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Bassam Gergi coauthors article on Taksim Square

james.baldwin@politics.ox.ac.uk (James Baldwin) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Bassam Gergi, Dahrendorf Scholar at St. Antony's College, Oxford, has co-authored an opinion piece in The Huffington Post (6 July) entitled 'Taking back the square' with Ali Breland, a student from the University of Texas in Austin.

Harry Verhoeven on Egypt Ethiopia water war

james.baldwin@politics.ox.ac.uk (James Baldwin) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Harry Verhoeven has written an opinion piece for Al Jazeera (13 June) entitled 'Why a 'water war' over the Nile River won't happen', analysing the context behind the current bellicose rhetoric coming from both the Egyptian and Ethiopian governments over who controls the Nile.

Alex Leveringhaus on Lethal Autonomous Robots

bursary.student@politics.ox.ac.uk (Bursary Student) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Alex Leveringhaus, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Oxford’s Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict (ELAC) appeared in a segment on BBC Newsnight (30 May) on Lethal Autonomous Robotics (LARs).

Rana Mitter interviews Shadow Cabinet minister

james.baldwin@politics.ox.ac.uk (James Baldwin) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:49:08 GMT

Rana Mitter interviewed Shadow Cabinet minister Liam Byrne about the future of UK-China relations for BBC Radio 3 (4 June).

Nic Cheeseman makes Kenyan front page news

james.baldwin@politics.ox.ac.uk (James Baldwin) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

An article by Nic Cheeseman has made the front page of Kenya’s Daily Nation, the largest newspaper in East and Central Africa with a circulation of over 200,000. The piece, “From Cold War to M-Pesa – events that shaped Kenyan history”, discusses 50 events that have shaped Kenyan history. It was selected to lead the Nation’s celebration of 50 years of Kenyan independence in an edition published on Makadara Day (June 2).

James Tilley on youth voter turnout

bursary.student@politics.ox.ac.uk (Bursary Student) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

An article in Reuters (30 May) on how the youth vote may affect next year’s European elections includes the views of Oxford’s James Tilley.

John Lloyd remarks on tech companies

bursary.student@politics.ox.ac.uk (Bursary Student) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In a column for Reuters (28 May), John Lloyd notes that the relationship between large technology corporations such as Google and Facebook and the nation state is of great importance to society.

Ricardo Soares de Oliveira on Angolan privatizatio

james.baldwin@politics.ox.ac.uk (James Baldwin) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Ricardo Soares de Oliveira was interviewed by Radio France Internationale (22 May) on the recently announced Angolan privatization programme.

Professor Iain McLean on Scottish devolution

bursary.student@politics.ox.ac.uk (Bursary Student) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Westminster Hour (2 June), Iain Mclean notes that, no matter which way the Scottish referendum is decided, Scotland will likely see more devolution in the years ahead, as the Scotland Act of 2012 comes into force.

Dr David Rodin on Letter of Last Resort

bursary.student@politics.ox.ac.uk (Bursary Student) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

David Rodin, Senior Research Fellow at Oxford's Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict (ELAC) participated in a BBC Radio 4 roundtable discussion on the Letter of Last Resort: the letters in which British Prime Ministers leave directions for commanders of British nuclear submarines on how to respond should the UK be destroyed by a nuclear attack.