Name: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Events this person is hosting:
Monday 17 January 2022
The UN and the changing character of peacemaking: new tools and new thinking
Date: 17 January 2022, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Raja Gundu (United Nations)
Venue Details: Online.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 18 January 2022
On Russian strategy in the social media battlefield
Date: 18 January 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr David Gioe (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Wednesday 19 January 2022
It’s grand, but is it strategy? The origins of ‘grand strategy’ revisited
Date: 19 January 2022, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr. David Morgan-Owen (King's College London)
Venue Details: Seminar Room G, Manor Road Building
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Illusions of Autonomy: Why Europe Cannot Provide for Its Security If the United States Pulls Back
Date: 25 January 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Hugo Meijer (Sciences Po)
Venue Details: Online.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 1 February 2022
Copenhagen 1807: A British War of prevention and pre-emption?
Date: 1 February 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Brendan Simms (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Wednesday 2 February 2022
Presidents, Politics and Military Strategy: Electoral Constraints during the Iraq War
Date: 2 February 2022, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Andrew Payne (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
Date: 8 February 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Mary Sarotte (Johns Hopkins)
Venue Details: Online, a link to join will be posted closer to the date
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 15 February 2022
Maritime Strategy: Using the Other 71%
Date: 15 February 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
s:
Captain Brent Spillner (US Navy),
Commander Andrew Livsey (Royal Navy and CCW Visiting Research Fellow)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Cyber Capabilities and Decision Making - if we are being out thought, will we always be outfought?
Date: 16 February 2022, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Sally Walker
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 22 February 2022
People’s Liberation Army Modernisation: from drivers of change to strengths and weaknesses
Date: 22 February 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Meia Nouwens (The International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 1 March 2022
The Indo-Pacific Tilt, Geopolitics and International Law - Issues and Challenges
Date: 1 March 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Captain Ian Park (Royal Navy)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Wednesday 2 March 2022
The Strategies of Small States: Safeguarding Autonomy and Influencing Great Powers
Date: 2 March 2022, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Dr Hillary Briffa (King's College London)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 8 March 2022
‘War’ vs ‘Conflict’: changing Russian perceptions between the military and the civilian security establishment
Date: 8 March 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Mark Galeotti (UCL)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Events this person is organising:
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Clausewitz as an early theoretician of hybrid warfare
Date: 27 November 2019, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Dr Andreas Herberg-Rothe (Huchschule Fulda)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Thursday 5 December 2019
Marginality, (in)security and political participation in conflict and beyond
Date: 5 December 2019, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Dr Daire McGill (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Katerina Tkacova (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 21 January 2020
Libya and Challenges for International conflict resolution
Date: 21 January 2020, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Christopher Thornton (Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Robert Johnson (Oxford)
Tuesday 28 January 2020
The Russian Understanding of War: Blurring the Lines between War and Peace
Date: 28 January 2020, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Oscar Jonsson (Stockholm Free World Forum)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (Pembroke College, Oxford)
Wednesday 29 January 2020
Why Counter-Insurgency Fails
Date: 29 January 2020, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Professor Azar Gat (Tel Aviv University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Monday 3 February 2020
Military Adaptation &Convergence in War: Insurgent and International Forces in Afghanistan, 2006-2014
Date: 3 February 2020, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Theo Farrell (Wollongong University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Robert Johnson (Oxford)
Tuesday 4 February 2020
China's Good War: How Memory of the World War II past is shaping a nationalist future
Date: 4 February 2020, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Rana Mitter
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Wednesday 5 February 2020
Moshe Dayan: the influential strategist
Date: 5 February 2020, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Trojan Horse, Copycat, or Scapegoat? Unpacking the Refugees-Terrorism Nexus
Date: 11 February 2020, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Sara Polo (University of Essex)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (Pembroke College, Oxford)
Power to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow's Terrorists
Date: 11 February 2020, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Audrey Kurth Cronin (American University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (Pembroke College, Oxford)
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Uncertainty and Mutual Recognition in Colombia - the Study of the Nature of Armed Non-State Actors in the Colombian Conflict
Date: 18 February 2020, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Jan Boesten (CCW, Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Wednesday 19 February 2020
The Demos at War: lessons on democratic warfare from Thucydides and Machiavelli
Date: 19 February 2020, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Erica Benner
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Conflict and Wellbeing Deprivation in sub-Saharan Africa
Date: 25 February 2020, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Ricardo Nogales (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative),
Dr Christian Oldiges (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Tuesday 3 March 2020
Terrorism and recent developments in Human Rights
Date: 3 March 2020, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Lord John Alderdice (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West
Date: 3 March 2020, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
David Kilcullen (University of New South Wales, Canberra)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Pichette Auditorium
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Is forecasting political violence feasible? Experiences from the ViEWS project.
