The Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security, based at the Blavatnik School, will build on the School’s expertise in international law, economics, philosophy and government, and its wide-ranging engagement with leading scholars and practitioners on issues from cyber security to reducing state fragility.

Electoral defeat is often viewed as the mother of party change. However, studies show that parties do not necessary learn the right lessons of defeat. The way that parties react to electoral setbacks is often closely tied to the internal power structure and power struggles in the aftermath of the election. Parties also need to face the demands of competing goals, and the way they react to electoral defeat may be affected by whether the party prioritises goals such as winning votes or office, party ideals or representing members’ interests.

The UK is amongst the most advanced western nations in Crisis Management. The doctrine, guidance and standards that underpin the way the UK approaches threats and hazards is a tried and tested approach that is shared with our allies and partners around the World. The COBR Unit is the coordinator of crisis management within the UK, working to ensure that we prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crisis following recognised and collectively agreed processes.

Since the beginning of the millennium, when Vladimir Putin took power in Russia, authoritarian leaders have come to dominate global politics.

What does China want, and where are US‒China tensions headed? Far from a ‘Beijing consensus’, the Chinese government must grapple with domestic debates and divisions over everything from when and how to use force in China’s territorial disputes to how ambitiously to pursue climate solutions at short-term costs to economic growth. Through the lens of domestic politics, nationalism and regime insecurity in China, Weiss assesses Beijing’s international ambitions, the prospects for peaceful coexistence and the future of international order.

*Camilo Aguirre Torrini*, University of Sussex
We must trade with the Socialist Countries: Uruguay and North Korea in the 1960s

*Paul Kreitman*, Columbia University
The Chrysanthemum Curtain: Guarding the Exits in Postwar Japan

Please join us for a closing discussion for the exhibition 'Who Took These?', including the photographer Jacqueline Otagburuagu and Dr Emily Brady (Broadbent Fellow at Christ Church).