LSE International Relations

The changing geopolitics of Northern Europe 6.30pm Thurs 30 Oct | Iver B Neumann, Federica Bicchi, Jennifer Jackson-Preece | Free public event at LSE

Please join us this evening for an LSE guest lecture from Iver Neumann, with Federica Bicchi and Jennifer Jackson-Preece, on 'The Changing Geopolitics of Northern Europe'. Covering the Arctic, the Nordics, and the Baltics. Free to all. No registration necessary www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Join us today for the event: "From Frontiers to Borders: How colonial technicians created modern territoriality," featuring Dr Kerry Goettlich, Professor @aysezarakol.bsky.social, Dr Joanne Yao, Professor Edward Keene, and Dr @mjbayly.bsky.social.

🔗Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-8 on Gerges, What Really Went Wrong Roundtable Review 17-8 Fawaz A. Gerges, What Really Went Wrong: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East. Yale University Press, 2024. ISBN: 9780300259575. 10 October 2025 | PDF…

The @h-diplo.bsky.social published a roundtable on Professor Fawaz Gerges' book What Really Went Wrong: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East.

🔗Read the review: issforum.org/roundtables/...
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Seeing Beyond the Core: Alternative visions of order in times of global crisis 6.30pm Weds 22 Oct | Ilias Alami, Lina Benabdallah, Jasmine Gani, Jenna Marshall | Free public event at LSE

Please join us for this panel tomorrow with excellent colleagues.

"Seeing beyond the core: alternative visions of order in times of global crisis"

All welcome: 22 Oct 6.30pm, at LSE
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www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

🎙️ Delighted to be speaking tonight at the @LSEIRDept public event “US–Iran under Trump 2.0: Prospects & Challenges.”
6:30–8:00 PM (BST) | Hong Kong Theatre, LSE
Join us in person or online to explore key developments in US–Iran relations.
🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/events/us-ir...

This Thursday 16th Oct I'll be speaking on my project on "Severing Colonial Relationality" for the ANU Cais public lecture series. (Online, all welcome).

📍5pm in Canberra (7am BST for early risers in the UK!)
Registration link below 👇 @lseir.bsky.social

cais.cass.anu.edu.au/events/cais-...

You can now watch the recording of our 25 Years Beyond 1325 event last week! 🍿

m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGTu...

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US-Iran under Trump 2.0: prospects and challenges 6.30pm Weds 15 Oct | Dana H Allin, Anahita Motazed Rad, Sanam Vakil | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

📣 Five days to go until our next event:
“US-Iran Relations under #Trump 2.0: Prospects and Challenges”

🗓️ Wednesday, 15 October 2025
⏰ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 In-person and online

🔗 Register today: www.lse.ac.uk/events/us-ir...
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Join us for an event: "Unlearning Empire: education and the legacies of the British Commonwealth," featuring Dr Obaapanin Oforiwaa Adu, Professor Patricia Daley, Muhammad Ibrahim Alom, and Dr Asha Herten-Crabb.

Find out more & register: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

First event of the year with @lseir.bsky.social 💙

25 Years Beyond 1325: Reimagining the UN Women, Peace and Security Agenda

With: @drkmillar.bsky.social , @aikoiiris.bsky.social, @paulcinnamon.bsky.social, Dr Nancy Annan and Prof Stéfanie Von Hlatky

History’s warning: Climate chaos can expose the fragility of world order Past empires fell when environmental stress met political weakness – today’s global warming poses an unprecedented test of resilience.

Our PhD candidate @terrymullan.bsky.social explores how #climate shocks have repeatedly tested world orders and what that means for today’s world order in his latest article for the Lowy Institute.

🔗 Read the full article to learn more: www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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One week to go until this one with @lseir.bsky.social 💙🤍

Get your free ticket now!

www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...

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Trump and the United Nations crisis | British Politics and Policy at LSE Donal Trump's second speech at the United Nations should be read in the context of polarization of US politics and the undermining of the UN by the great powers.

At his second speech at the #UN,#DonaldTrump attacked the host institution & his European allies.

Michael Cox @lseideas.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social analyses the speech in the context of the polarisation of US politics & the US, Russia & China's undermining of the UN @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

The US-led world order is breaking—here’s what history tells us may come next | USAPP The US is undermining the very order it built, and the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit shows how China is seizing the moment.

The US-led world order is breaking—here’s what history tells us may come next, writes Terrence Mullan of @lseir.bsky.social

blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Starmer, Meloni or even Putin - who is the real Trump whisperer? Some world leaders have worked out how to charm the notoriously fickle US President

📄 Dr Patrick Gill-Tiney spoke with @theipaper.com for the article “Starmer, Meloni or even Putin – who is the real #Trump whisperer?”

