Politics and International Relations Podcasts

Dr Slaughter discusses workplace policies and the value we place on care of children and other loved ones.

Dr Micah Muscolino discusses his new book entitled "The Ecology of War in China: Henan Province, the Yellow River, and Beyond, 1938–1950." This book explores the interplay between war and environment in Henan Province, a hotly contested frontline territory that endured massive environmental destruction and human disruption during the conflict between China and Japan during World War II. In a desperate attempt to block Japan's military advance, Chinese Nationalist armies under Chiang Kai-shek broke the Yellow River's dikes in Henan in June 1938, resulting in devastating floods that persisted until after the war's end. Greater catastrophe struck Henan in 1942–3, when famine took some two million lives and displaced millions more. Focusing on these war-induced disasters and their aftermath, this book conceptualizes the ecology of war in terms of energy flows through and between militaries, societies, and environments. Ultimately, Micah Muscolino argues that efforts to procure and exploit nature's energy in various forms shaped the choices of generals, the fates of communities, and the trajectory of environmental change in North China

Modern European History Professor Paul Betts reflects on the legacy of World War II and its relevance to conflicts and crises today.

How Europe's external border controls that limit and monitor the entry of non-Europeans relates to the reception of migrants in the European Union

Both undergraduate degrees in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, as well as History and Politics have a gender discrepancy in finals results. This workshop addresses the reasons for these differences. This workshop organised by the Oxford Q-Step Centre* (OQC) brings together key speakers from Oxford and beyond to discuss gender differences in examinations in the context of courses that include quantitative methods.

Both undergraduate degrees in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, as well as History and Politics have a gender discrepancy in finals results. This workshop addresses the reasons for these differences. This workshop organised by the Oxford Q-Step Centre (OQC) brings together key speakers from Oxford and beyond to discuss gender differences in examinations in the context of courses that include quantitative methods.

Discussion of 'Making Sovereign Finance and Human Rights Work,' a recently-published collection that introduces novel legal theories and analyses the links between sovereign debt and human rights from a variety of perspectives. Poor public resource management and the global financial crisis curbing fundamental fiscal space, millions thrown into poverty, and authoritarian regimes running successful criminal campaigns with the help of financial assistance are all phenomena that raise fundamental questions around finance and human rights. They also highlight the urgent need for more systematic and robust legal and economic thinking about sovereign finance and human rights. The recently published edited collection Making Sovereign Finance and Human Rights Work aims to contribute to filling this gap by introducing novel legal theories and analyses of the links between sovereign debt and human rights from a variety of perspectives. The chapters include studies of financial complicity, UN sanctions, ethics, transitional justice, criminal law, insolvency proceedings, millennium development goals, global financial architecture, corporations, extraterritoriality, state of necessity, sovereign wealth and hedge funds, project financing, state responsibility, international financial institutions, the right to development, UN initiatives, litigation, as well as case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America. These chapters are then theorised by the editors in an introductory chapter. This roundtable brings together a number of contributors to the volume to discuss their chapters and engage in an interdisciplinary critique of their work with Oxford scholars from the fields of law, politics, economics and philosophy.

This panel includes two talks: 'Hume on Authority' and 'Political Philosophy and Autobiography.' This conference was held in honour of David Miller's contribution to political philosophy.

This panel includes two talks: 'Miller on Human Rights' and 'The Right to Drive People Away.' This conference was held to honour David Miller's contribution to political philosophy.

This panel includes two talks: 'Self-Determination, Revolution, and Intervention' and 'Multiculturalism, National Identity, and Failed Citizenship.' This conference was held to honour David Miller's contribution to political philosophy.

David Miller describes his experience in the field of political philosophy at a conference held in his honour.

This panel includes two talks: 'Religious Freedom, Public Space and Democratic Self-Determination' and 'Fertility, Mortality, and National Responsibility.' This conference was held to honour David Miller's contribution to political philosophy.

This panel includes two talks: 'Miller's Crossing' and 'On Self-Determination.' This conference was held to honour David Miller's contribution to political philosophy.

Using social media to analyse public opinion toward ISIS in the Arab community

The UK has a crucial role to play in the debate over how the EU should be reformed. This session engages in a conversation as to why and how.

Part of a seminar on the relationship between religion and politics in Egypt. Session 4 included two talks: 'Who is Sovereign, God or the People? Challenges Facing the Civil State' - Dr Malise Ruthven 'The End of Islamism?' - Dr Hazem Kandil

Part of a seminar on the relationship between religion and politics in Egypt. Session 3 included two talks: 'Regional Consequences of the Suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt' - Dr Ewan Stein 'Islamist-Military Relations and the Crisis of Secular Democracy in Egypt' - Dr Omar Ashour

Part of a seminar on the relationship between religion and politics in Egypt. Session 2 included two talks: 'Religiosity, Activism and Mobilization' - Dr Gamal Soltan 'The Modern Egyptian State Between the "Sacred" and the "Civil"' - Dr Samir Morcos

Part of a seminar on the relationship between religion and politics in Egypt. Session 1 included two talks: 'Religion and Politics in Egyptian Public Opinion, 2011-2015' - Stephen Whitefield, Dr Mazen Hassan 'Islam, Public Opinion, and the Public Role of Islam in Egypt' - Dr Hisham Hellyer

His Grace Bishop Angaelos delivered this address as part of a seminar on the relationship between religion and politics in Egypt. Before the Arab spring, there was a long held view that democracy cannot really flourish in a predominantly Muslim society. The first three years of the post-Arab spring Egypt provide an excellent opportunity to unearth many of the arguments and counter-argument surrounding this – and other – views. But, we asked, in what ways does religion, and religiosity, impact on how citizens make choices about parties, about how parties engage with representative institutions, and with the law. The seminar was organised into four panels to explore these issues and was designed to bring together a a broad range of thinkers and perspectives to engage in evidence-based and reasoned dialogue. Professor Stephen Whitefield (Fellow in Politics), Dr Elisabeth Kendall (Senior Research Fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies) and Dr Mazen Hassan (Cairo University) co-convened this seminar.