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US Centre Director Peter Trubowitz's book recommended for the next US President

Writing at The Washington Post, Tufts University Professor, Dan Drezner included Peter Trubowitz's 2011 book “Politics and Strategy:  Partisan Ambition and American Statecraft"  in his list of the top five international relations books the next US President should read. 

Public lecture with Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter "The Future of Work"

On 25 January Anne-Marie Slaughter spoke at the LSE about her new book, Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family. In her book, she argues that as long as work and family are considered women’s issues, women and men will never be equal and employers will continue to haemorrhage great female and increasingly male talent. To respond, we must go beyond change within our current structures. 

Anne-Marie Slaughter is the current President and CEO of New America. She served as Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department from January 2009 until February 2011 under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She tweets at @SlaughterAM. 

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US Centre Director Peter Trubowitz speaks at US Election panel at the Frontline Club

On 20 January, US Centre Director Professor Peter Trubowitz spoke at a panel discussion at the Frontline Club in London on the topic, US Election Year: What is in Store?

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Public lecture with Professor Jeffry Frieden

On 19 January, Professor Jeffry Frieden of Harvard University gave a public lecture at the LSE: 'Lessons for the Euro from America's Past'. 

Drawing on early America’s struggle to develop a single currency, Professor Frieden discussed the implications for the European Union’s efforts today to provide monetary and financial stability.

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LSE US Centre Director interviewed on the 2016 State of the Union

Our Director, Professor Peter Trubowitz was interviewed on 13 January by MSNBC's Squawk Box on President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address.

Watch the interview in full.

Times Higher Ed profiles US Centre

On the 24th of December, Times Higher Education profiled the LSE US Centre and interviewed the Director, Professor Peter Trubowitz.

Read the THE's article.

LSE Diplomacy Commission launches Investing for Influence report 

On the 9th of November US Centre Assistant Professorial Research Fellow Nicholas Kitchen and Executive Director of the LSE Diplomacy Commission launched the commission's report Investing for Influence. The report addresses the strategic global role for Britain as an agenda setter and coalition builder. The report gained the attention of several international news outlets including The Guardian, The Times and The Financial Times. 

Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey at Yale

Yale University invited Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey to present a paper on UK and US Legislative Deliberations on Bretton Woods. Professor Schonhardt-Bailey is taking part in a Yale University Press series on Basic Documents in World Politics.

New book chapter from Matthew Jones

Professor Matthew Jones has recently published a chapter on the concept of 'Freedom from Want' in The Four Freedoms: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Evolution of an American Idea, published by  Oxford University Press USA. 

US Centre Dialogue with Joseph F Pilat 

On the 10th of November, we were pleased to welcome  Dr. Joseph F. Pilat to the LSE as part of our US Centre Dialogue series.“The Debate on the Iran Deal: Learned and Unlearned Lessons from History”, touched on how these lessons shaped the prospects for the JPCOA’s success, in what will be one of the most important foreign policy legacies of the Obama administration.

Dr. Pilat is a Program Manager in the National Security Office of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars where he co-directs the Nonproliferation Forum.

LSE US Centre holds successful launch event

On Friday, October 23rd, 2015 the US Centre held its launch event, 'The US election: What to Expect'. Panel speakers were Professor Mick Cox (LSE Ideas), Professor Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey (LSE Govt), and Professor Peter Trubowitz (US Centre Director). The discussion was moderated by the LSE Director, Craig Calhoun. The panel’s discussion ranged across US foreign policy post-2016, the rhetoric of Donald Trump, and the role of ideological polarization.

We have also created a Storify of the event, summarizing the speaker’s main themes and the Q&A.

US Centre Roundtable at European International Studies Association Conference

US Centre Director Professor Trubowitz and Nicholas Kitchen spoke on a roundtable on the topic of Power and Constraint in US Foreign Policy. The panel, incuding Oz Hassan (Warwick), Bryan Mabee (Queen Mary) and Stephen Burman (Sussex) reviewed the Obama administration’s approach to US power, and asked whether the US was losing the will to exercise international leadership.

US Centre proud to host US Embassy Speaker Series

The US Centre is delighted to have the US Embassy in London’s support for a public lecture series featuring high-profile US-based academics, that will showcase cutting-edge research across American social and political life, with an emphasis on placing the United States in its global context and understanding of the inside-out and outside-in dynamics that are reshaping US politics and policies. For details of upcoming lectures in the series see our events page. 

US Centre secures Innovation Funding

The US Centre is delighted to have secured Heif5 funding for a series of podcasts and videos to be produced in the run-up to the US Presidential elections in 2016. We’re aiming to deliver accessible content that will help illuminate what lies behind the headlines, from election law to demographics to campaign finance. The series should go live in January 2016 so watch this space!

