The UK is amongst the most advanced western nations in Crisis Management. The doctrine, guidance and standards that underpin the way the UK approaches threats and hazards is a tried and tested approach that is shared with our allies and partners around the World. The COBR Unit is the coordinator of crisis management within the UK, working to ensure that we prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crisis following recognised and collectively agreed processes.

Since the beginning of the millennium, when Vladimir Putin took power in Russia, authoritarian leaders have come to dominate global politics.

What does China want, and where are US‒China tensions headed? Far from a ‘Beijing consensus’, the Chinese government must grapple with domestic debates and divisions over everything from when and how to use force in China’s territorial disputes to how ambitiously to pursue climate solutions at short-term costs to economic growth. Through the lens of domestic politics, nationalism and regime insecurity in China, Weiss assesses Beijing’s international ambitions, the prospects for peaceful coexistence and the future of international order.

*Camilo Aguirre Torrini*, University of Sussex
We must trade with the Socialist Countries: Uruguay and North Korea in the 1960s

*Paul Kreitman*, Columbia University
The Chrysanthemum Curtain: Guarding the Exits in Postwar Japan

Please join us for a closing discussion for the exhibition 'Who Took These?', including the photographer Jacqueline Otagburuagu and Dr Emily Brady (Broadbent Fellow at Christ Church).

St Antony's outgoing Visiting Parliamentary Fellows Lord (Paul) Boateng and Baroness (Kate Fall) in discussion with their successors Baroness (Arminka) Helić and Lord (Jonny) Oates.

This event will be in a Question Time format.

Recent geopolitical challenges provide a challenging backdrop as countries meet in Egypt mid-November 2022 for the annual UN climate change conference. A critical issue that will define the negotiations is the Just Transition - deciding how countries can transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient societies in a just manner. African countries find themselves at the heart of the debate as they try to balance rapid economic transformation and ambitious climate action. How, then, can Africa realise the Just Transition?