Thursday 21 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Revisiting Human Rights Treaty Withdrawals: A Process-Based Approach
  Prof Larry Helfer will be joining online
  Başak Çalı (University of Oxford), Laurence Helfer (Duke)
  IR Research Colloquium
• 15:00 - Turning the Tide: Government Action to Counter Ransomware
  Dr Roxana Radu (SNSF Postdoctoral Researcher)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 17:00 - God's Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani
  Sajad Jiyad
  Book Talks
• 17:00 - Fighting misinformation on social media: the role of economic research
  Professor Sergei Guriev (Dean, London Business School)
  Oxford Martin School Events
• 17:00 - Compensation and the Consolidation of Authoritarian Power: Evidence from China’s 2016 PLA Reform
  Professor Victor Shih (University of California San Diego)
  China Studies Seminar series

Friday 22 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Writing Middle Eastern lives: biography in modern Arab history
  Professor Sonja Mejcher-Atassi (American University of Beirut), Professor Marilyn Booth (Magdalen College, Oxford), Dr Peter Hill (Northumbria University)
  Book Talks

Monday 25 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 15:00 - From COVID to force design – are strategic leadership skills the answer?
  Brigadier Joe Fossey (British Army)
• 16:00 - Reaching the Converted: Understanding the Informant Enrollment Methods of the East German Stasi
  Barbara Piotrowska (King's College London)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series

Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:30 - Drones in Ukraine and beyond – A revolution in warfare?
  Ulrike Franke (ECFR)
  Changing Character of War (CCW) Seminar Series
• 17:15 - Saving Soviet Muslims: the politics of protection at Jerusalem's General Islamic Congress of 1931
  Dr Roy Bar Sadeh (University of Manchester)
• 17:30 - The Making and Re-Making of Makers of Modern Strategy: war, strategy, and history
  Dr Michael Finch (Australian Defence College Weston)
• 20:30 - OSSG: Commander, Allied Joint Forces Command Naples; Commander, US Naval Forces in Europe and Africa
  Admiral Stuart Munch
  OSSG Weekly Talks

Wednesday 27 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - The Present and Future of US Politics: Shifting Voter Allegiances
  Richard Johnson (Queen Mary, University of London)
  The Present and Future of US Politics
• 17:15 - Rethinking Non-State Armed Groups: Youth, Agency, and Pathways to Sustainable Peace
  Yosuke Nagai (Accept International)
  Changing Character of War Centre: Strategic Leadership Seminar Series

Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - The Paradox of International Adjudication
  Geraldo Vidigal (Amsterdam)
  IR Research Colloquium
• 15:00 - AI Governance & U.S.-China Track II Diplomacy
  Kayla Blomquist (The Oxford Internet Institute), Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus

Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Gaza – a war on healthcare
  Professor Nick Maynard (University of Oxford), Dr Debbie Harrington (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Rebecca Inglis (University of Oxford)
  Friday Seminars

Monday 2 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Do Sanctions on Terrorist Groups Work? Financial Adaptability, U.S. Sanctions, and Terrorist Attacks
  Brian J. Phillips (University of Essex)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series

Tuesday 3 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:30 - The threat posed by commercial UAVs modified by asymmetrical warfare actors
  Dr Chris Lavers (University of Lincoln)
  Changing Character of War (CCW) Seminar Series

Wednesday 4 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - The Present and Future of US Politics: Conservatism
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  Professor Desmond Kind (University of Oxford), Gillian Peele (University of Oxford)
  The Present and Future of US Politics
• 17:15 - Violent Seas: Experience, Representation, and Technology of Naval Warfare, 1665–1783
  Sarah von Hagen (Göttingen)
  History of War Seminar Series

Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Diplomatic Pressure, Policy Autonomy, and Human Rights Reform: Evidence from a Natural Experiment at the United Nations
  Avery Schmidt (Brown)
  IR Research Colloquium
• 17:00 - Defining antisemitism: what is the point?
  Please note, this Friday Seminar will be taking place on *THURSDAY* for 8th Week.
  Professor Shai Lavi (Tel Aviv University), Dr Brian Klug (Oxford)
  Friday Seminars

Friday 6 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 15:00 - Cyber Incidents, Ethics, and Armed Conflict
  After: OTSN Social (all welcome) Location The Oxford Retreat — Pub within short walk of Nuffield
  Brianna Rosen (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus