Author Archive
Britain Inside Europe, Outside the EU – Professor Simon Hix
Simon Hix is the Harold Laski Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics. Vincent Chow chats with him about the UK’s relationship with the EU post-Brexit, the …
#3 – COUPS, DICTATORS & the value of democracy – Dr. Brian Klaas
Vincent Chow speaks with Dr Brian Klaas about his travels to authoritarian regimes around the world, the global democratic decline, and how and why democracy should be promoted both at …
#2 – Development Economics and Empowering the Poorest – Prof. Oriana Bandiera
Professor Oriana Bandiera is the Sir Anthony Atkinson Chair in Economics and Director of STICERD at the London School of Economics (LSE). She specialises in development economics, international trade and …
#1 – Climate Change and the Non-Identity Problem – Dr Kai Spiekermann
In the first episode of the Office Hours podcast, chief editor Vincent Chow speaks to Dr Kai Spiekermann about the Non-Identity Problem, one of the most interesting and trickiest problems …
Review: ‘Network’ with Bryan Cranston – multimedia cacophany captures modern zeitgeist
In 1959, John F. Kennedy wrote that TV will be “abused by demagogues, by appeals to emotion and prejudice and ignorance”. A year later, he became president thanks in part …
Bystanders to Genocide. Again.
“I cannot stay silent and I cannot live while the remnants of the Polish Jewry are dying.” – Szmul Zygielbojm, 1943 According to the Genocide Convention, genocide means “acts committed …
The disgraceful lack of concern for Somalia
Saturday’s attack in Mogadishu was the deadliest terrorist attack in Somalia’s history as well as one of the deadliest terrorist attacks anywhere in the world for many years. At least …
Hong Kong: Where East and West Collide
Which country are you from? Hong Kong. So you’re from China. Yes and no. But isn’t Hong Kong in China? Yes, but they’re not the exact same. But you have …
Terrorism succeeds only if we succumb
Living in Bankside during my first year at LSE on the southern bank of the Thames meant often walking along some of London’s most iconic bridges, as the university campus …
Trump and Russia: untangling the web of ties
We know that the Russian government interfered in last year’s US presidential election. That is without question. What remains to be seen is whether the Trump campaign colluded with them. …