Date: 10 March 2020, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Håvard Hegre (Uppsala University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 14 October 2020
Maritime power in British strategy, 1945 to the present
Date: 14 October 2020, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr Tim Benbow (KCL)
Venue Details: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk to be invited.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 28 October 2020
Julian Corbett and the battle for British strategy - 1914-15
Date: 28 October 2020, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Professor Andrew Lambert (King’s College London)
Venue Details: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk to be invited.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 25 November 2020
Maritime Strike Warfare: Grey zone to Combat
Date: 25 November 2020, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
s:
Commodore Steve Moorhouse,
Rear Admiral Mike Utley
Venue Details: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk to be invited.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Interstate Influence Operations and International Security Studies
Date: 19 January 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Josh A Goldstein (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 26 January 2021
All Domain Operations
Date: 26 January 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Oliver Lewis (Rebellion Defence)
Venue Details: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 2 February 2021
Military Medicine and the Changing Costs of War
Date: 2 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Tanisha Fazal (University of Minnesota)
Venue Details: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 3 February 2021
Cruising for a Bruising: Maritime Competition in an Anti-Access Age
Date: 3 February 2021, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Jonathan D. Caverley (United States Naval War College)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams - Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 9 February 2021
Artificial Intelligence and National Security Decision-making
Date: 9 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Erik Lin-Greenberg (MIT)
Venue Details: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 16 February 2021
Cyber Law and Norms: Why they fail us
Date: 16 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Lucas Kello (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams - Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 17 February 2021
Forward or Persistent Presence
Date: 17 February 2021, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Conor O'Neil (Royal Navy)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams - Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 23 February 2021
Russia's Use of the Wagner Group 'Private' Military Company
Date: 23 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Kimberly Martin (Columbia University)
Venue Details: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 24 February 2021
The Maritime Rung on the Escalation Ladder: Naval Blockades in a US-China Conflict
Date: 24 February 2021, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Fiona Cunningham (George Washington University)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams - Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 2 March 2021
Black Gold and Blackmail: Oil and Great Power Politics
Date: 2 March 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Rosemary Kelanic (University of Notre Dame)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams - Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 3 March 2021
Advantage at Sea A discussion on the recently released Tri-Service Maritime Strategy by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard
Date: 3 March 2021, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Rear Admiral James Bynum
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams - Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 9 March 2021
How distance constrains US grand strategy in an era of military-technological innovation
Date: 9 March 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Paul van Hooft (The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams - Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk for joining link
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 27 April 2021
China’s Military Strategy in the New Era
Date: 27 April 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor M Taylor Fravel (MIT)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk to be invited.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 28 April 2021
The Royal Navy in the Indo-Pacific: Why small is sometimes better
Date: 28 April 2021, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
René Balletta (Royal Navy)
Venue Details: MIcrosoft Teams: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk to be invited.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 4 May 2021
Subversive Economics: Pervasive, Dangerous and Largely Invisible
Date: 4 May 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Elisabeth Braw (American Enterprise Institute (AEI))
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk to be invited.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 11 May 2021
Protean War: Embracing Complexity in International Relations
Date: 11 May 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Emily Whalen (University of Texas)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk to be invited.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 12 May 2021
PRC Gray Zone Operations in the South China Sea
Date: 12 May 2021, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Andrew Erikson (US Naval War College)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk to be invited.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Why the U.S. Military Forgets What It Learns in War
Date: 18 May 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Jon Askonas
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams: Please email info@ccw.ox.ac.uk to be invited.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 12 October 2021
The Operational Application of Offensive Cyber: Challenges and Opportunities
Date: 12 October 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Conrad Prince (RUSI)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 13 October 2021
The Integrated Review, the fall of Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific "tilt"
Date: 13 October 2021, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 19 October 2021
Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq
Date: 19 October 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Brigadier (rtd) Ben Barry (OBE (IISS))
