Philip Cunliffe will deliver a lecture on his book The National Interest: Politics after Globalization, exploring the renewed importance of national interest in contemporary politics. The talk will examine the theory and history of the idea of the national interest and how the concept has been abandoned over the past few decades.

Sovereignty and Its Discontents (SAID) is an interdisciplinary workshop that centers around emerging critical and historical scholarship in International Relations and Politics. The purpose of the workshop is to promote rich theoretical discussions on the limits and subjectivities of sovereignty through perspectives of political, racial, gendered, and historical ideas and practices. Our sessions will be on Wednesdays (Week 1,3,5,7) beginning on 29/4/2026 from 4-6PM at Seminar Room B, Manor Road Building. In week 3, Dr.

Sovereignty and Its Discontents (SAID) is an interdisciplinary workshop that centers around emerging critical and historical scholarship in International Relations and Politics. The purpose of the workshop is to promote rich theoretical discussions on the limits and subjectivities of sovereignty through perspectives of political, racial, gendered, and historical ideas and practices. Our sessions will be on Wednesdays (Week 1,3,5,7) beginning on 29/4/2026 from 4-6PM at Seminar Room B, Manor Road Building. In week 1, Dr.

The Oxford Spinoza Conference is an annual gathering dedicated to exploring the myriad cross-disciplinary manners in which Benedict Spinoza has contributed to the history of philosophy and continues to shape our understanding of the world. The fourth edition will take place at Pembroke College on Thursday 7 May 2026. The theme of this year’s conference is: 'Spinoza in Context: War, Peace, Slavery & Colonialism'. See here for last year's conference: https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford-spinoza-conference-2025-benedict-spinoza-politics-international.

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.