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In 2026, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for LSE master’s students with the prompt, “What role can democratic citizenry play i...
The global economy is undergoing profound transformation. Geopolitical realignments, rising economic nationalism, climate disruption, trade...
The 1990s were an important decade. They saw the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, falling trade barriers, an exp...
The last two decades have seen significant growth in the relationship between China and the EU. Now, China is the EU’s biggest import and th...
While Trump’s foreign policy record has not been very successful elsewhere as wars continue to rage in Ukraine and in the Middle East, the e...
The last decade has seen a period of prolonged competition between the US and China with China continuing to grow economically and pursue te...
Donald Trump’s first presidential term meant that many allies, including in the EU and Europe, were forced to consider the possibility that...
To talk about Donald Trump’s foreign policy, in February 2026 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Walter Russell Mead
From the rise of Donald Trump in the US, Brexit in the United Kingdom and Victor Orban in Hungary and National Rally in France, anti-system...
From China’s growing influence in Europe to deepening Russia–China cooperation and the ripple effects of Trump’s America First policies, Eur...
Understanding China’s role in the world has never been more important — or more complex. China projects itself variously as a moral global a...
America is undergoing profound change. Demographic transformation, shifting global power dynamics, and a foreign policy establishment in tra...
To talk about the current state of US-China relations, in October 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trust...
In 2025, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with a prompt about AI. In this episode we spoke to the author...
The last 40 years have seen a sharp decline in America’s manufacturing industries with growing joblessness in previously prosperous industri...
This year LSE is celebrating its 130th anniversary, and how it has driven change across the world. Much of LSE’s history is linked to the Un...
Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump has renewed his “America First” agenda by pursing a transactional approach...
In the last decade or so, the the public have become aware of “deepfakes”, computer or AI generated fake images. The spread of deepfakes rai...
The last three decades have seen China’s economic rise. Alongside this, China has become much more influential on the global stage, emerging...
In August 2025, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization held its 25th annual summit in Tianjin, China. The absence of the United States in thi...