Legatum Institute Foundation

As part of the Legatum Institute's 'Roads to Freedom' series, author and columnist Simon Heffer delivered a lecture on 'The Nationalisation of Language', arguing that the expansion of state control in the years after 1945 also witnessed an insidious subversion of English usage.

As part of the Legatum Institute's 'History of Capitalism' series, Professor David Abulafia of the University of Cambridge delivered a lecture exploring how European trade, and distinctive business practices, spread westwards along the coasts of the Mediterranean, both Christian and Islamic, to become a global phenomenon.

As part of the Legatum Institute's 'Architecture of Prosperity' series, this inaugural seminar explored the role of urban landscapes in shaping our wellbeing and creativity.

As part of the Legatum Institute's 'Architecture of Prosperity' series, this inaugural seminar explored the role of urban landscapes in shaping our wellbeing and creativity.

The Legatum Institute in cooperation with the Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu), hosted Marwan Muasher, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment and former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan, to launch his new book 'The Second Arab Awakening and the Battle for Pluralism'

The Legatum Institute hosted a panel discussion with Lord (Gus) O'Donnell and others to mark the launch of 'Wellbeing and Policy', a report which aims to stimulate debate around if, and how, wellbeing analysis should influence government policy.

The Legatum Institute's Anne Applebaum hosted a conversation with author and journalist, Peter Pomerantsev, The Economist's Edward Lucas, and Chatham House's Orysia Lutsevych to discuss the potential consequences of Russia's invasion of Crimea, both for Russia and the international community.

The Legatum Institute hosted the International Justice Mission (IJM) for a discussion and pre-launch of a new book authored by Gary Haugen, Founder and CEO of IJM, and Victor Boutros, Federal Prosecutor for the US Department of Justice. Speakers included Gary Haugen and Kevin Bales, lead author of the Global Slavery Index and Co-Founder and former President of Free the Slaves. The discussion was moderated by the Legatum Institute's Director of the Transitions Forum, Anne Applebaum.

As part of a new three-year 'History of Capitalism' course, historian and former banker Benedikt Koehler, delivered an inaugural lecture based on his forthcoming book, Early Islam and the Origins of Capitalism.

The Legatum Institute hosted a panel on the cultural aspects of prosperity at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. The discussion was based on Dorothy Kosinski's global fellowship paper, 'A Case for the Importance of Culture in a Prosperous Society'. Speaking on the panel was Dorothy Kosinski, Director of The Phillips Collection and Steven Knapp, President of George Washington University. The discussion was moderated by Jeffrey Brown, correspondent for the arts, culture and society at PBS Newshour. All speakers were introduced by Alanna Putze, Senior Programme Director at the Legatum Institute.

The Legatum Institute, Harvard Business Review and USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study hosted an intensive half-day conference on how different disciplines think about the future. The first session discussed how different disciplines approach forecasting, and how science, technology and human judgement are interlinked to determine the best outcomes when making predictions and tracking behaviour. Discussants: Matthew Barzun, US Ambassador to the UK, Ben Page, CEO of Ipsos Mori and Mikkel Rasmussen, Europe Director of ReD Associates. The conversation was moderated by Jeffrey Gedmin, President and CEO of the Legatum Institute.

As part of the Legatum Institute's Salon Series, 'Prosperity on the Edge: 1913-14 The Last Year of Peace', former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams delivered a lecture on historian Adolf von Harnack's influence at the time, as well as the way in which post-war thought was shaped by the reaction against his kind of liberal religion. The discussion was moderated by Legatum Institute Senior Adviser Hywel Williams.

The Legatum Institute, Harvard Business Review and USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study hosted an intensive half-day conference on how different disciplines think about the future. The second session of the day, entitled 'Revolutions in the Pipeline', looked at future innovations and potential shifts in technology and economics, which may have a disruptive impact. Discussants: Diane Coyle, President of Enlightenment Economics and Ben Hammersley, writer and futurist.

To mark the launch of its latest 'Transitions Forum' paper on "Libya in Transition: Reforming the financial sector to spur economic growth", the Legatum Institute, in partnership with Brehon Advisory, will host a livestreamed panel discussion with Mark Dempsey, Dr Fatima Hamroush and Mary Fitzgerald. The discussion was moderated by LI Director of Global Transitions Anne Applebaum. Further information: http://www.li.com/news-events/events/2013/11/27/default-calendar/reforming-libya-s-financial-sector-and-the-politics-that-go-with-it

Estonian President Toomas Ilves delivered a keynote address for the Legatum Institute. He discussed how Estonia went from a "a non-digital society with no hardware, no software and a completely different form of communication, to a world where we cannot imagine living without this technology".

A livestreamed discussion to launch the first of the Legatum Institute's Global Fellow's papers, beginning on the series with a paper on entrepreneurship in the developing world. Authored by Reuben Abraham, the paper 'Learning by Doing: What Makes Entrepreneurship Thrive?' presents lessons learned and findings from over six years' experience combining research and practice to engineer entrepreneurial solutions to pressing socio-economic problems. Panellists included: Reuben Abraham, Partner and Head of Urbanization at the IDFC Foundation in Mumbai, Guy Rigby, Head of Entrepreneurs at Smith & Williamson, and Gunilla Carlsson, former Swedish Minister for International Development. The discussion was moderated by Jeffrey Gedmin, President and CEO of the Legatum Institute. The event was hosted in partnership with the Centre for Entrepreneurs.

The Legatum Institute was pleased to host the West Asia - North Africa (WANA) Forum chaired by His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal for a private roundtable discussion about the concept of a Regional Bank for Reconstruction and Development (RBRD) in the WANA region. In this short clip, LI Director of Global Transitions interviews Prince El Hassan on the themes discussed at the roundtable.

In association with The Henry Jackson Society, the Legatum Institute hosted Christian Whiton, Principal of D.C. International Advisory for a discussion on his book which offers new solutions to the foreign threats the UK and US face today, including radical reform of the national security bureaucracy. The discussion was moderated by the Henry Jackson Society's Douglas Murray.

In a discussion at the Legatum Institute Josh Muravchik, Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School for 23 October 2013: In a discussion at the Legatum Institute Josh Muravchik, Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies, presented and discussed ideas from his latest book, 'The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East'. The discussion was moderated by Jeffrey Gedmin, President and CEO of the Legatum Institute.

A conversation with William Inboden, William P. Clements, Jr. Center for History, Strategy, and Statecraft, University of Texas-Austin, on American foreign policies. The discussion was moderated by the Legatum Institute's Nathan Gamester.