LSE Ideas
@lseideas.bsky.social
Foreign policy think tank at LSE, focusing on international affairs and global governance through research, events and policy dialogue.
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
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
June 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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
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
📢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.
A huge thank you to our speakers and alumni for their insights and engagement.
June 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📢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.
A huge thank you to our speakers and alumni for their insights and engagement.
🌍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.
LSE IDEAS Research Associate @kenddrick moderated a fireside chat with UNDP & Microsoft on AI’s carbon footprint, greening digital infrastructure, and inclusive digital transformation.
June 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🌍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.
LSE IDEAS Research Associate @kenddrick moderated a fireside chat with UNDP & Microsoft on AI’s carbon footprint, greening digital infrastructure, and inclusive digital transformation.
✍️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/...
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/...
May 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
✍️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/...
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/...
📢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
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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...
May 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📢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...
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...
✍️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...
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...
May 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
✍️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...
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...
Interested in hearing more about the course? Join our Information Session!
📅14 May 2025 | 10:30-11:30 GMT
🔗 lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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...
Interested in hearing more about the course? Join our Information Session!
📅14 May 2025 | 10:30-11:30 GMT
🔗 lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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/...
⬇️Read Here
blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/04/...
April 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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/...
⬇️Read Here
blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2025/04/...
✍️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...
Read our latest Research Report by Jack Matlack, Sebastian Schwartz and Oliver Gill.
⬇️Read Here
www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...
April 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
✍️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...
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
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
April 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
📢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
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 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...
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...
March 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
✍️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...
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...
✍️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.
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www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/11/03/2...
Gregory T. Chin (LSE IDEAS Associate) explores why Bhutan is uniquely qualified to lead the G-ZERO.
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www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/11/03/2...
March 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
✍️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.
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www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/11/03/2...
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...
📺Is there a way out of the Middle East Crisis? Pathways for Justice and Peace
The panel discusses the crisis in the Middle East from a regional and global perspective with an emphasis on scenarios and strategies for peace and justice.
⬇️Watch Here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dJ...
The panel discusses the crisis in the Middle East from a regional and global perspective with an emphasis on scenarios and strategies for peace and justice.
⬇️Watch Here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dJ...
March 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📺Is there a way out of the Middle East Crisis? Pathways for Justice and Peace
The panel discusses the crisis in the Middle East from a regional and global perspective with an emphasis on scenarios and strategies for peace and justice.
⬇️Watch Here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dJ...
The panel discusses the crisis in the Middle East from a regional and global perspective with an emphasis on scenarios and strategies for peace and justice.
⬇️Watch Here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dJ...
🗣️‘From Empire to Nation-State. Minority Rights in Estonia in the First Half of the 20th Century'.
Last night, the Anthony D. Smith Fellowship Seminar was given by the 2024-2025 Fellow, @timoaava.bsky.social.
Congratulations to Timo and a massive thank you to all who joined!
Last night, the Anthony D. Smith Fellowship Seminar was given by the 2024-2025 Fellow, @timoaava.bsky.social.
Congratulations to Timo and a massive thank you to all who joined!
February 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🗣️‘From Empire to Nation-State. Minority Rights in Estonia in the First Half of the 20th Century'.
Last night, the Anthony D. Smith Fellowship Seminar was given by the 2024-2025 Fellow, @timoaava.bsky.social.
Congratulations to Timo and a massive thank you to all who joined!
Last night, the Anthony D. Smith Fellowship Seminar was given by the 2024-2025 Fellow, @timoaava.bsky.social.
Congratulations to Timo and a massive thank you to all who joined!
📰China’s expanding footprint in Latin America: Trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence
Álvaro Mendez and Chris Alden (LSE IDEAS) analyse China’s growing presence in Latin America concerning trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence
⬇️Read Here
www.openaccessgovernment.org/chinas-expan...
Álvaro Mendez and Chris Alden (LSE IDEAS) analyse China’s growing presence in Latin America concerning trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence
⬇️Read Here
www.openaccessgovernment.org/chinas-expan...
