BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/sixtysix-years-on-h ow-can-nigeria-escape-the-fragility-trap-and-unlock-its-potential/calender .ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:392ed07c-4e52-408f-94f1-897bc2ceae87 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261001T120415 DTSTART:20261007T163000 DTEND:20261007T174500 SUMMARY:Sixty-six years on - how can Nigeria escape the fragility trap an d unlock its potential? LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (LSE campus\, Wolfson Theatre\, CKK Building) DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 7 October 2026 5.30pm - 6.45pmSpeakerDr Olu FasanDis cussantAanu AdeoyeChairProfessor Milli LakeJoin us for a fireside chat boo k launch that introduces the new book by Olu Fasan\, In The National Inter est: The Road to Nigeria's Political\, Economic and Social Transformation. More than a century after its creation by Britain in 1914 and sixty-six ye ars after independence in 1960\, Nigeria remains a deeply fragile nation: ethnically polarised\, politically unstable\, economically vulnerable and socially fractured.In this chat\, Dr Fasan examines the political\, econom ic and social roots of Nigeria's predicament\, drawing on extensive schola rly policy research and rigorous evidence-based analysis. He argues that N igeria's difficulties are rooted in the country's "birth defects"\, troubl ed historical evolution and path-dependent institutional development\, ref lected in three fundamental failures: weak nationhood\, limited state capa city and insufficient commitment by leaders and citizens to act in the nat ional interest. The book makes the case for a new political and constituti onal settlement and offers thoughtful ideas for national renewal.Timed to coincide with Nigeria's sixty-sixth Independence Anniversary this event pr ovides a timely platform for critical discussion on Nigeria's future and t he prospects for political\, economic and social transformation.Meet our s peakerOlu Fasan is a scholar-practitioner of International Economic Law\, International Political Economy and African Development. He spent nearly 2 0 years with the UK Government\, advising on policy areas such as trade\, regulatory reform\, industrial strategy\, as well as energy and climate ch ange.Dr Fasan holds a Master's degree in International Political Economy f rom the Department of International Relations (IRD) at LSE\, where his PhD in International Economic Law was also jointly supervised. He later retur ned to the IRD as a Visiting Fellow and Guest Teacher\, teaching Economic Diplomacy and the Politics of International Trade.He currently researches African Development with the International Growth Centre\, and writes a we ekly column for Vanguard and BusinessDay\, Nigeria's leading newspapers\, where he comments on politics\, governance and economic reform. He is a me mber of the English Bar and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.Discussa ntAanu Adeoye is a journalist at the Financial Times in London. He was pre viously west Africa correspondent for the FT in Lagos\, where he covered p olitics\, business\, and economics in the Ecowas member states and central African countries. He was Academy Fellow at Chatham House\, where he rese arched Russia-Africa relations. His first book\, Shifting Sands\, about th e geopolitical competition between Russia and the west in Africa will be p ublished in 2028 by Headline (UK) and PublicAffairs (US).ChairMilli Lake i s Professor of International Security in the Department of International R elations at LSE. Her expertise lies in civil wars\, political violence\, s ecurity\, state-building\, rule of law\, governance\, and Sub-Saharan Afri ca. She co-directs the Women's Rights After War project and co-convenes th e Advancing Research on Conflict consortium.More about this eventThe Depar tment of International Relations (@LSEIRDept) at LSE is now in it's 99th y ear - one of the oldest as well as largest IR departments in the world\, w ith a truly international reputation. Throughout 2027 we will celebrate ou r centenary with a series of events and initiatives involving faculty\, st udents\, alumni and the public. 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