About us

The London Globalist is a student-run international affairs magazine based at the LSE. We are part of the Global 21 Network, a network of international affairs magazines published in top universities around the world including Oxford, Cape Town, Jerusalem, Paris, Peking, Sydney, Toronto, and Yale. The LSE chapter was established in 2010. Though we operate out of the LSE, we hope to tap into talent right across the University of London and beyond in order to get the broadest possible coverage.

Executive Committee 2023/24:

President and Editor-in-Chief: Lok Chan

Lok is a second-year in BSc History and Politics. His research interests lie at the intersection of global political theory, geostrategy, and the role of history and memory in international relations. (LinkedIn: Lok Chan)

Secretary: Tara Chandni M.

Tara is a second-year in BSc International Relations and History. She has been involved in research at think tanks such as the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, analysing maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region. In her previous capacity as Correspondent, she focused primarily on EU policy and strategy, although her academic interests also include global security and conflict prevention. (LinkedIn: Tara Chandni)

Treasurer: George Day

George is a second-year in BSc International Relations.

Our past executive committee and editors

About our content:

In all our writing we strive to meet the following standards:

Analytical
The distinction between facts and opinion should be made clear. We should avoid polemics, instead focusing instead on sober, dispassionate analysis of the evidence. The questions we ask should be incisive, and the answers thorough. Our writing can carry opinions but should be non-partisan.

Honest
Inconvenient facts should be not avoided, but rather brought into the open, examined, and evaluated.

Practical
Our writing should be informed by our academic studies, but we are not aiming to write scholarly essays. Our analysis should be practical and empirical, not theoretical. Though we are a student publication and the overwhelming majority of our readership will be students, we should avoid intellectual jargon as if our target audience is the educated general reader.

Focused
Though we welcome contributions covering a broad range of topics, The London Globalist is first and foremost about politics and economics. Social, cultural, religious, intellectual, legal and business affairs, interesting as they may be in their own right, are only relevant for our publication when they have clear and direct political or economic implications. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for setting the magazine’s remit and has final responsibility for the kind of content that is published.

Accurate and stylish
Facts should be checked, and sources provided where appropriate. Spelling and grammar mistakes, even when small and infrequent, can significantly diminish the credibility and persuasiveness of our writing, so we expect a high standard of work from our writers and an even higher standard from our editors. Our analysis should be presented stylishly and confidently.

Interesting
The content should be engaging and accessible.

Editorial Organization

Applications for editorial and correspondent positions in the 2022/23 academic year are closed.

The London Globalist has a four-tier editorial organizational structure:

1. The Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief holds overall responsible for the magazine’s output.  He works with correspondents to come up with article topics, and then checks over the finished product before publishing it on the site.

2. Managing Editors

The Managing Editors oversee all Regional Desks, monitor their output, and ensure the coherence of the editorial style developed by the Editor-in-Chief.

3. Regional Editors
The Regional Editors, as well as the Editor-in-Chief, form the core editorial committee. Each is responsible for a major Region and works with several correspondents to maintain a continuous output of pieces for publication.

Our Regional Desks include Europe, US & Canada, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, South & Central Asia, MENA, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

3. Correspondents

Correspondents belong to a Regional Desk under the supervision of a Regional Editor.

Correspondents and editors are free to submit articles on areas outside of their remit, but only the first will count towards their own article quota (for correspondents for a quota of more than one). The exact remit of these positions will be discussed with the Editor-in-Chief.