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 26 October 2021
Integration – the Goldilocks factor
Date: 26 October 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Lt. Col. Al Brown (British Army)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 27 October 2021
Reconceptualizing Grand Strategy: A Comparative and Relational Framework
Date: 27 October 2021, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Thierry Balzacq (Sciences Po)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 2 November 2021
Triple Axis: Iran's relations with Russia and China
Date: 2 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 9 November 2021
Dispute Inflation
Date: 9 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Strategy in practice: The 2021 Integrated Review
Date: 10 November 2021, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Ashlee Godwin (UK Parliament)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 16 November 2021
The Central role of Space Domain Awareness in future military conflicts
Date: 16 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Stuart Eves (SJE Space Ltd)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 22 November 2021
CCW 2021 Annual Lecture: British Defence Policy: Reviews and Redirections
Date: 22 November 2021, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Peter Watkins (Chatham House)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Harold Lee Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 23 November 2021
New technology in War
Date: 23 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Olivier Schmitt (University of Southern Denmark)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 30 November 2021
Military Strategy in the 21st Century: The Challenge for NATO
Date: 30 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Janne Matlary (University of Oslo)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 17 January 2022
The UN and the changing character of peacemaking: new tools and new thinking
Date: 17 January 2022, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Raja Gundu (United Nations)
Venue Details: Online.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 18 January 2022
On Russian strategy in the social media battlefield
Date: 18 January 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr David Gioe (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Wednesday 19 January 2022
It’s grand, but is it strategy? The origins of ‘grand strategy’ revisited
Date: 19 January 2022, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr. David Morgan-Owen (King's College London)
Venue Details: Seminar Room G, Manor Road Building
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Illusions of Autonomy: Why Europe Cannot Provide for Its Security If the United States Pulls Back
Date: 25 January 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Hugo Meijer (Sciences Po)
Venue Details: Online.
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 1 February 2022
Copenhagen 1807: A British War of prevention and pre-emption?
Date: 1 February 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Brendan Simms (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Wednesday 2 February 2022
Presidents, Politics and Military Strategy: Electoral Constraints during the Iraq War
Date: 2 February 2022, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Andrew Payne (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
Date: 8 February 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Mary Sarotte (Johns Hopkins)
Venue Details: Online, a link to join will be posted closer to the date
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Cyber Capabilities and Decision Making - if we are being out thought, will we always be outfought?
Date: 16 February 2022, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Sally Walker
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 22 February 2022
People’s Liberation Army Modernisation: from drivers of change to strengths and weaknesses
Date: 22 February 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Meia Nouwens (The International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 1 March 2022
The Indo-Pacific Tilt, Geopolitics and International Law - Issues and Challenges
Date: 1 March 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Captain Ian Park (Royal Navy)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Wednesday 2 March 2022
The Strategies of Small States: Safeguarding Autonomy and Influencing Great Powers
Date: 2 March 2022, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Dr Hillary Briffa (King's College London)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 8 March 2022
‘War’ vs ‘Conflict’: changing Russian perceptions between the military and the civilian security establishment
Date: 8 March 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Mark Galeotti (UCL)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Tuesday 26 April 2022
International Law, Politics and Ethics of Humanitarian Military Intervention
Date: 26 April 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Iacovos Kareklas (CCW)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 27 April 2022
CCW Annual Lecture: Indo-Pacific Cohesion: AUKUS and Australian National Security Strategy in the 2020s
Date: 27 April 2022, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
The Hon George Brandis QC (Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Pichette Auditorium
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 May 2022
Responsible Stakeholder or Challenger? Assessing India’s Foreign Policy Orientation via Leadership Travel
Date: 3 May 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Walter Ladwig III (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 May 2022
Reflexive Control Theory: a Soviet perspective on influence and why it matters in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date: 10 May 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Maria de Goeij (CCW)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 17 May 2022
Nation-Building in the Borderlands of a Borderland: A Cartographical Examination of the Russia-Ukraine War
Date: 17 May 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Marnie Howlett (DPIR, University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 12 October 2022
Anglo-American clandestine cooperation: the past, present and future of the Special Intelligence Relationship
Date: 12 October 2022, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
s:
Dr David Gioe (King's College London),
Thomas Maguire (Leiden)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 25 October 2022
The Face of Peace: Government pedagogy amid disinformation in Colombia
Date: 25 October 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Gwen Burnyeat (Merton College, University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 26 October 2022
