BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/sea-change-the-new- great-game-in-the-arctic-circle/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:72de226c-f292-4027-a26c-814e00595ade SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261021T105017 DTSTART:20261022T173000 DTEND:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:Sea change: the new great game in the Arctic circle LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event\, MAR 1.08 Mar shall Building DESCRIPTION:Thursday 22 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerRana ForooharChair Professor Chris AldenJoin award-winning journalist and Financial Times col umnist Rana Foroohar as she discusses her latest book\, Sea Change: The Ne w Great Game in the Arctic.In the 19th century\, the British and Russian e mpires battled for primacy in Central Asia\, in a multi-decade struggle th at became known as ‘The Great Game’. The territorial lines drawn acros s Persia\, Afghanistan\, Tibet and India over this time defined the geopol itics and economics of the next century.Today\, there is a new Great Game being played not in Central Asia\, or even in modern hot zones like Ukrain e\, Gaza\, or the South China Seas\, but rather in the frigid waters of th e Arctic. Dominance in this region will be crucial to control of the entir e Western hemisphere.America\, which has always been an Arctic nation\, bu t only peripherally so\, must now face the fact that Russia and China toge ther are challenging its territorial primacy in the Western Hemisphere.Can America wrest back enough maritime capacity and control to counter Beijin g? What will happen if it can’t? These are two of the many crucial quest ions Sea Change strives to answer.The discussion will be followed by an au dience Q&A and a book signing.Meet our speaker and chairRana Foroohar is t he author of The Homecoming\, one of Kirkus Reviews‘ ‘Best Books of th e Year’ for 2023\, Don’t Be Evil\, which won a Porchlight Business Boo k Award\, and Makers and Takers\, shortlisted for the Financial Times McKi nsey Book of the Year award in 2016. Currently the Global Business Columni st and an Associate Editor at the Financial Times and the global economic analyst for CNN\, she previously served as the assistant managing editor a nd economic columnist at TIME and an economic and foreign affairs editor a nd foreign correspondent at Newsweek. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on the advisory board of the Open Markets In stitute.Chris Alden teaches International Relations at LSE. He is also Dir ector of LSE IDEAS. 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