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One Thing Leads to Another: Making Sense of East Asia’s Repeated Tensions

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Over the past decades, there have been a series of unresolved, iterated episodes of tension between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and other states in East Asia. These include the Japanese detainment of a Chinese fisherman in 2010, the standoff between ships from the PRC and Philippines at Scarborough Shoal in 2012, and the 2015 clash between the PRC and Vietnam over the PRC placement of an oilrig near the Paracel Islands.

'The Destructive Power of Manichean Ideologies'

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Over the course of Hilary Term (January to March) and Trinity Term 2017 (April to June), the Department of Politics and International Relations is convening a new seminar series on Ideas and Political Violence.

This series has been recorded and is now available in its entirety, along with an introduction from convenors Elizabeth Frazer and Jonathan Leader Maynard, explaining why they chose this topic, which parts of the series they found particularly interesting, and where they hope it will go in future.

'Illiberal Democracy? Poland in a Comparative Perspective'

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At the fourth annual Leszek Kolakowski Lecture, Wolfgang Merkel of WZB Berlin Social Science Centre discusses the concept of defective democracies, with a focus on the case of Poland in European comparison.

Violence and Nonviolence in Contentious Politics

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The Ideological Shadow of Authoritarianism

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'Flirting with Fantasies: Will Populist Politics Turn Fantasies into Violent Realities?'

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Government as a Platform: What can Estonia Show the World?

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The concept of Government as a Platform (GaaP) is based on a digital foundation for government to share data, software and services, and has been proposed as an efficient, effective and innovative model for government, particularly in the UK. But it has come nearest to being realised in Estonia, where underlying layers of data registries, information exchange, secure identification and front-end portals form a platform upon which digital services have been built, earning a global reputation for digital government.

Q-Step Fantasy Frontbench Lecture

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Matthew Seren Smith and Megan Sclater discuss their Fantasy Frontbench project, its impact and the potential of technology to engage young people in politics.

The New Politics of Class: The Political Exclusion of the British Working Class

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This argument is developed in three stages. The first is to show that there has been enormous social continuity in class divisions. The authors demonstrate this using extensive evidence on class and educational inequality, perceptions of inequality, identity and awareness, and political attitudes over more than fifty years.

A Matter of Time: On the Transitory Nature of Cyberweapons

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This article examines the transitory nature of cyberweapons. Shedding light on this highly understudied facet is important both for grasping how cyberspace affects international security and policymakers’ efforts to make accurate decisions regarding the deployment of cyberweapons. First, laying out the life cycle of a cyberweapon, I argue that these offensive capabilities are both different in ‘degree’ and in ‘kind’ compared with other regarding their temporary ability to cause harm or damage.

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