| DPIR

Blavatnik Book Talks: The Forever Crisis

Read more about Blavatnik Book Talks: The Forever Crisis

Join Thomas Hale, Professor in Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, and Adam Day, Head of UN University Centre for Policy Research in Geneva, as they discuss Day’s newest book The Forever Crisis.

Conservatism and Constitutional Government

Read more about Conservatism and Constitutional Government

Dr Asanga Welikala, Senior Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Edinburgh, joins Dr Tom Simpson, Associate Professor in Philosophy and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, for a conversation as part of the International Perspectives on Conservatism series.

The critical first 100 days

Read more about The critical first 100 days

The first 100 days of a new government are crucial to establish priorities, build momentum, define political capital and set the public perception that can affect an administration’s success or failure.

Polina Whitehouse

Read more about Polina Whitehouse

Polina Whitehouse is a first-year DPhil student in political theory. Supervised by David Leopold, she is working on a thesis that defends the holistic and systematic dimensions of utopia, understood as a method for political theory, and interprets prison and family abolition as constructive utopian projects rather than merely negative objectives. She completed her MPhil thesis on a closely related topic, approached through engagement with the work of Theodor Adorno, Alexander Bogdanov, and Angela Davis.

Andrew Dougall

Read more about Andrew Dougall

I am a Departmental Lecturer in International Relations, based jointly at Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations and St Hilda’s College. I also hold an affiliation with Pembroke College, where I am a Career Development Lecturer in International Relations.

CNN launches a digital paywall, charging some users to read articles for the first time

Read more about CNN launches a digital paywall, charging some users to read articles for the first time

Dr Dana Mills, 'Dissenting Against War and Colonialism in Writing and in Action'

Read more about Dr Dana Mills, 'Dissenting Against War and Colonialism in Writing and in Action'

Part of the Vera Fine-Grodzinski Programme for Writing Jewish Women’s Lives

The questions of war, militarism, colonialism, imperialism, dissent and Jewishness have been anything but theoretical conundrums in 2023-2024. For three months since October 7th, Dr Dana Mills wrote near-daily essays, reporting her fears, thoughts and – occasionally – hopes. These diaries were published in March 2024 as One Woman’s War.

Diplomatic Pressure, Policy Autonomy, and Human Rights Reform: Evidence from a Natural Experiment at the United Nations

Read more about Diplomatic Pressure, Policy Autonomy, and Human Rights Reform: Evidence from a Natural Experiment at the United Nations

The Paradox of International Adjudication

Read more about The Paradox of International Adjudication

Revisiting Human Rights Treaty Withdrawals: A Process-Based Approach

Read more about Revisiting Human Rights Treaty Withdrawals: A Process-Based Approach

This Article presents the case for revising the rules governing withdrawals from human rights treaties that explicitly allow for denunciation. Once a rarity, withdrawals (and threats of withdrawal) from global and regional human rights treaties have been on the rise across the globe. Standard rules of international law address these withdrawals by giving unfettered powers to executive organs of the state, only limited by notification requirements.

Subscribe to