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PAIS PhD researcher Matthias Kranke has published a commentary for The Conversation on the question of leadership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has recently announced to stand for re-election notwithstanding legal charges of negligence in a previous assignment as French finance minister. In the commentary, Matt argues that leadership questions get too much attention, often effectively crowding out more important issues. Public debate should centre on how the IMF is governed and what policies it promotes, rather than on who leads the organisation.

The piece can be found at:

Matt's doctoral research examines the politics of collaboration between the IMF and the World Bank. Further information on his research and publications is available at:

Thursday 28 January, 2016

The Department has received some exceptionally sad news this morning. Filip Brkovic, one of our very recently completed GEM School PhD students, died last night in Brussels. He had been in hospital there for the last week with viral myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart muscle brought about by an as yet unidentified viral condition. Unfortunately last night he succumbed to heart failure.

The Department will do all that it can to support all of Filip’s friends during this desperately sad time. Our thoughts are particularly with his wife, Katarina, who is of course also one of our GEM School PhD students, and their young son Mihailo. Filip’s GEM School colleagues are already discussing the possibility of putting together a book of memories for Katarina and Mihailo, and further information about this will be passed around the Department in due course. We also intend to name an annual PhD Prize in honour of his memory.

In an , PAIS PhD researcher argues that Tunisia's shattered economy puts its political transition at risk and that the recent social unrests across the country are a warning shot that should be taken seriously.

Dr 's article, 'How the West Undermined Women's Rights in the Arab World' has been published by e-zine Jadaliyya as part of a collection marking the fifth anniversary of the 25 January Egyptian Revolution.

You can read the article here:

Professor Anthony King joined PAIS on 1st January 2016 as Chair in War Studies.

Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge will join the department in academic year 2016/17 as an Associate Professor, and Dr Ece Özlem Atikcan will join the department in academic year 2016/17 as an Assistant Professor.