IDEAS Remains Among World's Highest Ranked Think Tanks, Third in University Affiliated Category

LSE IDEAS is the third best University Affiliated Think Tank in the world according to the latest rankings released by the Think Tank and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. The 2015 rankings place IDEAS twenty first among all Western European think tanks and our Ending the Drug Wars report in the top thirty think tank reports released worldwide.

International Drug Policy Project advise Colombian President Santos

Michael Cox and John Collins of LSE IDEAS' International Drug Policy Project joined Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (pictured), an LSE alumn, and senior members of his government to discuss what a post-‘war on drugs’ strategy might look like at a packed event in Bogota, Colombia, held on Thursday 28 January.

Listen: Russia and the EU: back to realism?

At this Dahrendorf Forum lecture, leading Moscow analyst and Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs Fyodor Lukyanov argued that it's time to redefine the Europe - Russia relationship based on a pragmatic understanding of respective interests and capabilities. Podcast and tweets now available.

Dahrendorf Forum Policy Brief: Towards an EU Global Strategy

The European Union is revising its Security Strategy in light of new challenges. Can the EU meet the need for effective risk assessment and crisis management to create a revolution for external action? This Policy Brief from the Dahrendorf Forum summarises a roundtable with EU and German government  officials.