2025-03-31
51 分钟Welcome to the LSE Events Podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.
Good morning everyone and welcome.
For those who don't know, my name is Larry Kramer.
I am the President and Vice Chancellor here at LSE and it's my very great privilege and pleasure to welcome you to the historic Shaw Library for this very special event hosted by LSE's European Institute.
Today is actually my 365th day as this university's president and it is also by coincidence my first opportunity to introduce a rather more important president to speak.
So while I hope I'll have many more such opportunities, I'm going to relish this one a little bit.
Our guest this morning, Alexander Stubb is the 13th President of the Republic of Finland.
He's an extraordinary public servant and a genuine subject matter expert on the multilateral system which he will discuss with you this morning.
In his current office, which he's held since March 1st, 2024,
he conducts Finland's foreign policy in coordination with the Prime Minister and his cabinet.
But President Stubb's diplomatic and international expertise rests on far more than that.
During a wide and varied political career,
he has served as a member of the European and Finnish parliaments, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Minister for European Affairs and Trade, Minister of Finance,
Leader of the National Coalition Party, and from 2014 to 2015 Prime Minister of Finland.
Between his stints in public service,
President Stubb worked as vice president of the European Bank for reconstruction and development and as a professor and director of the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute in Florence.
Of course,
his greatest achievement is having earned his doctorate in international relations from LSE under the supervision of Lord William Wallace.