The Grimshaw Club: Recent Episodes
The Grimshaw Club
Bi-weekly conversations with members of the LSE's community of alumni and students, on the most pressing international affairs issues of the day.
In this episode, PhD candidate Lanabi La Lova will share her insights on Russian Media and Society, in light of deteriorating economic conditions and increasing repression in Russia, as well as the limited, but persistent protests in many cities across the country. We discuss pre-existing conditions and any potential shifts in attitudes following Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, including the possibility of rising domestic contestation.
*The conversation was recorded on the 8th of March.
Úrsula Larraquy is a former Argentine Government Advisor and current International Political Economy graduate student at LSE. As Argentina has recently agreed deals with both the IMF and China, she will join us to explain more about the background of the country's economic conundrums, its complex political landscape, and foreign policy vision.
This episode of Grimshaw Speakers is in honour of LGBT+ Pride History Month. In this conversation, Vandana Venkataraman, a 2nd-year IR student, interviewed David Eichert- a current PhD student at LSE’s Department of International Relations. They discussed the the main themes within queer international relations, the influence of history in postcolonial institutions and queer identities and the future of gender studies within IR and the individuals who pursue it.
In this episode, we will talk with two International Relations students at LSE, Malek Banat, junior fellow at Visegrad Insight, and Danylo Nikiforov, president of the Ukrainian society at LSE. We will look at the key strengths and potential vulnerabilities of Ukraine's society and politics, as the country's territorial integrity, regime stability and national identity face the biggest threat since the country's decisive turn towards the West in 2014.
In this episode, we will be in conversation with Evgeny Gurin, an LSE graduate, and political risk analyst. He will be explaining both the long-standing issues that have led to the unprecedented protests in Kazakhstan and what we might expect next in the Central Asian country after the demonstrations have been brutally repressed.
*It is indicated in the episode that the internet is still down in Almaty. Later in the day of the podcast's recording, the connection was restored in Kazakhstan's largest city.