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Foreign policy think tank at LSE, focusing on international affairs and global governance through research, events and policy dialogue.

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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Iain Begg's interview on @tvp_info on the new phenomenon of Poles leaving the UK to return: youtube.com/watch?v=XzPF..., ties in with his report for LSE IDEAS on taking stock of Brexit. ⬇️Read Here lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...
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Are Poles returning home? The post-Brexit myth explained | Iain Begg
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LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🇬🇧 🇪🇺 In a new @lseideas.bsky.social report, Iain Begg distinguishes and critically analyses three broad categories – economic, social, and governance – of Brexit’s impact on the UK and EU, examining the uneven effects on various economic sectors and groups 👇
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Brexit – A critical audit in the cold light of day
Brexit has been a decade-long process rather than discrete events, and has had enduring effects on the United Kingdom’s economy and society, as well as affecting former partners in the European…
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Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Thanks so much to Volodymyr Vlasiuk and his Ukraine Industry Expertise colleagues for the extensive collaboration on this Ukraine Industry Expertise and @lseideas.bsky.social and LSE CCRG report for PeaceRep.
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Unlocking the Peace Premium | by Jason Miklian, Mark van Dorp, John Katsos A research report designed to deliver a basis of how businesses and the private sector can better contribute to peace outcomes. 🔗https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/publications/Research-Reports/Unlocking-the-Peace-Premium
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Unlocking the Peace Premium
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
✍️Brokering Peace: Emerging Middle Powers, Agency and Mediation | Chris Alden and @bugrasusler.bsky.social This article examines the role of mediation in emerging middle power conduct in an increasingly fragmented world. ⬇️Read Here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Brokering Peace: Emerging Middle Powers, Agency and Mediation
This article examines the role of mediation in emerging middle power conduct in an increasingly fragmented world. It asks why and how emerging middle powers seek mediator roles in international confl...
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CIPS / CÉPI @cepi-cips.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
📢New blog by Karen E. Smith & Marta Kozielska - Strengthening the Representation of Women in Diplomacy: What Progress is Possible? Women are clearly underrepresented at senior levels in diplomacy. Only 23.4% of the world’s ambassadors in 2024 were women...🔗 www.cips-cepi.ca/2025/10/07/s...
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CIPS / CÉPI @cepi-cips.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
📢Blog de Karen E. Smith et Marta Kozielska - Renforcer la représentation des femmes dans la diplomatie : quels progrès sont possibles ? Les femmes sont clairement sous-représentées aux postes diplomatiques de haut niveau. En 2024, seulement 23,4 % des ambassadeurs dans le monde étaient des femmes..
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
China’s governance under Xi Jinping fuses campaign-style mobilisation with institutional control. We explore how “governing through campaigns” has become a durable feature of Chinese statecraft. 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/10/...
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Governing through Campaigns in China - China Dialogues
Analysis of how China’s Communist Party governs through campaigns, work teams, and grassroots control, from land reform to Xinjiang’s fanghuiju program.
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Understanding the Real Digital Economy: no longer clean and free Join us for our Free Event: 📆Thurs 09 October 2025 | 6-7pm 🎙️Professor Emanuele Giovannetti ⬇️Register Here www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...
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Understanding the Real Digital Economy: no longer clean and free
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
✍️Map Shows Where Russian Targets Could be Destroyed With Tomahawk Missiles Vuk Vuksanovic (LSE IDEAS Associate) was quoted in Newsweek commenting on the issue. ⬇️Read Here www.newsweek.com/map-russian-...
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Map shows where Russian targets could be destroyed with Tomahawk missiles
Tomahawk, map, Putin, ISW
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International Growth Centre @theigc.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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
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LSE Environment Week 2025 — LSE Environment Week
The Economics of Environment and Energy Programme (EEE), International Growth Centre (IGC) and Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) within the LSE Economics Department are convening the…
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
📢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...
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Entry Requirements and How to Apply
Apply now for September 2022 intake on the Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy programme at The London School of Economics and Political Science.
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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
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What you (don't) see is what you get
The release of DeepSeek, a powerful open-source large language model (LLM) from China, was met with the now-familiar chorus of concern about political bias and censorship. While valid, this reaction m...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
✍️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...
