LSE IDEAS

📢 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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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.

🌏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

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

📢 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

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.

📲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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📣FREE EVENT | Middle Power Strategies: Turkey and India between the Great Powers

Middle power strategies in the context of renewed great power rivalry are drawing increasing scholarly attention. This event examines how Turkey and India, two consequential middle powers with distinct strategic traditions, are navigating great power competition. Both states maintain substantial ties with the West while deepening their engagement with Russia and China. Scholars have analysed these strategies through concepts such as strategic autonomy and multi-alignment, to capture how these states pursue room for manoeuvre.

The discussion will address several questions. How do middle powers formulate foreign policy strategies under conditions of great power rivalry? What do the Turkish and Indian cases reveal about the limits and possibilities of middle power positioning? And what international roles can middle powers play in an increasingly contested world?

📆Wednesday 22 July 2026 | 5pm - 7pm

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Middle Power Strategies: Turkey and India between the Great Powers Middle power strategies in the context of renewed great power rivalry are drawing increasing scholarly attention. This event examines how Turkey and India, two consequential middle powers with distinct strategic traditions, are navigating great power competition. Both states maintain substantial tie...

🎧In Conversation with H.E. Federico Bianchi di Montano Antilia, EU Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau: A Two-Part Special Event - From West Africa to Digital Diplomacy

Catch up on this two‑day conversation that links complex regional realities with the tools of modern diplomacy. The event pairs frontline political and security analysis of West Africa with a hands‑on exploration of digital diplomacy – why both matter now more than ever following regional and global instability, rise of Foreign-led mis and disinformation, and the end of the post-war multilateral order.

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https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/podcasts/in-conversation-with-h.e.-federico-bianchi-di-montano-antilia-eu-ambassador-to-guinea-bissau-a-two-part-special-event-from-west-africa-to-digital-diplomacy

Is “debt-trap diplomacy” still a useful way to understand Chinese lending?

Kwaku Obeng Effah argues that claims about Chinese debt traps need closer scrutiny - from contract terms and creditor conduct to borrower agency and debt sustainability.

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After the Debt Trap: Rethinking How We Assess Chinese Lending Nearly a decade after “debt-trap diplomacy” entered mainstream debate, Kwaku Obeng Effah asks how claims about Chinese lending should be assessed.

⚽ Offside Rules: What Does the Football World Cup Mean for Business and Human Security?

This webinar explores the human rights, human security, and corporate responsibility risks linked to the 2026 World Cup and business engagement with global football.

🗓️ July 1st 2026 | 1:00-2:00pm
🎤 Maira Prandi, Andrea Florence, Steve Gibbons

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✈️Teaching the humans in the loop: supporting and integrating Ukraine's unmanned systems training into Europe's Security Architecture | Oliver Gill, Jack Matlack

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.

⬇️Read Here

www.lse.ac.uk