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We’re thrilled to announce that the Department of International Relations is now also on BlueSky! 🌐
🔗Stay connected and follow us for the latest updates, insights, and news from our department: bit.ly/3D1alIg
📣 Dr Martin Bayly has published a research article in the Cambridge Review Review of International Affairs, titled “What’s historical about historical IR? Narrativity, the philosophy of history and world order studies.”
🔗 Read the full article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
📣 Join us for a panel discussion marking the launch of The Big Picture as an Approach to the Study of International Relations: Thinking With and Beyond Barry Buzan.
🔗Register here: lse.ac.uk/events/study-of-in…
In an article for Foreign Policy, @rohan_mukh, together with Christopher Chivvis and @MilanV, examines the transnational ties between right-wing populists and their implications for international cooperation.
🔗 foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/29…
⚖️ How do international courts navigate political constraints when making decisions?
A review in @LSEReviewBooks examines Judging Under Constraint: The Politics of Deference by International Courts, a book by Dr Theresa Squatrito.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb…
📣 Dr Stephanie Schwartz has co-authored a new article, “What is policy relevance in refugee and forced #migration research?: rethinking the dual imperative”, in the Journal of Refugee Studies.
🔗 Read more: academic.oup.com/jrs/article…
📣 Join us for a fireside chat book launch that introduces the new book by Olu Fasan, In The National Interest: The Road to Nigeria's Political, Economic and Social Transformation.
🔗 Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/66-years-…
#Nigeria
Is Georgia pursuing multi-alignment, or drifting towards strategic irrelevance?
In this new analysis for @ICDS_Tallinn, our DINAM Fellow @TeonaGiuashvil examines how the Georgian Dream government has reoriented Georgia’s foreign policy since 2022.
icds.ee/en/georgias-foreign-…
🚨 We're #hiring at LSE!
Join our Department of International Relations: 🔹Assistant Professor in IR/IPE (Geoeconomics)
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🔹Assistant Professor in IR/IPE (Global Environmental Politics)
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📆 Deadline: 7 September 2026.
In a thought-provoking three-part series, MSc International Relations student Anjjali Shrivastav examines the legal, political, and geopolitical forces shaping the global energy transition.
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Our DINAM Fellow, @TeonaGiuashvil, has written a new article for @Carnegie_Europe, "Building a Pan-European Community of Trust."
It proposes practical pathways to strengthen pan-European cooperation through institutional reform and policy innovation.
carnegieendowment.org/europe…
Read DINAM Fellow @TeonaGiuashvil’s new piece titled, “Fading Power? The EU’s Strategic Dilemmas in the South Caucasus,” published by @SCEEUS_UI, which examines how shifting geopolitical dynamics have exposed the limits of the EU’s approach to the region.
sceeus.se/en/publications/fa…
📢 Professor @FawazGerges joined @BBCWorld to discuss the latest escalation in the US-Iran conflict and the significance of these recent developments.
🎥Watch the full interview: redirect.vuelio.co.uk/Broadc…
@LSE_US @LSEMiddleEast
Dr Marwa Daoudy joined us for the 2026 Fred Halliday Memorial Lecture to discuss how colonialism continues to shape environmental vulnerabilities in the Arab world, with Dr @JasmineKGani as discussant.
✍️ Read the report: bit.ly/4pbPBBt
📺 Watch: youtube.com/live/oIedZ7Sg2uI…
📑 Read our PhD candidate @seowoohyeok's new research article, "Nuclear technology and (de)politicising memories of #nuclear violence in postcolonial South Korea (1945–1975)," published in
@CoCo_journal.
🔗 Read the full article: doi.org/10.1177/001083672614…
Join us at the LSE Festival for “Saving the world one family at a time: screening and discussion of Gone South Village.”
📅 Wednesday 17 June 2026
⏰ 6.00–7.30pm
📍 LSE campus
🔗 Find out more and register: lse.ac.uk/events/lse-festiva…
#partofLSE #LSEFestival
Dr Theresa Squatrito’s article, “The power and constraints on international #law in a political world,” featured in the March edition of LSE Research for the World, explores why some international courts challenge governments while others do not.
🔗 lse.ac.uk/research/research-…
📢 Join us for the Fred Halliday Memorial Lecture, “The Ecological Continuation of Empire in the Arab World” in which Marwa Daoudy explores how #colonialism, #capitalism, and environmental exploitation continue to drive inequality.
🎟️ Register: bit.ly/49UUrwy
📑 Read our MSc in International Relations alumnus Philip Finkelstein’s new article, “The Commitment Problem: Why Charles L. Glaser’s U.S.-China Grand Bargain Over #Taiwan Would Fail to Produce Lasting Peace.”
brill.com/view/journals/jaer…
#China #US
📣 Our MSc International Relations alumnus, Gregory Aftandilian, now a Professor at American University in Washington, DC, has been quoted in @USATODAY discussing “Can Trump’s tough-guy approach work with #Iran?”
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p…
What can ballet teach us about international relations theory? 🩰
MSc IR student Zoe Roberts draws on her 15-year career in classical #ballet to reflect on her transition into critical theory and the unexpected connections between art and academia.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa…