The United States, the United Kingdom and the international financial system since 1945
Date: 26 October 2022, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Professor Michael Hopkins (Liverpool)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Know your enemy: Empathy and imagination in strategy
Date: 8 November 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Kenneth Payne (King's College, London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 9 November 2022
An Exceptional Relationship? US nuclear strategy and the US-UK Nuclear Relationship
Date: 9 November 2022, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Dr Suzanne Doyle (East Anglia)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Provocative presence: Strategic ambiguity and naval options in a restive world
Date: 22 November 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Captain Brent Spillner (US Navy)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 23 November 2022
Tipping Points: Post-War Postures in US-UK Environmental and Climate Heritage
Date: 23 November 2022, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Dr Kristin Cook (SOAS)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 18 January 2023
Declinism in Postwar Britain and the United States
Date: 18 January 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr Robert Ralston (University of Birmingham)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 24 January 2023
The Difficulty of Innovation in Defence
Date: 24 January 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
s:
Oliver Lewis (Rebellion Defence),
Bob Daigle (Rebellion Defence)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 26 January 2023
Neural & Cognitive Warfare: Technology, Operations, and Strategy
Date: 26 January 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 1 February 2023
The Post-Cold War Anglo-American military relationship
Date: 1 February 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Professor Wyn Rees (University of Nottingham)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 7 February 2023
Evolution of far-right ideologies
Date: 7 February 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Peter Neumann (King's College London)
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 9 February 2023
Bioinformatics & Big Data: Government and Military Applications
Date: 9 February 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 15 February 2023
Regional cooperation: US-UK relations and strategic dilemmas following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 1979-1989
Date: 15 February 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 21 February 2023
The follower map: Towards a theory of the roots of cultural variations in leadership ideals
Date: 21 February 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
s:
Professor Mark van Vugt (Vrije Universiteit),
Dr Sirio Lonati (Neoma Business School)
Venue Details: Harold Lee Room, Pembroke College
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 23 February 2023
Human-Machine Teams: From Sensor to Shooter Across the Domains
Date: 23 February 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 1 March 2023
Jordan and Kuwait: US-UK relations in the aftermath of Suez
Date: 1 March 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr Louise Kettle (University of Nottingham)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 7 March 2023
NATO's Nordic Neophytes: How Sweden & Finland's Accession to NATO Alters the Military Balance in Northeast Europe
Date: 7 March 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
s:
Julia Carver (University of Oxford),
Sam Seitz (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 9 March 2023
Genomics & Bioengineering: Securing Advantage in the Biological Domain
Date: 9 March 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 26 April 2023
American Neutrality and the Anglo-American Crisis of 1916
Date: 26 April 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr Andrew Gawthorpe (Leiden University)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 2 May 2023
The Contribution of (Military) Psychology to the Operational Readiness of the Swiss Armed Forces
Date: 2 May 2023, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Hubert Annen (CCW & Swiss Military Academy)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 9 May 2023
From Integrated Deterrence to Integrated Defense
Date: 9 May 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Antulio Echevarria (CCW & US Army War College)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 10 May 2023
Joint Strike Fighter and Transatlantic Defence Procurement
Date: 10 May 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Emma Salisbury (Birbeck, University of London)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 11 May 2023
Space & Counterspace: Disruptive Technologies from Launch to Orbital Strike
Date: 11 May 2023, 15:15 - 16:15
Speaker
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 16 May 2023
Disinformation and Hybrid Threats – The Singapore Perspective
Date: 16 May 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Shashi Jayakumar (S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 23 May 2023
Raising McCAIN: Challenges and Opportunities in Returning a “Mishap Ship” to Warfighting Readiness
Date: 23 May 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Captain Ryan Easterday (CCW & US Navy)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 24 May 2023
CANCELLED: Brusa - Wartime Conception and Formative Conduct, 1940-1943
Date: 24 May 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr John Jenner (KCL)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 30 May 2023
Support the Troops: Military Obligation, Gender, and the Making of Political Community
Date: 30 May 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Katharine Millar (LSE)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 6 June 2023
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order: When Bad Behaviour Pays
Date: 6 June 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Edward Howell (New College, University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 7 June 2023
Multinational Coalition Warfare and the Anglo-American Experiment in the Mediterranean, 1942–43
Date: 7 June 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Carson Teuscher (Ohio State University)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 8 June 2023
Changing the Climate of War: From Weather Modification to Biological Security
Date: 8 June 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 13 June 2023
Black Swans: Do we have the Culture and Will to Adapt Rapidly to Unforeseen and Potentially Catastrophic Events?
