War was not inevitable in Europe in 1914, and it is not inevitable in Asia today.  But war happened in Europe because the Europeans failed to conceive a new international order to reflect radical shifts in the distribution of wealth and power.  And war will become more likely in Asia if regional powers fail in the same way to imagine a new regional order which fits the fast-changing realities of power there.  How might such a new order look, and how could it be built?

The launch of the tenth edition of St Antony’s International Review includes panels and presentations on the theme of the resurgence of identity politics. 

St Antony's International Review (STAIR) is Oxford's journal of global affairs, a peer-reviewed, academic journal established in 2005 by graduate members of St Antony's College at the University of Oxford.

The launch of the tenth edition of St Antony’s International Review includes panels and presentations on the theme of the resurgence of identity politics. 

St Antony's International Review (STAIR) is Oxford's journal of global affairs, a peer-reviewed, academic journal established in 2005 by graduate members of St Antony's College at the University of Oxford.

This session was hosted in co-operation with the Centre for International Studies (CIS).

The launch of the tenth edition of St Antony’s International Review includes panels and presentations on the theme of the resurgence of identity politics. 

The launch of the tenth edition of St Antony’s International Review includes panels and presentations on the theme of the resurgence of identity politics. 

St Antony's International Review (STAIR) is Oxford's journal of global affairs, a peer-reviewed, academic journal established in 2005 by graduate members of St Antony's College at the University of Oxford.

Jacques Rupnik (University of Paris, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI)) speaks about 'Vaclav Havel's contested legacies: alternative visions of politics and Europe'. 

Jacques Rupnik is a former advisor to the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel. The event was chaired by Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony’s College), and was co-organised by the Oxford University Czech and Slovak Society, the Centre for International Studies (CIS), and  the Oxford-Sciences Po Research Group (OXPO).

Leo Strauss: Man of Peace provides the first comprehensive analysis of Leo Strauss's writings on political violence, considering also what he taught in the classroom on this subject. In stark contrast to popular perception, Strauss emerges as a man of peace, favourably disposed to international law and sceptical of imperialism – a critic of radical ideologies (right and left) who warns of the dangers to free thought and civil society when philosophers and intellectuals ally themselves with movements that advocate violence.