Student and Civic Protest in Serbia (2024/2025): its Messages and Impact | Thur 22 May 2025 Catch up on LSE IDEAS' latest event on whather this protest can reverse the wave of autocratisation in Serbia and the Western Balkans. ⬇️Watch Here youtu.be/c57exZv5fPU

Xi and Putin have met over 40 times—so what’s really driving the China-Russia axis? In this deep dive for @LSE_IDEAS, Michael Cox explores history, geopolitics, and ambition behind one of the 21st century's most consequential relationships. ⬇️READ HERE blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/05/...

🎧Women in Diplomacy Podcast Series 2 Episode 4: Women in diplomacy and Mexico’s feminist foreign policy In this episode, ⁠Prof Karen Smith⁠ interviewed Ambassador ⁠Jennifer Feller⁠, a member of Mexico’s Foreign Service since 2003. ⬇️LISTEN HERE open.spotify.com/episode/281D...

✍️Securing Critical Raw Materials in the EU: Reducing Dependence on Chinese Supplies This paper examines the EU’s efforts to reduce dependence on Chinese raw materials and the geopolitical challenges that may hinder its goal. ⬇️Read Here blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/05/...

📢Debate on Narratives of Civic Duty: How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia Join the panel for a debate on Aram Hur's book and the impulse behind a sense of civic duty in democracies. 📅Wed 04 June 2025 | 6.00 - 8.00 pm GMT ⬇️Register Here www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...

Applications are now open for the 2025 Mladena and Dianko Sotirov Visiting Fellowship Fellows study Bulgaria and the Balkan region, working to understand its recent history, the challenges it faces today and the prospects of tomorrow. ⬇️Learn More www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/media/...

🧵1/ A bit late in posting this, but I’m very pleased to have co-authored a chapter with Rajeswari Rajagopalan for the Routledge Handbook of Space Policy, edited by Mariel Borowitz, Thomas Hoerber, Antonella Forganni, and Bruno Reynaud de Sousa. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

@lseideas.bsky.social research on #Women in #Diplomacy calls for more: 🔸️structured plans to enhance gender equality & diversity 🔸️gender-specific data 🔸️formal & informal career support & mentorship 🔸️inclusive environments with supportive role models & peers 🔸️women’s networks

📢Latin America and BRICS+: Interests, Risks, and Geopolitical Dilemmas This event will discuss how Latin America balances economic opportunities with shifting global power dynamics. 📅Wed 14 May 2025 | 1.00pm to 2.00pm ⬇️ Learn More www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...

Together with Agnė Rakštytė, I explore how Baltic people perceive energy security amidst the Russia-Ukraine war. Key insights: strong support for renewables, but scepticism toward gov’t energy plans. 📝 Read more: www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public... #EnergySecurity @lseideas.bsky.social @cepa.org

✍️Energy Security in the Baltics: Perceptions in the Midst of the Russia-Ukraine War Read the latest Research Report by @leonhartwell.bsky.social and Agne Rakstyte on perceptions on energy in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania amidst the Russia-Ukraine war. ⬇️Read Here www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...

Our wonderful cohort has wrapped up the teaching modules of the Executive MSc International Strategy & Diplomacy programme. Onto the dissertation! Interested in hearing more about the course? Join our Information Session! 📅14 May 2025 | 10:30-11:30 GMT 🔗 lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📢The New Political Economy of Supply: resources, rare earths and finance Examining the ongoing impact of energy transition through a series of events, unpacking key features of this emerging industry. 📅Tue 20 May 2025 | 6-7.30pm ⬇️REGISTER HERE www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...

From ghostly landscapes to surreal everyday moments, this piece explores mythorealism—a lens that reveals how Chinese cinema captures the contradictions, chaos and uncanny truths of life in a rapidly changing society. ⬇️Read Here blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/04/...