LSE US Centre Director Peter Trubowitz Participates in North America Forum

On 15 May 2015, US centre Director, Professor Trubowitz participated in the the LSE's North America Forum in New York. The discussion topic was "American Decline: Fact, Fiction, or None of the Above", along with LSE Director Craig Calhoun, Professor Mick Cox, Director of LSE IDEAS, and Professor Danny Quah, Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre. More details can be found here.

LSE US Centre Director Peter Trubowitz discusses Republican candidates' debate on Bloomberg Politics.

On August 7th, US Centre Director Professor Trubowitz was part of a panel discussion on the Republican candidates' first debate on Bloomberg politics. Professor Trubowitz commented on the performance of billionaire Donald Trump during the debate and also stated that the Governor of Ohio, John Kasich, stood out at the expense of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

 

You can watch the whole discussion here.

The Evening After the Night Before: analysing Super Tuesday

Date: 2 March 2016

Chair: Michael Cox, LSE

Speakers:
Kate Andrews, Institute of Economic Affairs
Steve Erlanger, NYT
Gideon Rachman, FT
Stephanie Rickard, LSE
Peter Trubowitz, LSE

Time: 6:30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

On the 1st of March millions of American voters in 12 states will go to the polls in the 2016 US presidential election's 'Super Tuesday’ primary. The race so far has been unlike any in recent memory with the rise of outsider candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties which has led to the most open-ended election in decades. Super Tuesday will make the direction of the race much clearer on both sides, paving the way for the party conventions in the early summer. Join us for a lively evening of discussion and debate with six experts on US politics.

The hashtag for this event will be #LSEUSelects.

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Who will be the next US President?

America in Global Perspective Lecture

Date: 24 February 2016
Speaker: Lawrence Jacobs

On 24 February the LSE US Centre hosted Professor Lawrence Jacobs, Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies and Director of the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Evaluating the most polarizing and anti-establishment candidates in modern US politics, Jacobs speculated on who will win the nomination and why, and what this willmeanfor the presidential election which follows.

Lawrence R. Jacobs is the Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance in the Hubert H. Humphrey School and the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. 

The hashtag for this event will be #LSEUSElects.

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Public lecture with Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter "The Future of Work"

On 25 January Anne-Marie Slaughter spoke at the LSE about her new book, Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family. In her book, she argues that as long as work and family are considered women’s issues, women and men will never be equal and employers will continue to haemorrhage great female and increasingly male talent. To respond, we must go beyond change within our current structures. 

Anne-Marie Slaughter is the current President and CEO of New America. She served as Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department from January 2009 until February 2011 under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She tweets at @SlaughterAM. 

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Lessons for the Euro from America's Past with Professor Jeffry Frieden

On 19 January, Professor Jeffry Frieden of Harvard University gave a public lecture at the LSE: 'Lessons for the Euro from America's Past'. 

Drawing on early America’s struggle to develop a single currency, Professor Frieden discussed the implications for the European Union’s efforts today to provide monetary and financial stability.

Podcast of the event.

A Conversation with Ben Bernanke

Department of Economics and LSE US Centre public conversation

On 28 October 2015 the LSE US Centre, together with the Economics Department, hosted the Former Chair of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke. Bernanke discussed his new book, The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath, and his time as chair of the US Federal Reserve.

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US Centre at LSE and LSE Ideas Dahrendorf public lecture: "Does Europe have a future"

On 1 October 2015 the US Centre, togther with LSE Ideas, hosted Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government for his lecture, "Does Europe have a future".

Chaired by US Centre Director, Peter Trubowitz, during the event Professor Walt discussed the strategic challenges facing the European Union,explored the geopolitical implications of a weaker Europe for the West, and took questions from the audience.

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US Centre at LSE and Department of International Relations public lecture with Professor Joseph S Nye.

On 9 June 2015, the US Centre and Department of International Relations hosted Professor Joseph Nye, University Distinguished Service Professor, and former Dean of the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, to discuss his new book, 'Is the American Century Over?'.

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Read our interview with Professor Nye about his new book on the USAPP blog.

The Politics of Spatial Inequality in Metropolitan America

America in Global Perspective Lecture

Date: 15 March 2016
Speaker: Margaret Weir
Time: 6:30-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building

In the United States, the study of inequality has long been closely linked to the social geography of the city. This lecture will examine how politics and policies played out across the American federal system create spatial inequalities but also present new opportunities for challenging them.

Margaret Weir is Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University.

The hashtag for this event will be #LSEUSINEQ

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