Join us for a live session with Doomberg exploring how energy markets have become a central arena of geopolitical contestation. As states increasingly weaponize supply chains, industrial policy, and financial flows, energy is no longer simply an economic input but a strategic lever shaping global power dynamics.

Join the Emerging Threats and Technology Group (ETG), Oxford Business Network (OBN) in Public Policy, Government and Global Affairs, and the Said Business School (SBS) Military Veterans Club for a joint-designed and hosted industry wargame simulation on May 6, from 2-5 PM at Said Business School. In the year XYZ, a strait closure results in a shipping and market crisis for oil companies and their subsidiaries.

Space is rapidly transforming from a frontier of exploration into a contested battlespace where strategic advantage is measured in orbits, signals, and the control of critical infrastructure. Join us for a panel discussion on Space Militarization and Securitization, examining how states are redefining security beyond Earth’s atmosphere.

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This paper examines whether external security threats reduce popular support for far-right parties, focusing on Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Existing scholarship suggests that such threats should weaken extremist parties by generating rally effects, shifting attention to foreign policy, and increasing demand for experienced leadership. Contrary to these expectations, descriptive trends show that far-right support in Western Europe increased following the invasion. We examine this question through two studies.

Abstract: Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th, over-indebted people engaged in large, vigorous campaigns to demand governments’ protection from ruinous debt. Their appeals to state legislatures across the country extended into the national arena, leading the U.S. to have one of the most protective debt relief regimes in the world by the end of the 19th century. Yet by the second half of the twentieth century, culminating in a creditor-led retrenchment of the bankruptcy code in 2005.

As Europe confronts a convergence of long-term challenges, from defence and geopolitical instability to demographic decline and the pressures of the green transition, questions about its future power and resilience are becoming increasingly urgent. The discussion will focus on six concrete ideas for strengthening the European Union’s capacity to act, offering practical policy recommendations on how to sustain competitiveness, enhance security, and adapt to structural change.

Across Europe, the rise of populist movements and concerns about democratic backsliding have raised fundamental questions about the resilience of liberal institutions. Hungary has often stood at the centre of this debate, long seen as a case study of entrenched illiberal governance. Yet the recent landslide victory of Péter Magyar has reshaped the political landscape, suggesting that electoral change remains possible even in systems widely viewed as tilted.

Almost 80 years of peace have shaped a European mindset in which war seemed unthinkable, yet today’s geopolitical realities are challenging this assumption. As the idea that “integration is security” comes under pressure, fundamental questions arise: can Europe adapt, and is it ready to confront a more dangerous world? Caroline de Gruyter is a journalist, author and lecturer based in Brussels. She is a European Affairs correspondent and columnist for the leading Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad and a regular contributor to Foreign Policy, EUobserver and De Standaard.