Musab Younis

I work on political theory in relation to race and empire.

My research explores in particular the history of anticolonial thought, questions of space and scale, theories of race and racism, and the North/South division of the world.

I published my first book, On the Scale of the World: The Formation of Black Anticolonial Thought, with the University of California Press in 2022.

Northeast Asia after Biden: Conversation with Former UK Ambassador to North Korea and Experts on the Korean Peninsula

For more a century, Northeast Asia has been one of the world's most dangerous places, where wars have repeatedly broken out between Japan, Russia, the United States, the two Koreas, and several regimes in China. What, then, should we expect from Biden's successor coming into office in 2025?

Why Politics Fails

Award-winning DPIR professor Ben Ansell will discuss his latest book, 'Why Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World & How to Escape Them', as part of Oxford's Meeting Minds Alumni Weekend. He will explore why politics is failing us and how we can build political systems that work for everyone.

This event is free for DPIR alumni (email alumni@politics.ox.ac.uk for your discount code).

Advanced Social Science Research Methods in the Age of Big Data

Part of Oxford's Meeting Minds Alumni Weekend, this panel discussion features experts from across the University, focusing on the impact of work that uses advanced Social Science research methods and why advanced methods are so important in the age of big data and advanced computation.

This event is free for DPIR alumni (email alumni@politics.ox.ac.uk for your discount code).
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