Date: 13 June 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Kevin Rowlands (Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 October 2023
Contemporary Mental Health and Illness in the UKAF
Date: 10 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Surg. Cdr. Charlotte Evans (Royal Navy)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 11 October 2023
Cyber Strategy & Technology Studies Working Group: Week 1
Date: 11 October 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Out of the Shadows: The Shock of Non-Hybrid War
Date: 11 October 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Patrick Porter (Birmingham)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr William James (CCW)
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Thanks for your Service: The Causes & Consequences of Public Confidence in the US Military
Date: 17 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Peter Feaver (Duke University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 18 October 2023
Technology, Great Power Competition, and Track II Dialogues
Date: 18 October 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 19 October 2023
Russo-Ukraine War, Deep Strike, & Escalation
Date: 19 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 23 October 2023
PRC Influence, Technology Theft, and Insider Threats
Date: 23 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 24 October 2023
Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits
Date: 24 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Rob Geist-Pinfold (Kings College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 25 October 2023
Deepfakes and Disinformation I
Date: 25 October 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Strategy, Surprise and False Futurism
Date: 25 October 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Professor Alexander Evans (London School of Economics)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr William James (CCW)
Tuesday 31 October 2023
When Does the Great Game End? Long Term Geostrategic Trajectories of the Russian War Against Ukraine
Date: 31 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 1 November 2023
Deepfakes and Disinformation II
Date: 1 November 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Cassidy Bereskin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 2 November 2023
Cognitive Warfare, Theory, Practice, & Legalities
Date: 2 November 2023, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 6 November 2023
Artificial Intelligence, Decision-Making, and the Future of Conflict
Date: 6 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
s:
Discussion Group,
Adam McCauley (Department of National Defense, Government of Canada)
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 7 November 2023
The Pendulum of War: Lanchester Models of Combat
Date: 7 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Stephen Coulson
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 8 November 2023
Cyber Strategy & Technology Studies Working Group: Week 5 - Fireside Chat with Adam McCauley
Date: 8 November 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Adam McCauley (Department of National Defense, Government of Canada)
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Implications for Artificial Intelligence on Military and Political Decision-Making
Date: 8 November 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Adam McCauley (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Fashions and Fallacies in Contemporary Strategic Thought
Date: 8 November 2023, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Dr Chiara Libiseller (Leiden University)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr William James (CCW)
Monday 13 November 2023
Terrorism, Prediction, and Emerging Technologies
Date: 13 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
s:
Discussion Group,
Joshua Stewart (Oxford)
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Economics and National Security
Date: 14 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Jason Shepherd (RUSI)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 15 November 2023
Intelligence Services and Artificial Intelligence
Date: 15 November 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Carla Zoe Cremer (Human Information Processing Lab)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 20 November 2023
Great Power Competition and Disinformation in Africa
Date: 20 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Discussion Group,
Caroline Baylon (Future Generations in the UK Parliament)
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 21 November 2023
Cyber Deception
Date: 21 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Rob Black (Wilton Park)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 22 November 2023
The Technology Private Sector as a site of US-China Competition
Date: 22 November 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
s:
Discussion Group,
Virginia Nizza (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Assessing the Bear: Overestimating the Russian Military
Date: 22 November 2023, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr Andrew Bowen (Congressional Research Service)
Venue: All Souls - Wharton Room,
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Host:
Dr William James (CCW)
Monday 27 November 2023
Grand Strategy & Great Power Technology Competition
Date: 27 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 28 November 2023
Cyber capacity and strategic advantage: resilience, influence, and control
Date: 28 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Julia Carver (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 29 November 2023
Current Issues in Educating Public Officials about Emerging Technologies
Date: 29 November 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 16 January 2024
Welding Alliances: How Allied Warship Production Could Transform the Indo-Pacific
Date: 16 January 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Commander Douglas Robb (US Navy)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 17 January 2024
Compute as a Critical Resource
Date: 17 January 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Cyber Strategy & Technology Studies Working Group: Week 1 - Compute as a Critical Resource
Date: 17 January 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Mass and Multipolarity: Qualitative and Quantitative Balancing after Western Hegemony
Date: 17 January 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr David Blagden (University of Exeter)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 22 January 2024
Russo‐Ukrainian War: The Private Sector & Emerging Technologies
Date: 22 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Hugo Rosemont (KCL)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Mary Hyde Eccles Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 23 January 2024
(Re)shaping Ukrainian Identity Through Linguistic Choices During Full-Scale Russo-Ukrainian War