February 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
📰China’s expanding footprint in Latin America: Trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence
Álvaro Mendez and Chris Alden (LSE IDEAS) analyse China’s growing presence in Latin America concerning trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence
⬇️Read Here
www.openaccessgovernment.org/chinas-expan...
Álvaro Mendez and Chris Alden (LSE IDEAS) analyse China’s growing presence in Latin America concerning trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence
⬇️Read Here
www.openaccessgovernment.org/chinas-expan...
📢2024Anthony Smith Visiting Fellowship
We are delighted to announce @timoaava.bsky.social
as our 2024 Anthony D. Smith fellow. His work will focus on the history of minority rights and political thought in the Baltic.
⬇️Learn More
www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/media/...
We are delighted to announce @timoaava.bsky.social
as our 2024 Anthony D. Smith fellow. His work will focus on the history of minority rights and political thought in the Baltic.
⬇️Learn More
www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/media/...
February 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📢2024Anthony Smith Visiting Fellowship
We are delighted to announce @timoaava.bsky.social
as our 2024 Anthony D. Smith fellow. His work will focus on the history of minority rights and political thought in the Baltic.
⬇️Learn More
www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/media/...
We are delighted to announce @timoaava.bsky.social
as our 2024 Anthony D. Smith fellow. His work will focus on the history of minority rights and political thought in the Baltic.
⬇️Learn More
www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/media/...
📢 Navigating the Geopolitics of BRICS: Perspectives from Southeast Asia | An LSE IDEAS & LSE Global South
Event
Prof Cheng-Chwee Kuik will unpack three common misunderstandings about why more nations are becoming new members of BRICS.
⬇️Learn More
lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...
Event
Prof Cheng-Chwee Kuik will unpack three common misunderstandings about why more nations are becoming new members of BRICS.
⬇️Learn More
lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...
February 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
📢 Navigating the Geopolitics of BRICS: Perspectives from Southeast Asia | An LSE IDEAS & LSE Global South
Event
Prof Cheng-Chwee Kuik will unpack three common misunderstandings about why more nations are becoming new members of BRICS.
⬇️Learn More
lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...
Event
Prof Cheng-Chwee Kuik will unpack three common misunderstandings about why more nations are becoming new members of BRICS.
⬇️Learn More
lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...
🗣️Turkiye’s Ambassador to the UK, Koray Ertas, joined our Executive MSc in International Diplomacy and Strategy students to discuss Turkish diplomacy and conflict mediation.
January 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🗣️Turkiye’s Ambassador to the UK, Koray Ertas, joined our Executive MSc in International Diplomacy and Strategy students to discuss Turkish diplomacy and conflict mediation.
🎉Thank you to the fantastic lecturers that taught at the capacity building programme in #Uruguay, organised with
LSE Global South and @agendacaf.bsky.social .
Many thanks to Chris Alden, Mariano Turzi, and
Alvaro Mendez for their insightful contributions in Montevideo.
LSE Global South and @agendacaf.bsky.social .
Many thanks to Chris Alden, Mariano Turzi, and
Alvaro Mendez for their insightful contributions in Montevideo.
January 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🎉Thank you to the fantastic lecturers that taught at the capacity building programme in #Uruguay, organised with
LSE Global South and @agendacaf.bsky.social .
Many thanks to Chris Alden, Mariano Turzi, and
Alvaro Mendez for their insightful contributions in Montevideo.
LSE Global South and @agendacaf.bsky.social .
Many thanks to Chris Alden, Mariano Turzi, and
Alvaro Mendez for their insightful contributions in Montevideo.
🌍✨A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined our Together for Sustainability event and contributed to an engaging Q&A session!
We were inspired by the insightful discussions from our speakers/panellists, including Mehrnaz Mostafavi, Perla Martínez, Sidiki Quisia.
We were inspired by the insightful discussions from our speakers/panellists, including Mehrnaz Mostafavi, Perla Martínez, Sidiki Quisia.
December 17, 2024 at 11:28 AM
🌍✨A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined our Together for Sustainability event and contributed to an engaging Q&A session!
We were inspired by the insightful discussions from our speakers/panellists, including Mehrnaz Mostafavi, Perla Martínez, Sidiki Quisia.
