OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Next week, we’re excited to be hosting Dr Alessandro Arduino on Chinese Private Security Companies: Neither Blackwater nor the Wagner Group. The event will take place on Tuesday, October 22nd in the Old Library at All Souls College at 8:30pm. As always, there will be a drinks reception prior to the event, starting at 8pm.
Dr Alessandro Arduino is a Visiting Professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Affiliated Lecturer at the Lau China Institute in King’s College London and a foremost expert on Chinese private security as well as the Belt and Road Initiative. He was previously a China expert for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Co-Director at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
His recent book, “Money for Mayhem: Mercenaries, Private Military Companies, Drones, and the Future of War”, depicts war in a world dominated by private armies. On his podcasts, “Boots off the Ground: Security Transformation in the Middle East and Beyond”, and “Making Risk Better”, he discusses contemporary security architecture transition.