🌏Can China’s economic model survive the global trade war? With exports to the US projected to fall by 80%, Dr Xin Sun explores whether a fragmented world order could help #China avoid coordinated containment. ⬇️Read Here blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/04/... #TradeWar #GlobalEconomy

‘🇬🇧 simply does not have the abundance of capital needed to rival 🇨🇳 overseas development finance programme delivered through the BRI and, more recently, the Global Development Initiative,’ writes Lukas Fiala, @lseideas.bsky.social #Tangram #ObservingChina

🌏As Trump imposes tariffs & the two largest economies escalate their trade war, the current world order as we know it is shaken. What will emerge is still unclear but analysts say China and other Asian countries will likely play a big role. ⬇️Read Here www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

📰Construction and control of cartographic imaginaries: Kashmir and Taiwan | @risjnl.bsky.social Discover @mariahtthornton.bsky.social's paper (co-written w/Nitasha Kaul) on cartographic imaginaries of #Kashmir & #Taiwan. ⬇️Read Here www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢Exec MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy A Unique IR Programme for Decision Makers, designed to help you acquire the analytical tools to understand a changing world and the policy expertise to operate within it. ⬇️Learn More and Sign up Now www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/exec

📺Catch up on this talk, where Dr. Shin analyses the emergence of radical polarisation and populist elites in South Korea, and how this underpinned President Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise and demise. ⬇️Watch Here youtu.be/X4g6YSpDPz8?...

✍️Ukraine's Drone Ecosystem and the Defence of Europe: Lessons Lost Can't be Learned Read our latest Research Report by Jack Matlack, Sebastian Schwartz and Oliver Gill. ⬇️Read Here www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...

📢LSE Global South Dialogues Series II This webinar will examine the motivations behind Latin American countries' involvement with the BRICS+ forum, the risks they face & the broader implications amid escalating US-China tensions. 🎙️Cintia Quiliconi | Chaired by Alvaro Mendez

✍️The death of fact-checking is a global crisis Dr. @LeonHartwell writes that the far-right's campaign against fact-checking has global consequences. If South Africa doesn't act, disinformation will undermine democracy. ⬇️ Read Here www.citizen.co.za/news/opinion...

✍️The Changing Economy of Space Application and Exploration: A Catalyst for International Cooperation? Read our latest Expert Analysis by J. Fey & W. Peeters on how economic evolution of space activities corresponds to changes within international relations. 🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...

📢South Korea's Democracy at the Crossroads: Endemic Vulnerability or Democratic Resilience? 📆Mon 24 March 2025 🕐6.30-8pm 🎙️Dr. Soon-Ok Shin ⬇️Register Here www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...

✍️The New G-ZERO, Why It Matters: Bhutan-led Net-Zero Global Climate Advocacy Gregory T. Chin (LSE IDEAS Associate) explores why Bhutan is uniquely qualified to lead the G-ZERO. ⬇️Read More www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/11/03/2...

📢South Korea's Democracy at the Crossroads Dr. Shin analyses the emergence of radical polarisation & populist elites in South Korea and how this underpinned President Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise and demise. 📆Mon 24 March | 6.30-8pm ⬇️Register Here www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...

✍️Georgia’s Watershed Moment Protests have swept through Georgia following the government’s decision to walk away from EU accession talks. Teona Giuashvili argues the EU must send a strong signal that it stands with the Georgian people. ⬇️Read Here blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

✍️The European Union's Strategic Test on Georgia | Teona Giuashvili The political crisis brewing in Georgia is of an existential nature for the country. What is at stake is Georgia's future as a democratic and sovereign European Nation? ⬇️Read Here ifri.org/en/memos/eur...

✍️Ukraine Readies for Make-or-Break Saudi Showdown With Trump Team @LeonHartwell (IDEAS Sr. Associate) was recently quoted in Newsweek, discussing Zelensky’s vulnerable position as the Trump administration applies pressure on Ukraine. ⬇️ Read Here www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russ...