London School of Economics - IDEAS for international studies

US foreign policy, the future of China and history and public policy in the Balkans and in South Africa are the chosen themes for the first year of a new centre for the study of international affairs. The London School of Economics and Political Science's Ideas centre, which grew out of the renowned Cold War Studies Centre, is headed by Michael Cox and Arne Westad. Professor Cox said: "The centre is particularly preoccupied with investigating the many developments, trends and structures that link the present to the past in international affairs. To this end, we see Ideas as functioning at many different levels and talking to many different audiences."