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2020
Do Morals Matter: presidents and foreign policy from FDR to Trump with Joseph S. Nye, Chair, (June 4, 2020)
In this talk, Joseph S. Nye discusses his new book, Do Morals Matter? and the role of ethics in US foreign policy during the post-1945 era. Working through each presidency from FDR to Trump, Nye scored their foreign policy on three ethical dimensions: their intentions, the means they used, and the consequences of their decisions. He evaluated their leadership qualities, elaborating on which approaches work and which ones do not.
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In this talk, Joseph S. Nye discusses his new book, Do Morals Matter? and the role of ethics in US foreign policy during the post-1945 era. Working through each presidency from FDR to Trump, Nye scored their foreign policy on three ethical dimensions: their intentions, the means they used, and the consequences of their decisions. He evaluated their leadership qualities, elaborating on which approaches work and which ones do not.
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Russian Hackers, Trolls, and #DemocracyRIP with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Chair, (February 27, 2020)
The 2016 presidential election that saw Donald Trump elected to the White House was marked by Russian intervention including pro-Trump social media activity and cyberattacks against Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. In this lecture, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Director of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center brought together what is known about the impact of the Russian interventions in the 2016 US presidential election, outlined the contours of the #DemocracyRIP Russian plans to undercut the presidency of Hillary Clinton, and asked what’s next and what can we do about it.
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The 2016 presidential election that saw Donald Trump elected to the White House was marked by Russian intervention including pro-Trump social media activity and cyberattacks against Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. In this lecture, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Director of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center brought together what is known about the impact of the Russian interventions in the 2016 US presidential election, outlined the contours of the #DemocracyRIP Russian plans to undercut the presidency of Hillary Clinton, and asked what’s next and what can we do about it.
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2019
The Great Delusion: liberal dreams and international realities with John Mearsheimer, Chair, (January 17, 2019)
Co-hosted by the LSE Department of International Relations
In this lecture John Mearsheimer explains why US foreign policy so often backfires and what can be done to set it straight.
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Co-hosted by the LSE Department of International Relations
In this lecture John Mearsheimer explains why US foreign policy so often backfires and what can be done to set it straight.
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How Millennial Economics Will Shake Up US Politics with Joseph C. Sternberg, Chair, (October 9, 2019)
Joseph C. Sternberg (@josephsternberg}, author of The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future, presented an overview of Millennial economics in America and of how the Great Recession particularly affected Millennials in ways that continue to resonate even as economic conditions have improved. Understanding these trends is important to discerning what Millennial voters want, and how effectively politicians of any party are catering to them ahead of the 2020 election.
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Donald Trump and the Roots of Republican Extremism with Prof. Theda Skocpol, Chair, (October 14, 2019)
Drawing from her recent research, Professor Theda Skocpol (Harvard University) explained how sets of organizations expressing two separate currents of right wing extremism – billionaire ultra-free-market fundamentalism and popularly rooted ethno-nationalist resentment – have worked in tandem to remake the Republican Party. Although these elite and popular forces are often in tension, they have fused in a mutually leveraging way in the Donald Trump presidency.
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Can America Still Have Successful Foreign Policy? with Prof. Stephen M. Walt, Chair, (October 21, 2019)
Donald Trump took office pledging to fix the problem and “make America great again,” but his actions as president have done nothing to make Americans or the world either safer or more prosperous. Professor Stephen M. Walt discussed what a more realistic and successful foreign policy could look like, and what needs to change in order to implement it.
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Joseph C. Sternberg (@josephsternberg}, author of The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future, presented an overview of Millennial economics in America and of how the Great Recession particularly affected Millennials in ways that continue to resonate even as economic conditions have improved. Understanding these trends is important to discerning what Millennial voters want, and how effectively politicians of any party are catering to them ahead of the 2020 election.
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Donald Trump and the Roots of Republican Extremism with Prof. Theda Skocpol, Chair, (October 14, 2019)
Drawing from her recent research, Professor Theda Skocpol (Harvard University) explained how sets of organizations expressing two separate currents of right wing extremism – billionaire ultra-free-market fundamentalism and popularly rooted ethno-nationalist resentment – have worked in tandem to remake the Republican Party. Although these elite and popular forces are often in tension, they have fused in a mutually leveraging way in the Donald Trump presidency.
