LSE IDEAS

18/08/2026

📢 Applications for the 2026/27 Executive MSc in International Strategy and Diplomacy at LSE IDEAS are still open.

Examine today's changing international landscape - from emerging strategic actors and economic trends to security challenges and global flashpoints. Through seminars, crisis simulations and diplomatic negotiation exercises, you'll develop the strategic and practical skills to navigate an increasingly complex world.

📅 Application deadline: 28 August 2026

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Apply now for September 2022 intake on the Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy programme at The London School of Economics and Political Science.

18/08/2026

🎧Si Vis Pacem: Podcast Episode 1 - Interview with Laila Simoncelli

Episode 1 of our podcast series opens with a conversation with human rights lawyer Laila Simoncelli, whose decades of experience in conflict zones, international human rights advocacy and peacebuilding offer a compelling perspective on one of the most urgent questions of our time: what does it really mean to build peace?

Rather than treating peace as the mere absence of war, this conversation explores it as a political, cultural, and deeply human process grounded in justice, relationships, nonviolence, and shared responsibility. Drawing on her work in the Balkans, with the UN, and with the Communita Papa Giovanni XXIII, Simoncelli reflects on the lessons of past conflicts, the importance of dialogue and reconciliation, the role of civil society and institutions, and the idea of a Ministry of Peace as a concrete public policy.

This episode invites listeners to rethink peace not as a distant ideal, but as a practical commitment that begins in everyday relationships and extends to the global community.

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Episode 1 of our podcast series opens with a conversation with huma...

14/08/2026

🌏LSE Global South Dialogue Series: "Active Non-Alignment and the Global South" | 23 September 2026, 14:00

Over the past few years, impelled by the wars in Iran, Ukraine, and Gaza as well as by BRICS expansion , non-alignment is back with a vengeance, albeit in a new incarnation, as Active Non-Alignment (ANA). In this event Jorge Heine will discuss the significance of ANA for the future of world order.

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Over the past few years, impelled by the wars in Iran, Ukraine, and Gaza as well as by BRICS expansion , non-alignment is back with a vengeance, albeit in a new incarnation, as Active Non-Alignment (ANA). Though originated in Latin America in 2019-2020, as the region faced the triple whammy of the p...

13/08/2026

Does tianxia still matter for understanding China’s vision of global order?

This new China Dialogues piece revisits the ancient idea of “all under heaven” and asks what it can tell us about contemporary Chinese thinking on sovereignty, multipolarity, global governance and a “community with a shared future for mankind”.
Rather than treating tianxia as a blueprint for a new international system, the article considers it as a political tradition that continues to shape how global order is imagined in China.

🔗 Read the piece: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2026/08/12/china-tianxia-global-order/

What does tianxia reveal about China’s vision of global order? This article explores its influence on sovereignty, multipolarity and global governance.

11/08/2026

🌍 Applications for the 2026/27 Executive MSc in International Strategy and Diplomacy at LSE IDEAS are still open.

With a select, international cohort of experienced professionals from the public, private and NGO sectors, the programme offers a unique opportunity to exchange perspectives, build lasting connections and learn within one of the world's leading foreign policy think tanks.

📅 Application deadline: 28 August 2026

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Apply now for September 2022 intake on the Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy programme at The London School of Economics and Political Science.

04/08/2026

📢 Applications for the 2026/27 Executive MSc in International Strategy and Diplomacy at LSE IDEAS are still open.

Study international strategy through crisis simulations, diplomatic negotiation exercises and policy workshops while learning from leading LSE academics and senior policy practitioners.

📅 Application deadline: 28 August 2026

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Apply now for September 2022 intake on the Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy programme at The London School of Economics and Political Science.

30/07/2026

🌏Nationalist Polarisation and the Divide over Climate Policy | Robert Schertzer and Eric Taylor Woods

This policy brief from Robert Schertzer and Eric Taylor Woods addresses how, with progress long stymied by a divide between climate sceptics and activists, competing national visions are short-circuiting climate progress. The paper provides policy recommendations toward durable climate action amidst domestic solidarity.

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https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/publications/policy-briefs/nationalist-polarisation-and-the-divide-over-climate-policy

29/07/2026

✈️Teaching the humans in the loop: supporting and integrating Ukraine's unmanned systems training into Europe's Security Architecture

This Strategic Update examines what European partners can learn from the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s implementation of UxS training, calling for a drone training-industrial complex for unmanned systems in Europe to implement these lessons. The ultimate output of such training should not merely be effective systems but, above all, adaptive soldiers.

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The rapid pace of innovation means that European militaries need to adapt to drone warfare, including new modalities of training. Debates and actions to procure unmanned systems and adopt them across domains are gaining traction. However, the manning of unmanned systems(UxS) and the training of thei...

28/07/2026

📢 Applications for the 2026/27 Executive MSc in International Strategy and Diplomacy at LSE IDEAS are still open.

Designed for mid-career professionals, the programme equips leaders with the strategic thinking, negotiation and policymaking skills needed to navigate today's complex global landscape.

Application deadline: 28 August 2026

⬇️Learn more and apply
https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/exec/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.

28/07/2026

📲Women in Diplomacy: Media and Digital Violence | Kristine Baekgaard & Amal Khan

This Women in Diplomacy policy brief - building on the wider 2026 research report Strengthening the Representation of Women in Diplomacy: Lessons from the Field - examines how the rapid expansion of the digital environment is creating new barriers to gender equality in diplomacy.

The paper focuses on technology-facilitated gender-based violence, online abuse, and harmful media dynamics that disproportionately affect women diplomats, limiting their participation and visibility. While recognising the opportunities that digital technologies offer for diplomacy and international cooperation, the brief argues that these benefits can only be realised if digital spaces are made safer and more inclusive.

It presents targeted policy recommendations to help diplomatic institutions respond to emerging digital challenges and better protect women working in diplomacy.

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