Alexander Jake Davies

Teaching

Since starting teaching in 2024, I have received five teaching awards and commendations:

• The 2025 LSE Summer School Class Teacher Award (for IR222: From Cyberwar to Killer Robots: Emerging Technology and International Security).
• The 2024 LSE Summer School Class Teacher Award (for IR211: America as a Global Power: FDR to Biden).
• Three Highly Commended awards (in the categories 'Inspiring Teaching', 'Student Support' and 'Learning Development') for IR205: International Security.

I have taught the following courses in the past two years:

Guest Lecturer and Seminar Teacher ❘ LSE

IR205: International Security ❘ View Syllabus

This course tackles questions of war, peace and security from an analytical perspective, by highlighting changes and continuities in international security. The first half of the course reviews the major theoretical frameworks that have been used to explain the causes of war on the world stage, as well as its character and duration in the international and domestic arenas. The second half of the course turns to questions of security more generally, examining political violence, terrorism, insurgency, humanitarian emergencies, climate change, and other threats to individual and collective security.

Seminar Teacher ❘ LSE

IR211: America as a Global Power: FDR to Biden ❘ View Syllabus

This course examines the evolution of American statecraft since World War II, with special emphasis on the president’s role in defining the nation’s interests. Drawing on historical and contemporary cases, it considers how international power and domestic politics have shaped presidents’ geopolitical strategic priorities, how America’s priorities have changed over time, and why some presidents are more successful in conducting foreign policy than others.

Seminar Teacher ❘ LSE

IR201: Power Shift: The West, the BRICS and The Crisis of the Liberal International Order? ❘ View Syllabus

At the beginning of the 21st century the world stood on the cusp of what most experts assumed would be a golden age of international peace and prosperity guaranteed by American power. Yet, with the Rise of China, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Europe in crisis, the liberal international order instead seems more vulnerable than ever. But how have all these changes come about? Who exactly is on the rise? And are we heading toward a new great power conflict? These are the big questions this course addresses.

Seminar Teacher ❘ LSE

IR222: From Cyberwar to Killer Robots: Emerging Technology and International Security ❘ View Syllabus

Advances in weapons technologies, artificial intelligence, digital economic platforms, and more complicate international politics and create new risks for international conflict. This course explores the lessons learned from technological innovations – from non-lethal weapons to nuclear weapons, space to cyberspace – and asks: what role does technology play in warfare and international security? How have the tools and strategies of war changed? And how can we combat the risks of new technologies?

Guest Lecturer

British Politics and Society ❘ Michigan State University ❘ 2025

In July 2025, Alexander lectured on the history and evolution of the Anglo-American relationship for Michigan State University.

Coordinator

Security and Statecraft ❘ LSE ❘ 2024-2025

Alexander was the coordinator for the LSE's Security and Statecraft cluster for the 2024 to 2025 session.