BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/weaponising-depende ncy-the-new-world-order/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d8205e31-0f33-4e5c-9433-88d8a9f811b3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261012T135417 DTSTART:20261014T173000 DTEND:20261014T190000 SUMMARY:Weaponising dependency - the new world order LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (LS E campus\, venue tbc to ticketholders) DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 14 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerRt Hon Rory Stewa rt OBEChairProfessor Jeffrey ChwierothIn this public lecture\, Rory Stewar t explores how economic interdependence\, technological networks and globa l supply chains have become instruments of geopolitical power.As states in creasingly leverage trade\, energy\, finance and critical technologies to advance strategic interests\, longstanding assumptions about globalisation \, cooperation and security are being fundamentally reshaped. Drawing on h is experience as a scholar\, diplomat and former Cabinet minister\, Stewar t examines the implications of this emerging international landscape for d emocratic governance\, international institutions and the balance of power between states. Addressing some of the most pressing political and econom ic challenges of our time\, this lecture will offer fresh insights into th e changing nature of power\, dependency and resilience in a rapidly evolvi ng world order.Meet our speaker and chairRory Stewart is Professor in the Practice of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science and co-presenter of The Rest is Politics podcast. A form er UK cabinet minister\, diplomat and Member of Parliament for Penrith and the Border. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan\, taught at Harvard and Yal e\, has written six books\, and co-presents The Rest Is Politics with Alas tair Campbell.Rory served as UK Secretary of State for International Devel opment\, Minister of State for Justice\, Minister of State in the Foreign Office and DFID\, and Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committ ee. After a brief period as an infantry officer\, he joined the UK Diploma tic Service\, serving in Jakarta\, as British representative to Montenegro after the Kosovo crisis\, and as coalition Deputy-Governor of two provinc es in southern Iraq following the 2003 intervention. He later undertook a two-year walk across Afghanistan\, Iran\, Pakistan\, India and Nepal. In 2 005\, he founded the Turquoise Mountain Foundation in Kabul\, restoring pa rt of the old city\, establishing a clinic\, primary school and arts insti tute\, and supporting Afghan crafts. In 2008\, he became Ryan Professor of Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Carr Cente r for Human Rights Policy. He later served as Brady-Johnson Professor of t he Practice of Grand Strategy at Yale and remains associated with Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs.His books are The Places in Between\, Oc cupational Hazards (published in the US as The Prince of the Marshes)\, Ca n Intervention Work?\, The Marches\, Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from W ithin\, and Middleland: Dispatches from the Borders\, published in October 2025.Jeffrey Chwieroth is Head of the Department of International Relatio ns and Professor of International Political Economy at LSE. He is also co- investigator of the Systemic Risk Centre\, Associate of the Grantham Insti tute on Climate Change and the Environment\, and Faculty Affiliate at the Phelan United States Centre.More about this eventJoin us on campus or regi ster to watch the event online at LSE Live. 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