The Long Road to Tehran : The Iran Nuclear Deal in Perspective

In 2015 Iran and the P5+1 reached a deal designed to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. How was this momentous agreement reached? This new Strategic Update traces the story of this major diplomatic breakthrough, through the historical context of long term US-Iran relations. Read the Strategic Update now.

LSE IDEAS Annual Report 2014-2015

The new IDEAS Annual Report contains details of all our activities and funding for 2014 and 2015. Find out about the work of all our projects, the Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy, the Philippe Roman Chair, Publications, Events, and Communications during these busy and successful years. Read the report.

Listen: 20,000 Years of International Relations

In his second Philippe Roman Chair lecutre, Professor Ian Morris explained that Each Age Gets the Great Powers it Needs, how International Relations changed from the age of foraging to farming to industry, and what the patterns of great power history tells us about the future of the global order. Podcast and tweets available now.

LSE to Teach All Undergraduates about War on Drugs

The IDEAS International Drug Policy Project is to provide teaching on the war on drugs to all undergraduate students as part of LSE 100: the LSE Course, the innovative interdisciplinary course that introduces LSE students to the fundamental elements of thinking like a social scientist.

Is the Transatlantic Century Over?

In this Policy Brief from the Dahrendorf Forum, Cora Lacatus explores how changes in the power of the United States will affect the European Union and the future of the Transatlantic relationship.