Susan Strange

Susan Strange (9 June 1923 – 25 October 1998) was a British political economist, author, and journalist who was a pioneer of international political economy (IPE). Notable publications include Sterling and British Policy (1971), Casino Capitalism (1986), States and Markets (1988), The Retreat of the State (1996), and Mad Money (1998). She helped create the British International Studies Association (BISA). She was the first woman to hold the Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics (LSE), the first female academic to have a professorship named after her at the LSE, and was honoured with several annual awards named after her.