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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 25

Can the EU and UK forge closer cooperation on internal security? Improving microdynamics rather than producing grand, sweeping agreements is the way forward, writes Christine Andreeva Gajo @sosci_univie @LSEEuroppblog. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…

LSEblogs's tweet card. The reset deal announced on 19 May between the EU and the UK left many unanswered questions in relation to internal security.

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · 17 h

Though the prospect of a just peace in the context of Israel-Palestine appears distant, the work of bi-national, Israeli-Palestinian NGO Combatants for Peace (CfP) embraces community-driven, grassroots peacebuilding. Nicola H. for the @LSEMiddleEast blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/07/15…

LSEblogs's tweet card. by Nicola H. In May 2025, Israeli finance minister Bezalzel Smotrich, who has recently been sanctioned by the UK government, vowed that Gaza would be ‘entirely destroyed’ and that its Palestinian...

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · 23 h

Trump's threat of a 50% #tariff on #Brazil is an act of geostrategic coercion, encouraging Brazil to further strengthen its trade links to #China. The future of Brazil-US cooperation is at risk, writes Trinh Nguyen @GeorgeMasonU on @LSEforBusiness. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview…

LSEblogs's tweet card. President Trump's threat of a 50 per cent tariff on Brazil represents an act of geostrategic coercion that threatens the legacy of Brazil-US cooperation.

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 25

Why does politics seem so chaotic? The LSE Blogs newsletter is out today, with analysis on this question and more, from whether UK interest rates will fall to the trade war between the US and Brazil. Read it here 👉 ow.ly/qVlN50Wvb2q Subscribe 👉 lse.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d6…

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 24

Can democracy survive without truth? On Truth in Politics by philosopher Michael Patrick Lynch @PrincetonUPress makes the case for why #truth is essential to #democracy and needs to be rehabilitated in the "post-truth" era. Jeff Roquen @LSEReviewBooks blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo…

LSEblogs's tweet card. Michael Patrick Lynch's On Truth in Politics explores different philosophical interpretations of truth and argues that truth is essential to democracy.

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 24

#Spain recently equalised #ParentalLeave, so that paternity and maternity leave are now both 16 weeks. But did fathers take advantage of the new policy? The answer is a resounding yes. #Policy design matters for #GenderEquality. @LSEforBusiness @CEP_LSE blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview…

LSEblogs's tweet card. When paternity leave is mandatory, non-transferable and fully paid, more fathers take it. This shows how policy design matters for gender equality.

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 23

How do we promote human #wellbeing while also protecting our planet? To achieve both, we must drastically reduce #inequality, writes @ProfKEPickett @equalitytrust @LSEInequalities. Put simply, we cannot afford the consumption patterns of the #SuperRich. blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2…

LSEblogs's tweet card. Can we afford the consumption patterns of the super-rich? Or does human and planetary wellbeing require us to drastically reduce inequality?

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 23

Why does politics seem so chaotic? @NickAnstead @MediaLSE offers an explanation on @LSEpoliticsblog: the ascendance of a scattergun approach to political communication that aims to dazzle the media & opponents, adopted by the likes of #DonaldTrump. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

LSEblogs's tweet card. A communications strategy inspired by First World War battleship camouflage, and adopted by the likes of Donald Trump, has made politics feel chaotic.

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 22

The impact of #ClimateChange and linked emergencies is global, but #women agricultural workers in vulnerable countries like #Pakistan are hit harder more than most. Palwasha Khan for @SAsiaLSE – read more 👉 ow.ly/80L650WtcW1 Image credit: Murtaza.Ali/Shutterstock

LSEblogs's tweet image. The impact of #ClimateChange and linked emergencies is global, but #women agricultural workers in vulnerable countries like #Pakistan are hit harder more than most.

Palwasha Khan for @SAsiaLSE – read more 👉 ow.ly/80L650WtcW1

Image credit: Murtaza.Ali/Shutterstock

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 22

In 1991 the collapse of #RobertMaxwell’s business empire blew up the institutional framework of the City of London. From a corporate #governance and regulatory perspective, what went wrong? Sandy Pepper @LSEManagement @LSEPress on @LSEforBusiness 👇 blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview…

LSEblogs's tweet card. The collapse of Robert Maxwell’s media empire after his death in 1991 laid bare the informality of the institutional framework in the City of London.

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 21

How can #academia and other sectors create enabling environments for #neurodivergent people? @DrHelenKara argues that better understandings and practices can emerge through supporting the work of neurodivergent researchers themselves @LSEImpactBlog. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

LSEblogs's tweet card. How higher education and other sectors can support research from neurodivergent scholars to develop neurodivergent-affirming spaces.

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 20

They Called It Peace by Lauren Benton @PrincetonUPress reveals how powerful countries justify #war in the name of #peace, legitimising violent intervention & pre-emptive force on grounds of #security & humanitarianism. @HammaadMehraj for @LSEReviewBooks blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo…

LSEblogs's tweet card. Lauren Benton's They Called It Peace explores how imperial powers historically legitimised violence as a means to peace on humanitarian and security grounds.

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 20

In its decision on Trump’s birthright citizenship order the Supreme Court has again refused to check presidential power. @LSEUSAblog @LSE_US blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

LSEblogs's tweet card. Another attempt to carve out a zone in which the Trump administration is free to redefine the limits of presidential power.

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 19

"We fall, we rebuild, we dance again" – repression and resilience in queer Beirut. If you want to understand the progress of #LGBTQIA+ liberation in #Lebanon’s capital, #nightlife is a great place to start, writes Ghiwa Abi Haidar. @fp2p @Oxfam blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-influ…

LSEblogs's tweet card. If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon’s capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar. In a blog for Pride month, first published by...

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 19

With a spike in the number of publications in recent years, is #AcademicPublishing now at a breaking point? @RituDhand says we need a rethink about where and why strains exist in the current research system @LSEImpactBlog. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

LSEblogs's tweet card. The significant growth of academic publishing in recent years has led some to argue the system is reaching a breaking point, but is it this simple?

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LSE Inequalities@LSEInequalities · Jul 16

How is cultural taste used as a political weapon? @franklyMrS argues that far-right leaders give public performances of working-class tastes as part of a conscious political strategy. What does this reveal? And what does it conveniently obscure? 🔗 buff.ly/IRzaJJI

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LSE Impact Blog@LSEImpactBlog · Jul 18

💥New: Is there a strain on peer review? – It’s more complicated than you think ✍️@RituDhand #PeerReview #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

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LSE Blogs@LSEblogs · Jul 18

Are #UK #InterestRates too high? If so, how fast can the Bank of England lower it? Costas Milas @LivUni analyses the impacts of uncertainty following Trump’s “stop-go” #trade wars and writes that the rate could drop between 0.9 and 1.7 % over two years. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview…

LSEblogs's tweet card. Is the Bank of England policy rate too high? And how fast can the Bank lower it? Costas Milas writes that following Trump’s “stop-go” trade wars, UK interest rates could end up between 0.9 and 1.7...

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