BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/the-asian-infrastru cture-investment-bank-aiib-the-first-decade/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e56bf532-aa2c-4de7-926d-b24ab4a4a87b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260420T064134 DTSTART:20260422T130000 DTEND:20260422T140000 SUMMARY:The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): the first decade LOCATION:London School of Economics: Online public event DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 22 April 2026 2pm - 3pmThe AIIB reached its 10-year mark in January 2026. Tamar Gutner’s talk will take stock of the bank’ s first decade by discussing the factors shaping its performance to date a nd the challenges it must navigate in more fraught geopolitical and develo pment finance landscapes.Her talk draws from her recent book\, The Asian I nfrastructure Investment Bank: China’s Multilateral Experiment.The event is the seventh in the Global South Dialogue Series.More information about the eventThis event is an LSE Global South Unit Event (@LSE_GlobalSouth)\ , co-organised and co-hosted with LSE IDEAS.LSE IDEAS (@lseideas) is LSE 's foreign policy think tank. Through sustained engagement with policymak ers and opinion-formers\, IDEAS provides a forum that informs policy debat e and connects academic research with the practice of diplomacy and strate gy.From time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly rec ommend that if you plan to attend this event you check back on this listin g on the day of the event.Whilst we are hosting this listing\, LSE Events does not take responsibility for the running and administration of this ev ent. While we take responsible measures to ensure that accurate informatio n is given here this event is ultimately the responsibility of the organis ation presenting the event.Meet the SpeakersTamar Gutner Tamar Gutner is a Professor of International Relations at American University’s School of International Service (SIS)\, and a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development. She is an expert on the performance and effectiveness of international organizations\, particularly international financial ins titutions\, and their roles in global and regional governance. Dr. Gutner is the author of The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: China’s Multi lateral Experiment (2025)\, International Organizations in World Politics (2023 and 2016) and Banking on the Environment: Multilateral Development B anks and Their Environmental Performance in Central and Eastern Europe (20 02). Her scholarly articles have appeared in journals such as World Develo pment\, International Organization\, Review of International Organizations \, Review of International Political Economy\, and Global Environmental Po litics.Professor Gutner previously served as a Council on Foreign Relation s fellow at the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office\, and her research h as been funded by fellowships and grants from The Brookings Institution\, MacArthur Foundation\, International Studies Association\, and American Co uncil of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council. She is a membe r of the Bretton Woods Committee.Professor Gutner holds a Ph.D. in politic al science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, a master’s d egree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies\, and a bachelor’s degree from Northwe stern University.Álvaro Mendez Álvaro Mendez is the Director of the Glob al South Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE )\, and a Senior Associate Fellow at LSE IDEAS. He is Professor of China ’s Diplomacy and the Global South at Sciences Po Paris. He is also a Ful l Research Professor at Rey JuanCarlos University in Madrid\, working on a project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation that foc uses on strategies for internationalisation\, innovation\, and social resp onsibility. Prof. Mendez is also an Associate Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)\, and a Member of the Colombian Council of Fore ign Affairs (CORI). He teaches at LSE\, Sciences Po Paris\, and Fudan Univ ersity. Ha has won numerous teaching awards\, such as the IR Departmental Teaching Prize in recognition of his teaching of International Relations a t the LSE\, and he has contributed to numerous books as an author\, co-aut hor\, or editor of numerous books.Gregory T. Chin Gregory T. Chin (PhD\, Y ork University) is an Associate Professor of Political Science/Political E conomy at York University\, Canada\, and a Senior Fellow of the Global Dev elopment Policy Center at Boston University\, and of the Foreign Policy In stitute at the Johns Hopkins University\, School of Advanced International Studies. He is Co-Director of the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) Projec t at Global Policy journal online. He has published widely on the internat ional andc omparative political economy of China\, Asia\, the BRICS\, inte rnational money and global finance. Greg worked in the Government of Canad a from 2000 to 2007\, in Ottawa at the Department of Foreign Affairs and I nternational Trade\, and the Canadian International Development Agency\,20 00-2003\, and as First Secretary at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing\, 2003 -2006.LSE holds a wide range of events\, covering many of the most controv ersial issues of the day\, and speakers at our events may express views th at cause offence. The views expressed by speakers at LSE events do not ref lect the position or views of the London School of Economics and Political Science. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events/lse-global-south-dialogue -series-the-asian-infrastructure-investment-bank-aiib-the-first-decade END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR