Monday 24 February 2025

• 16:00 - The Axis of Resistance and the Collapse of the Unity of Fronts Strategy
  Liz Sly (former Washington Post Middle East bureau chief)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series
• 17:00 - Book Presentation: Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Ideal
  Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary University), Cécile Laborde (Oxford), Shiru Lim (Leiden), Iain McDaniel (Sussex)
  Oxford Political Thought Seminar
• 17:00 - Preventing the Use of AI Systems by Terrorist & Violent Extremists, Hostile Foreign States, and Organized Crime
  Broderick McDonald (Kings College London)
  Oxford Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group
• 17:00 - Fireside Chat with Dr Annette Weber, European Special Representative for the Horn of Africa
  Please note that this event is taking place at Balliol Jowett Walk, NOT Balliol College main site.
  Dr Annette Weber (European Union)
  Oxford International Relations Society

Tuesday 25 February 2025

• 13:30 - China's Private Security Sector at a Crossroads: From Pakistan to Myanmar.
  Dr Alessandro Arduino (King's College London)
  Changing Character of War (CCW) Seminar Series
• 17:00 - In Conversation with Prof Tomoko Okagaki: State Socialisation: Japan's Conformity to International Law (OxIRSoc)
  Prof Tomoko Okagaki (Dokkyo University)
  Oxford International Relations Society

Thursday 27 February 2025

• 17:00 - Palestine and anticolonial Marxism
  Dr Hashem Abushama (University of Oxford)
  Critical Theory Seminar
• 17:00 - Attitudes Toward Normalization in a Conflict Context: Evidence from the Arab-Israeli Conflict
  Dr Ibrahim Khatib (Doha Institute)

Friday 28 February 2025

• 13:00 - Interethnic variation in support for authoritarian regimes: Evidence from Russia
  Professor Kyle Lohse Marquardt (University of Bergen)
  Politics Research Colloquium

Monday 3 March 2025

• 16:00 - Rethinking Civil Wars in Light of the Syrian conflict
  Jerome Drevon (International Crisis Group)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series

Tuesday 4 March 2025

• 13:30 - The Impact of AI & Emerging Technologies on Future Defence Strategy
  Dr Robert Hercock (British Telecommunications Security Research Practice)
  Changing Character of War (CCW) Seminar Series

Wednesday 5 March 2025

• 17:15 - General Hastings ‘Pug’ Ismay: Soldier, Statesman, Diplomat
  Sir John Kiszely
  Changing Character of War Centre: Strategic Leadership and the NATO Alliance

Friday 7 March 2025

• 13:00 - Why do “Ethnically Included” Groups Rebel? The Limits of Nominal Ethnic Inclusion
  Dr Kevin Mazur (King's College London)
  Politics Research Colloquium

Monday 10 March 2025

• 16:00 - Local Security Provision and Return from Forced Displacement: Evidence from South Sudan
  Andrea Caflisch (UCL)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series

Tuesday 11 March 2025

• 13:30 - Cyber Sovereignty and the EU’s Securitisation
  Julia Carver (University of Oxford)
  Changing Character of War (CCW) Seminar Series

Wednesday 12 March 2025

• 17:00 - Funding Justice: A New Critical Theory of Philanthropy
  Dr Brooke Ackerly (Vanderbilt University)
  Critical Theory Seminar

Friday 14 March 2025

• 13:00 - American Economic Coercion and Elite Re-Globalization
  Dr Lorenzo Crippa (University of Strathclyde)
  Politics Research Colloquium

Thursday 20 March 2025

• 09:30 - Negotiating with Difficult Actors: International Negotiation, Mediation and Diplomacy. Day 1 (of 2) Intensive Training Workshop
  Applications: For details on how to apply, please email Assistant Organiser Devika Manish Kumar devika.manishkumar@sant.ox.ac.uk Places will be limited, and the current deadline for applications is 28 February 2025. Early applications are encouraged!
  Martin Albani (European External Action Service), Valentin Ade (The Negotiation Studio)
  OxPeace Events

Friday 21 March 2025

• 09:30 - Negotiating with Difficult Actors: International Negotiation, Mediation and Diplomacy, Day 2 (of 2) Intensive Training Workshop
  Applications: For details on how to apply, please email Assistant Organiser Devika Manish Kumar devika.manishkumar@sant.ox.ac.uk Places will be limited, and the current deadline for applications is 28 February 2025. Early applications are encouraged!
  Martin Albani (European External Action Service), Valentin Ade (The Negotiation Studio)
  OxPeace Events

Monday 31 March 2025

• 09:00 - Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods 2025
  Various Speakers

Friday 4 April 2025

• 15:00 - Fireside Chat with Prof Jeffrey Sachs: US-China Relations and Sustainable Development (Online Event)
  Professor Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University)
  Oxford International Relations Society

Thursday 8 May 2025

• 17:00 - Cyril Foster Lecture 2025:
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  Christine Ahn (Women Cross DMZ), Dan Leaf (former United States Air Force officer)