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The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Washington
DC signal a watershed in modern times. America can no longer
consider itself invulnerable, and is perhaps less likely to
be isolationist or unilateralist. Although it is still a superpower,
it may become more amenable to global cooperation and more
eager to create a genuine global community.
And yet, our world has become more fragile. Globalisation
has revealed its dark side, its capacity to let hostile forces
harness its facilities as easily as Wall Street or the City
of London. Will we recover and regain the momentum for economic
growth and global free trade that we had, or will we begin
a slide away from global capitalism and into an order of national
capitalisms as was the case in the 1930s? Will there be a
world of international law to counter terrorism, or will we
get into a downward spiral of ad hoc attacks countered by
military interventions? As Tony Blair said, the kaleidoscope
has been shaken and the pieces are in flux.The ixxi briefings
will consider how and where they will settle.
The ixxi breakfast briefings will be
held at the Savoy Hotel. For further information please email
Horatio Mortimer (h.mortimer@lse.ac.uk).
The sessions will all be chaired by Lord Desai, and there
will be between 25 and 30 eminent individuals invited. There
will be two speakers at each session, who will talk for around
15 minutes each, before the discussion is opened to the group.
As this is a developing situation, new issues are likely to
arise and others become irrelevant. The speakers are chosen
with a view to tackling challenges as they occur.
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