Date: 23 January 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Iryna Halasa (West Ukrainian National University and KCL)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Military AI & Nuclear Security
Date: 24 January 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Noah Greene (Center for a New American Security)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 29 January 2024
Defense Innovation: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, & Finance
Date: 29 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
James Galkowski (Silicon Valley Defense Group)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Mary Hyde Eccles Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 30 January 2024
How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity can Teach Us About Our Modern World and Fragile Nature
Date: 30 January 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Paul Larcey (Princeton University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 31 January 2024
Democratization of AI & Global Equity in Technology
Date: 31 January 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Closed Deal: Private Authority of Companies in Cyber Conflict and Crises
Date: 31 January 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Louise Marie Hurel (London School of Economics and RUSI)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 5 February 2024
AUKUS Advanced Cyber Capabilities, Strategy, and Integration
Date: 5 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Ciaran Martin (Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Mary Hyde Eccles Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 6 February 2024
Defence-Economic Aspects of Russia’s Involvement in the War in Ukraine: War Economy, International Economic Relationships, Economic Warfare, and Economic Costs
Date: 6 February 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Christopher Davis (Oxford Institute of Population Aging)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 7 February 2024
Tracing transformation in Intelligence: Open-Source Intelligence and AI
Date: 7 February 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Angeliki Martinou (Brunel Center for Intelligence and Security Studies)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Nuffield College
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 12 February 2024
U.S.‐China Competition, Emerging Technologies, and Alliances
Date: 12 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Mary Hyde Eccles Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 13 February 2024
Military Peacekeeping Mediation: A First-Hand Account from Mali
Date: 13 February 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Dr Dennis Gyllensporre (Swedish Defence University and CCW Visiting Fellow)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 14 February 2024
Cyber Strategy & Technology Studies Working Group: Week 5 - Supply Chain Politics for Emerging Technologies
Date: 14 February 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Nuffield College
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
'Bury them deep in the ground'; The disastrous legacies of 'expeditionary warfare', 'intervention', and 'counterinsurgency'
Date: 14 February 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Frank Ledwidge (University of Portsmouth)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 20 February 2024
The Russian Challenge to Europe’s Gas Supplies this Winter and Beyond
Date: 20 February 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Sidharth Kaushal (RUSI)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 21 February 2024
Cyber Strategy & Technology Studies Working Group: Week 6 - Mapping the State of Judicial Technology & Policy in China
Date: 21 February 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Lujain Ibrahim (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Nuffield College
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 26 February 2024
The Ukraine War Two Years On: Lessons for Technology & Autonomy
Date: 26 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Rob Rider, CBE (UK Defence Attaché to Germany (2015-20))
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Mary Hyde Eccles Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 27 February 2024
Book Launch: British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony
Date: 27 February 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr William D. James (KCL and CCW)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 28 February 2024
“Explainable AI” & Black Boxes within Black Boxes
Date: 28 February 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Discussion Group
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Strategic Wishes and What Happens Next: Assessing the UK's Integrated Reviews
Date: 28 February 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
s:
Maeve Ryan (Kings College London),
Jamie Gaskarth (Open University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 4 March 2024
Simulation/Wargame: Indo‐Pacific Crisis, Insider Threat, & Cyber‐Space Escalation
Date: 4 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 5 March 2024
AI and Machine Learning in OSINT (Open Source Intelligence)
Date: 5 March 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Sam Pearce (Fivecast)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Lessons from a Case Study of Social Media Disinformation
Date: 6 March 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
s:
Discussion Group,
Rutendo Chabikwa (Oxford Internet Institute)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Chester Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 22 April 2024
Emerging Threats and Technology Group: Annual Threats Report & Journal Launch
Date: 22 April 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Eccles Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Some new insights into the psychology of individuals and large groups in a world of changing conflicts
Date: 23 April 2024, 13:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Lord John Alderdice (University of Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 24 April 2024
Illusionary Trends in Strategic Studies Seminar
Date: 24 April 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Claas Mertens (University of Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 30 April 2024
“Out of the Blue”: The mirroring fallacy and the navies of today
Date: 30 April 2024, 13:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Lt Cdr Andrew Ward (CCW & Royal Navy)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 7 May 2024
The Shifting Global Terrorism and Extremism Landscape: A View from Southeast Asia
Date: 7 May 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Prof. Kumar Ramakrishna (RSIS Singapore)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 8 May 2024
Economic statecraft from the perspective of systemic influence
Date: 8 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Maria de Goeij Reid (CCW)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Open-Source Intelligence: what is it for, where did it come from and what is standing in its way?
