LSE IDEAS

28/10/2026

📣FREE EVENT | Launch of the LSE Economic Diplomacy Commission

LSE IDEAS is delighted to launch the Economic Diplomacy Commission, a platform for applied, cross-disciplinary work on economic diplomacy.

As trade, finance, technology, and supply chains become ever more entangled with national security and geopolitics, the Commission asks what role diplomacy now plays in the pursuit of economic ends, and what role economic tools play in the pursuit of diplomatic ones. Approaching these questions from a practitioner’s vantage point and drawing in perspectives too often left out of global debates—including those of the Global South, middle powers and smaller states—the Commission will produce case studies, convene candid exchange between scholars and practitioners, and translate research into practical insight for those who engage in economic diplomacy.

This launch event introduces the Commission’s purpose and programme of work and brings together leading voices to discuss economic diplomacy in a fragmented global order.

📆 Thursday 3 December 2026 | 6pm - 7.30pm

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LSE IDEAS is delighted to launch the Economic Diplomacy Commission, a platform for applied, cross-disciplinary work on economic diplomacy. As trade, finance, technology, and supply chains become ever more entangled with national security and geopolitics, the Commission asks what role diplomacy now p...

27/10/2026

📝Urban violence and security in Latin American and Caribbean cities: continuities and change shaping new policy frontiers

This working paper, by Gareth A. Jones and Alexandra Abello Colak, is published as a CAF-LSE special issue of the Global South Unit Working Paper Series.

It examines the drivers behind recent shifts in the dynamics of urban violence, crime, and insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean. It places particular emphasis on the persistent vulnerability of young people and communities in the face of these evolving threats, and analyses how governments across the region have responded.

The Paper contributes to a more people-centred, institutionally coordinated and system-oriented policy for violence reduction and integral security that is context-relevant and do not solely target the visible symptoms of the problem, but also its drivers and enablers.

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https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/141369/

26/10/2026

🖥️FREE EVENT | Taiwan’s AI Moment: Chips, Compute, and the Global South

Taiwan occupies a critical node in the global AI economy, producing many of the advanced semiconductors and processors that underpin the current AI boom. But as governments race to build domestic AI infrastructure and diversify technology supply chains, Taiwan’s role is becoming increasingly global.

How can Taiwan translate its semiconductor leadership into broader international influence? What role can Taiwanese firms play in the development of AI infrastructure across emerging markets? And how will intensifying U.S.–China competition shape Taiwan’s technological partnerships with the Global South?

Former Legislative Yuan member Jason Hsu, now a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, will discuss Taiwan’s place in the global AI ecosystem and how Taipei can leverage its technological strengths to expand its international space.

📆Thursday 19 November 2026 | 6.30pm - 8pm

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https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events/taiwans-ai-moment-chips-compute-and-the-global-south

22/10/2026

📝Bridging the critical minerals divide: aligning supply security and producer-country development

Written by Dr. Bruno Binetti, this brief develops some of the main themes that emerged from a roundtable co-organised by E3G and LSE IDEAS during London Climate Action Week in June 2026.

The discussion brought together policymakers, industry representatives, financial institutions, academics and civil society experts to examine how critical-minerals partnerships can better reconcile the supply-security priorities of importing economies with the development and industrial ambitions of resource-rich countries.

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https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/publications/policy-briefs/bridging-the-critical-minerals-divide-aligning-supply-security-and-producer-country-development

21/10/2026

📣FREE EVENT | Taiwan’s AI Moment: Chips, Compute, and the Global South

How can Taiwan leverage its semiconductor leadership to expand its global influence? Join Hudson Institute’s Jason Hsu to explore Taiwan’s role in the AI economy.

📆 19th November 2026, 4-6pm

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Taiwan occupies a critical node in the global AI economy, producing many of the advanced semiconductors and processors that underpin the current AI boom. But as governments race to build domestic AI infrastructure and diversify technology supply chains, Taiwan’s role is becoming increasingly globa...

20/10/2026

🌏FREE EVENT | The Geopolitics of Climate Change: Rethinking Peace in the Antropocene

Dr Lakitsch will discuss how political power, legitimacy and environment are altogether becoming increasingly relevant, especially in the wake of climate crisis. Particularly, he will talk about a political ecology of peace that seeks to adapt international peace efforts to the conditions of the Anthropocene and to thereby make them more effective and sustainable.

📆Thursday 26 November, 6-7pm

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The de-carbonisation of industrial economies is moving apace and bringing with it a silent transition, a phenomenon ‘hiding in plain sight’, in the foundational structures of the international political economy. New sources of energy are not only propelling the adoption of green technologies and...

19/10/2026

📣FREE EVENT | Sea change: the new great game in the Arctic circle

Award-winning journalist Rana Foroohar will discuss her latest book, Sea Change , exploring the growing geopolitical and economic importance of the Arctic and the competition between the US, Russia, and China for influence in the region. The event will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

📆Thursday 22 October 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm

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6.30pm Thurs 22 Oct | Rana Foroohar | Free public event at LSE

19/10/2026

Brazil’s critical minerals are often described as a source of new leverage in the green transition.

In a new China Dialogues piece, Gustavo Alejandro Cardozo asks whether that leverage is real - and what Brazil would need to do to use it. Looking at BYD’s investment in Bahia, the Serra Verde rare earth sale, the CBMM niobium precedent and Brazil’s new critical minerals law, he argues that US–China rivalry may increase demand for Brazilian minerals, but it does not automatically decide where value is created.

Without deliberate industrial policy, Brazil risks reproducing an older pattern in greener form: exporting raw or semi-processed materials while refining, component manufacture, technical standards and higher-value stages remain elsewhere.

⬇️Read the full piece:
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2026/10/14/brazil-china-green-reprimarisation/

Brazil’s critical minerals are often presented as a source of new leverage in the green transition. Gustavo Alejandro Cardozo argues that without deliberate industrial policy, Brazil risks repeating an old pattern: exporting raw or semi-processed materials while higher-value refining, processing a...

15/10/2026

🎧Green Political Economy || LSE IDEAS Event, 13th October 2026

Professor Falkner discusses how geopolitics is reshaping the political economy of the global green transition, by discussing the analysis and the findings of his forthcoming book titled “Green Political Economy”.

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The de-carbonisation of industrial economies is moving apace and bringing with it a silent transition, a phenomenon ‘hiding in plain sight’, in the foundational structures of the international political economy. New sources of energy are not only propelling the adoption of green technologies and...

15/10/2026

📢 We’re hiring: Project Coordinator - Economic Diplomacy Commission

Interested in economic diplomacy, international affairs and policy research? LSE IDEAS is looking for a Project Coordinator to support the delivery and development of its Economic Diplomacy Commission.

This role requires a combination of project management, research commissioning and editorial coordination, stakeholder engagement, events management and communications, with a strong understanding of economic diplomacy and the wider international affairs environment.

📍LSE, London
🕒 Part-time, approx. 10 hours per week
💷 £21.37 per hour (including holiday pay)
📝 6 months, with the possibility of extension
Application Deadline: Friday 23 October 2026

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https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/about/join/project-coordinator-economic-diplomacy-commission-lse-ideas

The Project Coordinator for the Economic Diplomacy Commission plays a central role in the planning, delivery and growth of the programme. Working closely with the Director, the Deputy Director and the Centre Manager, the coordinator manages the day-to-day operations of the Commission across its thre...