By examining the PMU's self-positioning as a pillar of Iraq's defence infrastructure, this book offers a critical perspective on the prospects for Security Sector Reform (SSR) and highlights the limitations of externally driven Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration (DDR) efforts. It speaks to scholars of Iraq and the Middle East, as well as diplomats, security actors, and SSR practitioners. The book is also a valuable teaching resource for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on conflict, security, identity politics, terrorism, and peacebuilding.

The Fifth Annual Oxford-Georgia Forum will take place at St Antony's College on 27 May 2026. The annual forum serves as a dynamic platform for exchanging knowledge about Georgia, bringing together scholars, practitioners, and students to share insights, foster dialogue, and deepen understanding of the country’s political, social, and cultural developments. This year’s forum centres on the current political climate in the country, the evolving geopolitical landscape in the region, as well as Georgian cultural and literary studies.

This seminar explores the political and institutional implications of Hungary’s recent election, focusing on both domestic developments and their wider European significance. It brings together leading experts on Hungarian and European politics to assess the drivers behind the electoral outcome, the evolving balance between government and opposition, and the trajectory of democratic governance in Hungary.

In this lecture, Dr. Itzhak Benyamini intends to present the main arguments of my latest book, "A Psycho-Political Analysis of Netanyahu's Israel - The Israeli Anxiety" which has been recently published by Routledge. He will seek to describe the contemporary collapse of the boundary between private and public in the liberal-democratic politics in the West, focusing on his personal experience as an Israeli citizen.

Europe’s idea of freedom, forged in the Enlightenment, remains an unfinished project. As Élisabeth Badinter observed, it is not a historical period but an ongoing endeavour. Today, that project faces mounting pressure: from external aggression and from internal forces that erode freedom by undermining truth, rules and institutions. Renewing Europe’s liberal tradition therefore requires more than defending the status quo.

The legal profession in China is embracing technology. Since the 2010s, a new type of law firm, commonly known as “internet-promoted firms” (IPFs), has emerged as a significant force in the legal services market, particularly in areas such as debt collection, personal injury, and labour disputes. These IPFs typically collaborate with online platforms and legal consulting companies to market their services through search engines and social media.

What drives the uneven geographic spread of revolutionary episodes? While structural approaches emphasize pre-existing fault lines, contingency approaches highlight emergent processes. We synthesize these perspectives, arguing that specific triggers shape a revolutionary episode's social geography by activating certain fault lines while leaving others dormant. Through a comparative analysis of three revolutionary episodes in Iran (2017–2022), each with a distinct trigger, we demonstrate how different triggers shape patterns of contention.

To make sense of a moment in which Latino men and white women voted for Donald Trump, and the Conservative party is on its second non-white leader in a row - all at a time of escalating inequality and intense racial animus - we must interrogate what we want both from diversity and representation. These lessons go beyond electoral politics. The aim should be to change the way a system works not simply the way that it looks; so we must recognise that it is possible for organisations to appear different and still act the same.

OxMEND and OxfordSpeaks are delighted to invite you to an evening with Samer Sinijlawi, a Palestinian politician, a reformist member of Fatah, actively involved in peace initiatives in Israel-Palestine and diplomatic efforts toward the establishment of a Palestinian state.

We are honoured to welcome Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, as our speaker to the OSGA Annual Lecture on 19 May 2026. Join us as the Prime Minister will speak about the development, governance and politics of Sri Lanka and reflect on what this experience teaches us about the politics of development more generally. The lecture will also dive deeper into the political context and the challenges of sustaining dynamic reform in complex contexts. Dr.