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'Crime-Terror Nexus from Below' awarded ESRC funding
17 January 2019
Dr Raphaël Lefèvre has been awarded £450,000 by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to support his new project, ‘The Crime-Terror Nexus from Below: Criminal and Extremist Practices, Networks and Narratives in Deprived Neighbourhoods of Tripoli’....
Latest issue of International Affairs journal guest-edited by DPhil student
16 January 2019
DPhil student, Patrick Quinton-Brown, has guest-edited a special issue of the journal, International Affairs....
DPIR thesis awards announced
11 January 2019
The Department of Politics and International Relations is delighted to announce the winners of our postgraduate thesis prizes....
UK House of Lords Publishes Report Including CTGA Testimony
09 January 2019
The UK House of Lords International Relations Committee has published a report on the implications of major shifts in world order for the UK's national security, prosperity, and global influence....
Town vs Country: African democracies benefit rural communities over urban voters
09 January 2019
New research from Dr Robin Harding suggests that electoral competition in Africa benefits rural communities over urban ones....
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Moral Manoeuvres: Cybersecurity in Egypt and the Gulf States
Wed, 23 Jan - 12:30
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The coldest story ever told: Kayne and the Up Next algorithm
Wed, 23 Jan - 14:00
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World Politics 100 Years after the Paris Peace Conference
Wed, 23 Jan - 17:00
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The Legal Metamorphosis of War
Thu, 24 Jan - 12:30
The Oxford University Politics Blog
Confronting Mexico’s New Black Market in Fuel Theft and Trafficking
Inaction in politics can be comfortable. Politicians might opt for hand wringing to avoid confronting the consequences of their actions, or, in the worst-case, to hide their own...