We were inspired by the insightful discussions from our speakers/panellists, including Mehrnaz Mostafavi, Perla Martínez, Sidiki Quisia.
💡"Does EU Climate Policy need Evolution or Revolution? What Should We Change in the European Green Deal?"
A dynamic panel at the Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe 2024 conference in Warsaw, Poland, moderated by Leon Hartwell (IDEAS Sr. Associate).
#Climate #EU #energy #security
A dynamic panel at the Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe 2024 conference in Warsaw, Poland, moderated by Leon Hartwell (IDEAS Sr. Associate).
#Climate #EU #energy #security
December 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM
📢Disinformation and Misinformation as a Threat to Democracy and Security | University of Johannesburg
Moderated by Dr. Anslem Adunimay, Leon Hartwell joined Karen Allen and Prof. Admire Mare, to delve into the complexities of #disinformation and its impact on #democracy & #security.
Moderated by Dr. Anslem Adunimay, Leon Hartwell joined Karen Allen and Prof. Admire Mare, to delve into the complexities of #disinformation and its impact on #democracy & #security.
December 5, 2024 at 10:58 AM
📢Disinformation and Misinformation as a Threat to Democracy and Security | University of Johannesburg
Moderated by Dr. Anslem Adunimay, Leon Hartwell joined Karen Allen and Prof. Admire Mare, to delve into the complexities of #disinformation and its impact on #democracy & #security.
Moderated by Dr. Anslem Adunimay, Leon Hartwell joined Karen Allen and Prof. Admire Mare, to delve into the complexities of #disinformation and its impact on #democracy & #security.
📰China in Pakistan: hypervisible yet invisible | @carwynmorris.bsky.social
From Lahore's "other" Orange Line to critiques of CPEC as a "colonial project," how do local actors navigate China's legibility—and its limits?
⬇️Read Here
blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2024/12/...
From Lahore's "other" Orange Line to critiques of CPEC as a "colonial project," how do local actors navigate China's legibility—and its limits?
⬇️Read Here
blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2024/12/...
December 4, 2024 at 2:22 PM
📰China in Pakistan: hypervisible yet invisible | @carwynmorris.bsky.social
From Lahore's "other" Orange Line to critiques of CPEC as a "colonial project," how do local actors navigate China's legibility—and its limits?
⬇️Read Here
blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2024/12/...
From Lahore's "other" Orange Line to critiques of CPEC as a "colonial project," how do local actors navigate China's legibility—and its limits?
⬇️Read Here
blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2024/12/...
📢Over the course of this week, Chris Alden (LSE IDEAS), Mariano Turzi and Alvaro Mendez (LSE IDEAS) will be conducting a capacity-building exercise on Foreign Policy strategy for #policymakers.
Organised by @AgendaCAF and @LSE_Globalsouth, the event will take place in #Uruguay.
Organised by @AgendaCAF and @LSE_Globalsouth, the event will take place in #Uruguay.
December 3, 2024 at 3:21 PM
📢Over the course of this week, Chris Alden (LSE IDEAS), Mariano Turzi and Alvaro Mendez (LSE IDEAS) will be conducting a capacity-building exercise on Foreign Policy strategy for #policymakers.
Organised by @AgendaCAF and @LSE_Globalsouth, the event will take place in #Uruguay.
Organised by @AgendaCAF and @LSE_Globalsouth, the event will take place in #Uruguay.
📢Security Cooperation in the Western Balkans: Working Together in Times of Global Uncertainties
Dr. Leon Hartwell (Ideas Sr. Associate) moderated the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s panel at the 9th Annual Regional Security Coordination Conference in the Western #Balkans.
Dr. Leon Hartwell (Ideas Sr. Associate) moderated the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s panel at the 9th Annual Regional Security Coordination Conference in the Western #Balkans.
December 3, 2024 at 1:39 PM
📢Security Cooperation in the Western Balkans: Working Together in Times of Global Uncertainties
Dr. Leon Hartwell (Ideas Sr. Associate) moderated the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s panel at the 9th Annual Regional Security Coordination Conference in the Western #Balkans.
Dr. Leon Hartwell (Ideas Sr. Associate) moderated the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s panel at the 9th Annual Regional Security Coordination Conference in the Western #Balkans.