Grimshaw Spotlight #2 - Elections 2024: what will they mean for U.S. foreign policy? In conversation with Micheal Cox
Grimshaw PodcastsShow Notes
In this week's episode, we talk to Micheal Cox, Emeritus Professor in the department of International Relations at the LSE, Co-founding Director of LSE Ideas, the LSE foreign policy think tank, and contributor to institutions such as Chatham House and the Nobel institute in Oslo. He is a specialist in US foreign policy and LSE history.
Our host Carola Ducco and one of our co-Editors, Riccardo Gon, chat with him about the upcoming US elections and what they might mean for the future of US foreign policy, Cox's latest publication with LSE Press on the war in Ukraine, and the contributions of the LSE throughout its history.
Some links: Micheal Cox's LSE profile https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/people/cox-mick Micheal Cox’s LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-cox-0099a66/?originalSubdomain=uk Cox, Michael, ed. (2023) Ukraine: Russia’s war and the future of the global order. LSE Public Policy Review Series. (4). LSE Press, London, UK. ISBN 9781911712145 http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/121002/
Note: some issues with the microphones and audio caused some disturbances with the recording. We apologise for this issue.
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