'economy' Category

• Myanmar: a new future through higher education?

  May 10, 2013

  Yesterday I participated in a ‘Myanmar-UK policy dialogue’ organised by the British Council entitled ‘Myanmar: a new future through higher education?’ This got quite a lot of coverage yesterday because the keynote address was given remotely by Aung San Suu Kyi who asked for Britain’s help in reconstructing Myanmar’s dilapidated university system (BBC, Times Higher, [...]

  posted in academia, academic freedom, Burma, economy, education, free speech, Myanmar, politics, students by Lee

• Debating Economic Sanctions

  June 8, 2012

  Today I participated in a debate on the merits of international economic sanctions on Voice of Russia radio, with David Patrikarakos, Antonios Tzanakopoulos (University College, London) and Dmitry Babich (VoR correspondent). You can listen to the debate here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

  posted in Burma, democracy, economy, international relations, intervention, iraq, research, sanctions, self-determination by Lee

• World Systems Theory for the Twenty-First Century

  February 28, 2009

  My review of Giovanni Arrighi’s Adam Smith in Beijing is now out in the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding (subscription required).

  posted in capitalism, China, economic development, economy, international relations, iraq, politics, USA, writing by Lee