Read the full article to learn more about his analysis: inews.co.uk/news/world/s...
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We’re thrilled to welcome all our new and returning students! 👏

Today we kicked off the year with our IR Welcome Address, featuring insights from our Head of Department, Professor Jeffrey Chwieroth, alongside Dr @jasminekgani.bsky.social, Dr Anna Getmansky, and Dr John Minnich.

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Donald Trump’s “Department of War” name change is mostly political theatre | USAPP While the implications of the policy remain to be seen, the renaming is symbolic of the continued reduction of America’s soft power capabilities.

Donald Trump’s “Department of War” name change is mostly political theatre writes Jonny Hall of @lseir.bsky.social

blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

🚨 Please note that the timing for our upcoming event with @lseir.bsky.social has now changed to 5.30-7pm 🚨

See you there! 👋🏻

What resuming direct India-China flights reveals about changing regional priorities A reconnection that might make managing a fraught relationship just that bit easier.

🗞 In his new article, our PhD candidate Kazimier Lim explores how the resumption of direct flights between #India and #China signals shifting regional priorities.

🔗 Read the full article via the Lowy Institute to learn more: www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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🚨 Our PhD Candidate Sara Wong has recently published an article titled “Towards an anti-colonial aesthetic politics: Surrealist praxis and epistemic refusal” in @risjnl.bsky.social.

➡️ Read the full paper here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Professor Fawaz Gerges joined BBC Radio Scotland to discuss the situation in #Afghanistan following the recent earthquake.

🎧 Listen to the full interview here: bit.ly/4m3riTl

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How to tackle environmental issues when the world can't agree The failure to agree a global treaty on plastic pollution highlights how the UN’s requirement for unanimity holds back environmental policy, but there are better ways to make progress

📰 Professor @robertfalkner.bsky.social spoke with @newscientist.com about the challenges of global environmental negotiations.

“The consensus rule in international environmental negotiations has always been the Achilles heel of the UN #environment process,” he said.

🔗 bit.ly/4g2YoRN
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Join us for our first event of the academic year in collaboration with @lseir.bsky.social and other great co-hosts!

Bringing together four leading experts, we will explore the legacy and future of the UN WPS agenda.

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Why Arab rulers aren't more vocal about Gaza as global outcry grows “The tragedy of Gaza, the destruction of Gaza, could really serve as a time bomb that implodes the Arab political order from within,” said an international relations professor at the London School of ...

Professor Fawaz Gerges spoke with NBC News about the war in #Gaza and the response from Arab governments.

“The tragedy of Gaza, the destruction of Gaza, could really serve as a time bomb that implodes the Arab political order from within,” he said.

📽️Watch the interview: bit.ly/4mFpwIQ #AcademicSky

International Relations and Democracy in a Multipolar World – LSE Phelan US Centre Conference Review | USAPP From May 15 to 16th 2025, the Phelan US Centre hosted the conference, International relations and democracy in a multipolar world. The conference considered how important democratic discourses and pra...

Our PhD candidate Alexander Jake Davies reflects on the Phelan US Centre’s recent conference, "International Relations and Democracy in a Multipolar World."

His article explores the tensions between #democracy and #liberalism and the role of power in sustaining democratic ideals.

🔗 bit.ly/3JEOsBC

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Dr @stephrschwartz.bsky.social has published a new research article titled, "Refugee Return without Refoulement: Rethinking State Strategies to Evade Asylum Norms" in International Migration Review.

🔗 Read the full article to find out more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨 We're #hiring at LSE! Join our Department of International Relations:

🔹Assistant Professor in IR (International Security)
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🔹Assistant Professor in IPE
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📆 Deadline: 7 September 2025.
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Allies and partners: US public opinion and relationships in the Indo-Pacific Competition between China and the United States spurs renewed emphasis on security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. However, this development in security collaboration unfolds differently from the ...

Writing for @cspjournal.bsky.social, Dr @laurensukin.bsky.social, Gregory Winger and Miguel Alberto Gomez find a general aversion among many Americans to using retaliatory measures in the event of Chinese aggression against a regional state.

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BSc IR Prizewinners 2024/25 announced - LSE Department of International Relations The Department of International Relations is delighted to announce the following BSc in International Relations prizewinners for this year.

Huge congratulations from the Department of International Relations to our outstanding BSc Prizewinners! 📚 🎉

We’re proud to celebrate your hard work, dedication, and academic excellence.

🔗 Find out more about their prizes: blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

A novel approach to the 11 UN norms for responsible state behaviour in cyberspace: Guidelines for gendered implementation → UNIDIR UNIDIR and the Organization of American States (OAS) are pleased to invite you to a virtual roundtable marking the English and Spanish launch of a joint publication A Novel Approach to the 11 UN Norms...

Join us online on August 28th for the launch of our ambitious new report on gender responsive implementation of the 11 UN cybernorms!
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