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Can America Still Have Successful Foreign Policy? with Prof. Stephen M. Walt, Chair, (October 21, 2019)
Donald Trump took office pledging to fix the problem and “make America great again,” but his actions as president have done nothing to make Americans or the world either safer or more prosperous. Professor Stephen M. Walt discussed what a more realistic and successful foreign policy could look like, and what needs to change in order to implement it.
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2018
Texas, Trump and the Future of America with Lawrence Wright, Chair, (May 15, 2018) | Listen here
A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism with Jeff Sachs, Chair, (October 22, 2018)
New Conspiracists with Ross Muirhead, Chair, (November 14, 2018)
A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism with Jeff Sachs, Chair, (October 22, 2018)
New Conspiracists with Ross Muirhead, Chair, (November 14, 2018)
2017
The Fractured American Republic and the Possibilities for Political Renewal with Yuval Levin, Chair, (February 21, 2017) | Listen here
From Obama to Trump: What’s Next for US Foreign Policy with Charles Kupchan, Chair, (March 14, 2017) | Listen here
Anxiety, Fear, and National Identity: Anti-Immigration Politics and the Rise of Latino Power in the US with Neil Foley, Chair, (March 14, 2017) | Listen here
Do American Universities Promote Income Inequality? with Tali Mendelberg, Chair, (March 21, 2017) | Listen here
The Politics of Resentment in the 2016 US Presidential Election with Katherine Cramer, Chair, (May 2, 2017) | Listen here
From Obama to Trump: What’s Next for US Foreign Policy with Charles Kupchan, Chair, (March 14, 2017) | Listen here
Anxiety, Fear, and National Identity: Anti-Immigration Politics and the Rise of Latino Power in the US with Neil Foley, Chair, (March 14, 2017) | Listen here
Do American Universities Promote Income Inequality? with Tali Mendelberg, Chair, (March 21, 2017) | Listen here
The Politics of Resentment in the 2016 US Presidential Election with Katherine Cramer, Chair, (May 2, 2017) | Listen here
2016
The Future of Work with Anne-Marie Slaughter, Chair, (January 25, 2016)
Who will be the next US President? with Prof. Lawrence Jacobs, Chair, (February 24, 2016) | Listen here
The Politics of Spatial Inequality in Metropolitan America with Prof. Margaret Weir, Chair, (March 15, 2016)
Race, Reform and the New Retrenchment: the perils of post-radicalism after Obama with Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw, Chair, (May 11, 2016) | Listen here
Why Washington Won't Work with Marc Hetherington, Chair, (October 5, 2016) | Listen here
What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? with Thomas Frank, Chair, (October 11, 2016) | Listen here
Fed Power: How Finance Wins with Larry Jacobs and Desmond King, Chair, (November 16, 2016)
The Yanks Are Coming! LSE in the American Century with Mick Cox, Chair, (November 17, 2016) | Listen here
The Obama Legacy and the Future of US-China Relations LSE International Relations Department with Prof. Thomas J. Christensen (November 1, 2016) [no webpage available except on Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20170810060630/http://www.lse.ac.uk/internationalRelations/events/event_archive.aspx]
Who will be the next US President? with Prof. Lawrence Jacobs, Chair, (February 24, 2016) | Listen here
The Politics of Spatial Inequality in Metropolitan America with Prof. Margaret Weir, Chair, (March 15, 2016)
Race, Reform and the New Retrenchment: the perils of post-radicalism after Obama with Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw, Chair, (May 11, 2016) | Listen here
Why Washington Won't Work with Marc Hetherington, Chair, (October 5, 2016) | Listen here
What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? with Thomas Frank, Chair, (October 11, 2016) | Listen here
Fed Power: How Finance Wins with Larry Jacobs and Desmond King, Chair, (November 16, 2016)
The Yanks Are Coming! LSE in the American Century with Mick Cox, Chair, (November 17, 2016) | Listen here
The Obama Legacy and the Future of US-China Relations LSE International Relations Department with Prof. Thomas J. Christensen (November 1, 2016) [no webpage available except on Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20170810060630/http://www.lse.ac.uk/internationalRelations/events/event_archive.aspx]