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Reforming Global Finance: Africa's G20 Moment | ISPI
Leggi l'articolo Reforming Global Finance: Africa's G20 Moment sul sito dell'ISPI.
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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...
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The Changing Face of the South Caucasus
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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
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Why China’s Middle East Strategy Falls Short Amid US-Iran Conflict
China’s muted response to U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran reveals its limited power in the Middle East and a strategy focused more on rhetoric than real influence.
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🎧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...
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WiD Series 2 Episode 7: Women and Trade Negotiations
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
"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
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Ratiu Dialogues 2025 - Ratiu Forum
The Ratiu Forum is a joint initiative by the Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation,the Ratiu Democracy Centre and the London School of Economics IDEAS Think Tank, currently ranked Europe's top university...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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....
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Turkey and BRICS: Strategic autonomy and a search for new partnerships in a post-Western world
In recent years, Turkish decision-makers have publicly expressed interest in joining BRICS. Against the backdrop of the bloc’s recent expansion and future prospects, this article examines Turkish f...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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/...
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Ask the Experts: China and the Future of Global Aid - China Dialogues
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
📢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...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Information Session: Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Information Session: Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
📢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...
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The Once and Future World Order
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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
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India’s Space Policy: Between Strategic Autonomy and Alignment With the United States
India’s space policy, once driven primarily by domestic development goals, is increasingly aligning with that of the United States. How it approaches the norms of space governance, however, could pro…
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
📢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.
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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...
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India’s Space Policy: Between Strategic Autonomy and Alignment With the United States
India’s space policy, once driven primarily by domestic development goals, is increasingly aligning with that of the United States. How it approaches the norms of space governance, however, could pro…
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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
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Navigating Uncertainty: Germany’s Evolving Approach to China - China Dialogues
Germany rethinks China ties amid rising tensions, expert gaps, and divided business interests — can Berlin balance values and economic dependency?
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🌍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.
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
📰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...
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How Putin might respond to 'Russia's Pearl Harbor'
In an operation said to be 18 months in the planning, Ukraine conducted a devastating series of drone strikes against Russia air bases on Sunday.
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
📢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...
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The Changing Landscape for Global Aid - Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
The Trump administration’s decision to gut its overseas development assistance agency, USAID, and cancel funding to nearly all its programs, has had massive and immediate health, social and economic i...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
📺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
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Student and Civic Protest in Serbia (2024/2025): its Messages and Impact
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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/...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🎧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...
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WiD Series 2 Episode 4: Women in diplomacy and Mexico’s feminist foreign policy
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
✍️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/...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
📢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...
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Debate on Narratives of Civic Duty: How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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/...
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2025/26 Mladena and Dianko Sotirov Visiting Fellowship
Apply for 2023/24 Sotirov Visiting Fellowship at LSE IDEAS. Available to doctoral candidates and post-doctoral fellows who focus on the Balkans and Bulgaria.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🧵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...
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The Metamorphosis of India's Space Policy in a Changing Space Order* |
This chapter explores the transformation of India’s space policy from a focus on space for development to the pursuit of security and prestige. India’s early
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Croatia in the EU @croatiaineu.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
@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
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
📢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...
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Dr. Leon Hartwell @leonhartwell.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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
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Energy Security in the Baltics: Perceptions in the Midst of the Russia-Ukraine War
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
✍️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...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
📢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...
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The New Political Economy of Supply: resources, rare earths and finance
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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/...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🌏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
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Council on Geostrategy @congeostrategy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
‘🇬🇧 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
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How can Britain compete with China’s presence in the Global South?
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🌏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...
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The world order of the last few decades may be over — what emerges could include China | CBC News
As U.S. President Donald Trump imposes global tariffs, and the two largest economies escalate their trade war, the current world order as we know it is shaken, if not over. What will emerge is still u...
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
📰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...
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Construction and control of cartographic imaginaries: Kashmir and Taiwan | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
📢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
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Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy
A 1-year degree designed to enhance the strategic vision & negotiation skills of professionals from the public, private, or NGO sectors working internationally.
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LSE Ideas @lseideas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
📺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?...
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South Korea's Democracy at the Crossroads: Endemic Vulnerability or Democratic Resilience?
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