LSE: The Ballpark

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  LSE: The Ballpark | Behavioural AI and decision-making with Professor Ganna Pogrebna 14.09.2026 33min

  As the popularity of AI grows, this new technology is increasingly being applied to make decisions based on interactions with humans, and their behaviours. But what happens if the way these AI systems have been built mean that they get it wrong?
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  LSE: The Ballpark | How AI is influencing society with Dr Mona Sloane 01.09.2026 31min

  Since the emergence of AI as a highly transformative force for modern society, many have faced challenges in updating their policies to address the potentially harmful effects of unrestricted AI development and integration into everyday life.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | AI and the gig economy with Dr Lindsey Cameron 17.08.2026 23min

  From helping assign tasks and determine prices on delivery and rideshare platforms to recommending certain individuals over others on freelance hiring sites, AI is fast becoming a core part of the modern gig economy.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | AI harm, accountability, and cybersecurity with Dr Chinmayi Sharma 03.08.2026 39min

  AI has become easily accessible, easy to use, and for many people, it’s a useful tool. This means that AI is being used by individuals and institutions to help solve a variety of challenges, from everyday decision-making to pressing global issues.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | How democratic citizenry can shape America’s role in the world - Master’s students essay competition 2026 20.07.2026 39min

  In 2026, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for LSE master’s students with the prompt, “What role can democratic citizenry play in shaping America’s role in the world as it enters its 250th year?"
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  LSE: The Ballpark | The Global Economy in a Changing World Order 06.07.2026 22min

  The global economy is undergoing profound transformation. Geopolitical realignments, rising economic nationalism, climate disruption, trade fragmentation, and technological upheaval are reshaping the foundations of international economic relations.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | Rethinking the 1990s with Professors G. John Ikenberry and Peter Trubowitz 22.06.2026 42min

  The 1990s were an important decade. They saw the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, falling trade barriers, an expanding capitalist democratic order and the rise of what came to be called the liberal international order.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | EU-China relations in the Trump era with Noah Barkin 08.06.2026 34min

  The last two decades have seen significant growth in the relationship between China and the EU. Now, China is the EU’s biggest import and third-largest export partner. But this relationship is becoming increasingly one sided.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the unmaking of Europe with Professor Nathalie Tocci 26.05.2026 28min

  While Trump’s foreign policy record has not been very successful elsewhere as wars continue to rage in Ukraine and in the Middle East, the exception is Europe which Trump seems to want to divide and weaken.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | China under siege: how Beijing sees the United States with Dr Yu Jie 11.05.2026 26min

  The last decade has seen a period of prolonged competition between the US and China with China continuing to grow economically and pursue technological self-reliance while the US attempts to hinder this growth through measures like export controls.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the future of US-EU relations with Professor Kathleen McNamara 27.04.2026 34min

  Donald Trump’s first presidential term meant that many allies, including in the EU and Europe, were forced to consider the possibility that the United States could no longer be a reliable partner in global affairs.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | American foreign policy in the age of Trump with Professor Walter Russell Mead 13.04.2026 32min

  To talk about Donald Trump’s foreign policy, in February 2026 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Walter Russell Mead
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  LSE: The Ballpark | After the Fall: From the End of History to the Crisis of Democracy with Professor Ian Shapiro 30.03.2026 44min

  From the rise of Donald Trump in the US, Brexit in the United Kingdom and Victor Orban in Hungary and National Rally in France, anti-system populists have seen a resurgence in many western democracies in the last decade.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | America first and the future of Eurasian geopolitics with Dr C Raja Mohan 16.03.2026 28min

  From China’s growing influence in Europe to deepening Russia–China cooperation and the ripple effects of Trump’s America First policies, Eurasia has emerged as a single, highly contested geopolitical space.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | China’s Three Personality Problem with Professor Todd Hall 02.03.2026 39min

  Understanding China’s role in the world has never been more important — or more complex. China projects itself variously as a moral global actor, a fiercely defensive power guarding its core interests, and a pragmatic, opportunistic player.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | America adrift with Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter 16.02.2026 30min

  America is undergoing profound change. Demographic transformation, shifting global power dynamics, and a foreign policy establishment in transition are reshaping how the United States sees itself—and how the world responds.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | US-China relations in an era of illiberalism with Dr Scott Kennedy 02.02.2026 35min

  To talk about the current state of US-China relations, in October 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
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  LSE: The Ballpark | “Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” Master’s students essay competition for 2025 19.01.2026 43min

  In 2025, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with a prompt about AI. In this episode we spoke to the author of the winning essay, Kayode Adeniyi, and the runners-up, Natasha Chávez and Francesca Nicolodi.
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  LSE: The Ballpark | How to help left behind regions and workers with Professor Gordon Hanson 05.01.2026 26min

  The last 40 years have seen a sharp decline in America’s manufacturing industries with growing joblessness in previously prosperous industrial regions. How and why did this happen, and what can be done to help workers in these “left-behind places”?
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  LSE: The Ballpark | LSE at 130 and the United States with Professor Michael Cox 22.12.2025 45min

  This year LSE is celebrating its 130th anniversary, and how it has driven change across the world. Much of LSE’s history is linked to the United States, from philanthropic support in the School's early days to famous alumni and American directors.