Tuesday 5 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:30 - Israel’s flawed strategy in the war in Gaza
  Online talk
  Dr Ehud Eilam
  Changing Character of War (CCW) Seminar Series
• 14:15 - New & Jew, Zionism and the Quest for National Culture
  Professor Yaron Peleg (University of Cambridge)
  Israel Studies Seminar
• 17:00 - Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide: Who will lead the EU?
  Mihail Chiru (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies), Kristi Raik (International Centre for Defence and Security), Zselyke Csaky (Centre for European Reform), Hussein Kassim (University of Warwick)
  European Studies Seminar
• 17:15 - Conflict and citizenship: the challenges of Palestinian-Arabs in Israel
  Professor Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder (Ben-Gurion University)

Wednesday 6 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - The Present and Future of US Politics: Debrief
  Adam Smith (Oxford)
  The Present and Future of US Politics
• 14:00 - Wartime Captivity and Colonial Counterinsurgency
  Dr Kevin Noles (Independent), Hendrik Willem Nelis (Oxford)
  Transnational & Global History Seminar
• 17:00 - History and the Modern Middle East: Do Policy Makers Need a Sense of the Past?
  Sir John Jenkins (Former UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:15 - Everyday militarism and the history of British military bases
  Yasmin Khan (Oxford)
  History of War Seminar Series

Thursday 7 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Infrastructural Vanguards and the Problem of Connectivity Under Anarchy
  Andrew Dougall (University of Oxford)
  IR Research Colloquium
• 12:30 - Survey Colombia Ex-Combatants Reintegration
  Ana Vilhelmina Verdnik (University of Oxford)
  Politics Research in Progress Seminar Series
• 15:00 - Content Moderation, Platform Governance, and Legitimacy
  Diyi Liu (Oxford Internet Institute)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 18:00 - Northeast Asia after Biden: Conversation with Former UK Ambassador to North Korea and Experts on the Korean Peninsula
  John Everard (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Edward Howell (New College, University of Oxford), John Nilsson-Wright (University of Cambridge)
  Oxford International Relations Society

Friday 8 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Regional dimensions of the Gaza crisis, and the Arab role in the UN Security Council
  Mouin Rabbani, Hasmik Egian
  Friday Seminars

Monday 11 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - The politics of bureaucratic purges in revolutionary Iran (1978-1982)
  Guillaume Beaud (Sciences Po)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series

Tuesday 12 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:30 - Title TBC
  TBA
  Changing Character of War (CCW) Seminar Series
• 17:15 - CANCELLED: Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Professor Yoram Meital (Ben-Gurion University)
  Book Talks

Wednesday 13 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - The Present and Future of US Politics: The Urban-Suburban Divide
  Kimberly Johnson (University of Oxford)
  The Present and Future of US Politics
• 17:15 - Title TBC
  Deborah Haynes (Sky News)
  Changing Character of War Centre: Strategic Leadership Seminar Series

Thursday 14 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Credibility of Issue Linkage: How Treaty Recognition Unites Firms and Activists in Promoting Trade Liberalization
  Boram Lee (LSE)
  IR Research Colloquium
• 15:00 - Compute North vs. Compute South: The Uneven Possibilities of Compute-based AI Governance Around the Globe
  Boxi Wu (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus

Friday 15 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization
  Dr Elham Fakhro (Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School)
  Book Talks

Monday 18 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
  Eugene Finkel (John Hopkins)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series

Tuesday 19 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:30 - Integrated Deterrence
  Nicholas Taylor (DSTL)
  Changing Character of War (CCW) Seminar Series

Wednesday 20 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - The Present and Future of US Politics: Political Violence
  Professor Desmond Kind (University of Oxford)
  The Present and Future of US Politics
• 17:15 - How the Navy saved Britain 1793-1798
  Rachel Blackman-Rogers (KCL)
  History of War Seminar Series

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

• 12:30 - Revisiting Human Rights Treaty Withdrawals: A Process-Based Approach
  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

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)

• 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 - Drone 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)

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 - Title TBC
  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 Ingliss (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
  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