Date: 14 May 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Spy and Tell: Why are governments publicly sharing more intelligence secrets than ever before
Date: 21 May 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
s:
Dr David Gioe (King's College London),
Thomas Maguire (Leiden)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 22 May 2024
Mythbusting the Politics of War: How Presidents Manage the Political Costs of Civilian Control
Date: 22 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr Andrew Payne (City, University of London)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Inter-alliance Security Dilemmas: Korean Counterforce Systems and Their Effect on the Sino- American Nuclear Competition
Date: 28 May 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Sam Seitz (University of Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 4 June 2024
Rare Earths, Meteorites and Magnets
Date: 4 June 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Prof. Lindsay Greer (Cambridge)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 5 June 2024
Cultural Bridges and Cold War Alliances: Lessons from the GDR’s Diplomatic Dance with Japan
Date: 5 June 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Bethan Winter (Magdalen College)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 7 June 2024
Small States at the heart of the EU: The case of Andorra
Date: 7 June 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Juli Minoves-Triquell (University of La Verne, California)
Venue: Harris Manchester College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TD
Venue Details: Charles Wellbeloved Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 15 October 2024
"Slow Slicing" - How China's asymmetric tactics build the Great Rejuvenation
Date: 15 October 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Sari Arho Harvén (Business Finland)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Strategic Leadership through the prisms of the UK Defence-UK Science-UK Industry relationship, the SDR & AUKUS
Date: 16 October 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Dr Carl Hunter (Coltraco Ultrasonics)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 22 October 2024
Strategic Defence Review
Date: 22 October 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 24 October 2024
The Political Economy of Worker Retraining in the Age of AI
Date: 24 October 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Julian Jacobs (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Dams, Canals, and Elephants in the Room: Threats of Water Conflict in Central Asia
Date: 29 October 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Sophie Ibbotson (World Bank)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 31 October 2024
Understanding the Geoeconomics of Data Centres and the Cloud
Date: 31 October 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Abid Abdurrahman Adonis (Oxford Internet Institute)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 5 November 2024
Israel’s flawed strategy in the war in Gaza
Date: 5 November 2024, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Ehud Eilam
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 7 November 2024
Content Moderation, Platform Governance, and Legitimacy
Date: 7 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Diyi Liu (Oxford Internet Institute)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Implementing AI systems in Government
Date: 12 November 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Julian von Nehammer (LILT)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 14 November 2024
Compute North vs. Compute South: The Uneven Possibilities of Compute-based AI Governance Around the Globe
Date: 14 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Boxi Wu (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 19 November 2024
CANCELLED: Integrated Deterrence
Date: 19 November 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Nicholas Taylor (DSTL)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 21 November 2024
Turning the Tide: Government Action to Counter Ransomware
Date: 21 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Roxana Radu (SNSF Postdoctoral Researcher)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 25 November 2024
From COVID to force design – are strategic leadership skills the answer?
Date: 25 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker
:
Brigadier Joe Fossey (British Army)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Mary Eccles Hyde Room
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 26 November 2024
Drones in Ukraine and beyond – A revolution in warfare?
Date: 26 November 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Ulrike Franke (ECFR)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 28 November 2024
AI Governance & U.S.-China Track II Diplomacy
Date: 28 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
s:
Kayla Blomquist (The Oxford Internet Institute),
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 December 2024
The threat posed by commercial UAVs modified by asymmetrical warfare actors
Date: 3 December 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Chris Lavers (University of Lincoln)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 5 December 2024
Rethinking Military AI Governance: From Principles to Practice
Date: 5 December 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Brianna Rosen (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organisers:
Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford),
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
