Fear and Loathing International Relations - Cyril Foster Lecture 2017
Although the 2003 Iraq War was linked to the "War on Terror" the case for the war was presented, at least in the UK, within the terms of the...
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20 of 145 episodesThe Responsibility to Protect in a Time of Trump: Can Human Protection Weather the Storm?
Professor Alex Bellamy (University of Queensland) discusses new challenges for implementing Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principles in th...
Book Launch: 'Citizens' Wealth'
Author Angela Cummine gives a brief overview of her book on Sovereign Wealth Funds: what they are, and who actually owns them. Dr Cummine th...
Twenty-five Years in the Search for Peace: Reflections on the Nobel Peace Prize
Geir Lundestad, a Norwegian historian, who until 2014 served as the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, delivered the 2016 Cyril Fost...
'A Feminist Voyage Through International Relations'
Professor Emerita J. Ann Tickner (University of Southern California) delivers a lecture on the role of feminist theory in the field of inter...
'The Case for Offshore Balancing' with John Mearsheimer
Professor John J. Mearsheimer (University of Chicago) presents the conclusions of his latest article published in 'Foreign Affairs' on offsh...
Elliot Lecture: 'The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul'
St Antony's College hosts the 2015 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, for a discussion of her the Soviet soul and her cu...
'Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World'
Professor Timothy Garton Ash discusses the premise of his new book titled 'Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World.' Introduced by...
'Poland: Internationalism, Nationalism and Challenges of the International Environment'
President of the Stefan Batory Foundation Aleksander Smolar discusses nationalism and internationalism in contemporary Poland
Text in the Social Sciences Session 4: Topic Modeling
Félix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers discuss methods to analyse large bodies of text in more systematic and reliable ways.
Text in the Social Sciences Session 3: Scaling and Dictionary Approaches
Félix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers discuss methods to analyse large bodies of text in more systematic and reliable ways.
Text in the Social Sciences Session 2: Text as Discourse
Félix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers discuss methods to analyse large bodies of text in more systematic and reliable ways.
Text in the Social Sciences Session 1: Getting Started
Félix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers discuss methods to analyse large bodies of text in more systematic and reliable ways.
Book Launch: 'Emotional Diplomacy: Official Emotion on the International Stage'
Professor Todd Hall discussed his recently published book, 'Emotional Diplomacy: Official Emotion on the International Stage.'
Challenging charisma: constructing grievance and the limits of legitimacy in post-Crimea Russia
Samuel Greene talks about outbreak of protests in Russia and political events after the annexation of Crimea
Geopolitics of Fear: South East Europe in a dangerous neighbourhood
The seminar series addresses some of the acute problems affecting Europe, as seen especially from a South Eastern European perspective, and...
The Making of a Constitution: Pakistan and the Question of Sovereignty
The speaker analyses the concept of 'sovereignty' as presented in the Objectives Resolution of Pakistan presented to the Constituent Assembl...
Divergences between the law of marriage and its social meaning: are same-sex marriages unique?
In 2013, the UK Parliament legalized same-sex marriage in England and Wales. Dr Scot Peterson discusses whether this is the first time there...
Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China
Sheila A. Smith, a senior fellow for Japan studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses her new book, "Intimate Rivals: Japanese D...
Incorporating Ethnicity: Ethnodevelopment Policy in Latin America, 1985-2005
Professor Sarah Chartock discusses ethnodevelopment policies, illustrated with the cases of Peru, Ecuador and Guatemala.