Re-negotiating the Terms of EU-Israel Partnership: Normative Power and International Law
Speaker: Charles Shamas, MATTIN Group Chair: Federica Bicchi, LSE In July the European Commission published "guidelines on the eligibility of Israeli entities and their activities in the territories ...
20 Nov 20171h 1min
Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East
Speaker: Christopher Schroeder Chair: Mark Schankerman, LSE Schroeder shares the stories of young Middle Eastern entrepreneurs and describes the broader economic and political challenges and opportu...
20 Nov 20171h 34min
The Kurds and the Conflict in Syria
Speaker: Saleh Muslim Mohamed, Democratic Union Party (PYD) Chair: Robert Lowe, LSE MEC It is nine months since Kurds took control of towns in northern Syria, having established an unprecedented coal...
20 Nov 20171h 1min
A Panel Discussion on Palestine
Speakers: Karma Nabulsi, University of Oxford; Ilan Pappe, University of Exeter; Rosemary Hollis, City University London; Peter Kosminsky Chair: Jon Snow, Channel 4 News In this panel discussion, th...
20 Nov 20171h 35min
Energy Security and Shifting Global Power
Speaker: Roland Dannreuther, University of Westminster Chair: Fawaz Gerges, LSE When there are shifts in distribution of power in international politics, energy security emerges as a salient concern....
20 Nov 20171h 24min
Revolution as Gambling: Egypt Under the Muslim Brotherhood
Speaker: Hazem Kandil, Cambridge University Chair: Fawaz Gerges, LSE Hazem Kandil explains why Egypt's popular uprising has so far failed to overthrow the regime through exploring the positions of th...
20 Nov 20171h 26min
In the Eye of the Storm: The History of Lebanon Revisited
Speaker: Fawwaz Traboulsi, American University of Beirut Chair: Fawaz Gerges, LSE With few comprehensive histories of Lebanon, Professor Fawwaz Traboulsi's 'A History of Modern Lebanon, which weaves ...
20 Nov 20171h 38min
Phyllis Bennis: In Conversation with Fawaz Gerges
Speaker: Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies Chair: Fawaz Gerges, LSE While US policy towards Israel remains unchanged, the long-standing assumption that most Americans – even most Jewish Am...
20 Nov 20171h 21min
