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LSE IDEAS is a centre for the study of international affairs, diplomacy and grand strategy. Its mission is to use LSE's vast intellectual resources to help train skilled and open-minded leaders and to study international affairs through world-class scholarship and engagement with practitioners and decision-makers. As its name implies, IDEAS aims at understanding how today's world came into being and how it may be changed, in line with LSE's old motto: rerum cognoscere causas - to understand the causes of things.
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LSE IDEAS was founded in 2008 and now runs a series of regional and topical programmes. The centre currently does research on the international affairs of the Balkans, China, Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia, as well as on transatlantic relations. With the International History Department and International Relations Department, it helps organise a double Masters degree in international affairs with Peking University. It also contributes towards a double Masters degree in international and world history organised by the LSE International History Department in cooperation with Columbia University. IDEAS is a centre of PhD training within the LSE and hosts a number of visiting fellows, both advanced doctoral fellows and academics, from across the globe. The centre also has training programmes for foreign service officers from several countries.
LSE IDEAS organises numerous public lectures and seminars and publishes two journals, a book series and a number of occasional publications. It contributes to the LSE's Summer Schools in London and in Beijing and organises a summer seminar for teachers, usually at Cambridge.
LSE IDEAS holds the Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs, a one-year distinguished visiting professorship for leading scholars based outside the UK. Philippe Roman professors contribute to teaching within the Centre's key areas of activity. The Philippe Roman Professor for 2007/08 was Professor Paul Kennedy of Yale University. The 2008/09 Chair is Professor Chen Jian of Cornell University. In 2009/10 the Chair will be held by Professor Gilles Kepel of Sciences Po.