Although the 2003 Iraq War was linked to the "War on Terror" the case for the war was presented, at least in the UK, within the terms of the established framework of international relations, with the UN at the centre. The aftermath of the war pushed the UK into an arena in which terrorist methods were regularly employed and it struggled to cope. The lecture will explore what this might mean for future British interventions.
Mar 16, 2017•55 min
Professor Alex Bellamy (University of Queensland) discusses new challenges for implementing Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principles in the current age. Bellamy, who is also Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, outlines his view that R2P has gained normative acceptance throughout the international community at a much higher level that in previous decades. Significant progress has been achieved such as putting North Korean human rights on the table. With the ru...
Dec 09, 2016•48 min
Author Angela Cummine gives a brief overview of her book on Sovereign Wealth Funds: what they are, and who actually owns them. Dr Cummine then explains some of the political disagreements that can occur when the state sees itself as the primary owner of sovereign wealth, rather than the agent of the people, who she argues, are the principal-owners of these assets. It is citizens therefore, who must enjoy meaningful control over and benefit from these assets. If sovereign funds are managed and us...
Sep 29, 2016•25 min
Geir Lundestad, a Norwegian historian, who until 2014 served as the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, delivered the 2016 Cyril Foster Lecture, 'Twenty-five Years in the Search for Peace: Reflections on the Nobel Peace Prize', on 3rd March 2016. The Cyril Foster Lecture is the University's principal annual guest lecture in the field of International Relations. It has attracted a most distinguished group of lecturers. The Cyril Foster bequest specifies that the lectures are to deal with t...
Aug 22, 2016•52 min
Professor Emerita J. Ann Tickner (University of Southern California) delivers a lecture on the role of feminist theory in the field of international relations. Tickner's talk covers the genesis of the feminist approach to IR, which she herself pioneered some 25 years ago. She details how the feminist approach is methodologically distinct as most of IR relies on state-centric approaches while feminist theory is inherently sociological. One of Tickner's examples is the investigation of how gendere...
Jun 22, 2016•44 min
Professor John J. Mearsheimer (University of Chicago) presents the conclusions of his latest article published in 'Foreign Affairs' on offshore balancing. Mearsheimer sets out his case against the practice of liberal hegemony by the US, making the bold statement that Presidents Bush and Obama have acted very similarly when it comes to intervention abroad. He examines the track record of US involvement in places like Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria before moving on to explain why 'offshore balancing...
Jun 22, 2016•1 hr 3 min
St Antony's College hosts the 2015 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, for a discussion of her the Soviet soul and her current and former projects. Conducted in Russian and translated by Oxford DPhil student Margarita Vaysman, the discussion captures key insights into Alexievich's writing process, often described as a new genre between journalism and literature for her extensive usage of interviews to craft a global voice. Alexievich explains the pique of her interest for stor...
Jun 17, 2016•1 hr 12 min
Professor Timothy Garton Ash discusses the premise of his new book titled 'Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World.' Introduced by Warden Margaret MacMillan of St. Antony's, Professor Timothy Garton Ash presents his newest book, 'Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World.' The work is based on the premises that the conditions of free speech are changing given movements of mass migration and the wide dissemination of the Internet, both of which make us all neighbors, both litera...
Jun 16, 2016•1 hr 4 min
President of the Stefan Batory Foundation Aleksander Smolar discusses nationalism and internationalism in contemporary Poland
May 16, 2016•42 min
Félix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers discuss methods to analyse large bodies of text in more systematic and reliable ways.
Apr 18, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Félix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers discuss methods to analyse large bodies of text in more systematic and reliable ways.
Apr 18, 2016•48 min
Félix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers discuss methods to analyse large bodies of text in more systematic and reliable ways.
Apr 18, 2016•48 min
Félix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers discuss methods to analyse large bodies of text in more systematic and reliable ways.
Apr 18, 2016•1 hr 5 min
Professor Todd Hall discussed his recently published book, 'Emotional Diplomacy: Official Emotion on the International Stage.'
Apr 12, 2016•22 min
Samuel Greene talks about outbreak of protests in Russia and political events after the annexation of Crimea
Feb 04, 2016•35 min
The seminar series addresses some of the acute problems affecting Europe, as seen especially from a South Eastern European perspective, and combine the thematic (refugee, economic and political crises) with the country specific approaches.
Feb 04, 2016•1 hr 10 min
The speaker analyses the concept of 'sovereignty' as presented in the Objectives Resolution of Pakistan presented to the Constituent Assembly in March 1949
Feb 04, 2016•52 min
In 2013, the UK Parliament legalized same-sex marriage in England and Wales. Dr Scot Peterson discusses whether this is the first time there has been a divergence in the general understanding of marriage and the definition enshrined in law.
Feb 01, 2016•53 min
Sheila A. Smith, a senior fellow for Japan studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses her new book, "Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China."
Feb 01, 2016•45 min
Professor Sarah Chartock discusses ethnodevelopment policies, illustrated with the cases of Peru, Ecuador and Guatemala.
Feb 01, 2016•36 min
Dr Slaughter discusses workplace policies and the value we place on care of children and other loved ones.
Jan 28, 2016•30 min
Dr Micah Muscolino discusses his new book entitled "The Ecology of War in China: Henan Province, the Yellow River, and Beyond, 1938–1950." This book explores the interplay between war and environment in Henan Province, a hotly contested frontline territory that endured massive environmental destruction and human disruption during the conflict between China and Japan during World War II. In a desperate attempt to block Japan's military advance, Chinese Nationalist armies under Chiang Kai-shek bro...
Nov 25, 2015•51 min
Modern European History Professor Paul Betts reflects on the legacy of World War II and its relevance to conflicts and crises today.
Oct 25, 2015•46 min
How Europe's external border controls that limit and monitor the entry of non-Europeans relates to the reception of migrants in the European Union
Oct 25, 2015•57 min
Both undergraduate degrees in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, as well as History and Politics have a gender discrepancy in finals results. This workshop addresses the reasons for these differences. This workshop organised by the Oxford Q-Step Centre* (OQC) brings together key speakers from Oxford and beyond to discuss gender differences in examinations in the context of courses that include quantitative methods.
Oct 19, 2015•59 min
Both undergraduate degrees in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, as well as History and Politics have a gender discrepancy in finals results. This workshop addresses the reasons for these differences. This workshop organised by the Oxford Q-Step Centre (OQC) brings together key speakers from Oxford and beyond to discuss gender differences in examinations in the context of courses that include quantitative methods.
Oct 19, 2015•1 hr 14 min
Discussion of 'Making Sovereign Finance and Human Rights Work,' a recently-published collection that introduces novel legal theories and analyses the links between sovereign debt and human rights from a variety of perspectives. Poor public resource management and the global financial crisis curbing fundamental fiscal space, millions thrown into poverty, and authoritarian regimes running successful criminal campaigns with the help of financial assistance are all phenomena that raise fundamental q...
Oct 14, 2015•1 hr 26 min
This panel includes two talks: 'Hume on Authority' and 'Political Philosophy and Autobiography.' This conference was held in honour of David Miller's contribution to political philosophy.
Oct 14, 2015•1 hr 2 min
This panel includes two talks: 'Miller on Human Rights' and 'The Right to Drive People Away.' This conference was held to honour David Miller's contribution to political philosophy.
Oct 14, 2015•1 hr 5 min
This panel includes two talks: 'Self-Determination, Revolution, and Intervention' and 'Multiculturalism, National Identity, and Failed Citizenship.' This conference was held to honour David Miller's contribution to political philosophy.
Oct 14, 2015•1 hr 8 min
