How do states use nuclear weapons to achieve their foreign policy goals? This presentation, drawn from an ongoing book project, argues that states use nuclear weapons to facilitate a wider range of foreign policy behaviors than scholars have previously understood. It shows that states understand these benefits and change their foreign policies accordingly when they acquire them. In making this argument, the book makes three contributions. First, it offers a novel typology of foreign policy behaviors for understanding the impact of nuclear weapons on foreign policy.

Location: Large Lecture Room, Nuffield College
Time: 10:30 to 17:00 (a lunch at the College is included)

This workshop brings together leading political theorists of basic income to reflect on its rationale, defensibility and prospects in diverse countries.

The broader context is two-fold: the continuing commemoration of the work of Tony Atkinson at Nuffield College and the launch of the report of the International Panel of Social Progress (coordinated by Marc Fleurbaey, Princeton).

Open to all – please register.

Confirmed speakers:

Launch and discussion of two books: 'Tales of Hope, Tastes of Bitterness: Chinese Road Builders in Ethiopia' (HKU Press) by Miriam Driessen and 'China’s Urban Champions: The Politics of Spatial Development' (Princeton University Press) by Kyle Jaros

Thursday 6 June 2019 – Friday 7 June 2019

This conference celebrates the publication of ‘The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy’ edited by Annabelle Lever and Andrei Poama, which explores questions such as:

What does it mean to do public policy ethics today?
How should philosophers engage with ethical issues in policy-making when policy decisions are circumscribed by political and pragmatic concerns?
How do ethical issues in public policy differ between areas such as foreign policy, criminal justice, or environmental policy?

Contemporary democracies in Eastern Europe are challenged by the emergence of anti- democratic parties and a critical population. In this paper we present evidence that confirms that the threat to democracy that we are currently witnessing is linked to the Communist past. We show that people become disillusioned with democracy because of their expectations towards the state that was instilled because of communism state protection. Here we link governmental intervention preferences to dissatisfaction with democracy and support for radical right parties.

Thursday 6 June 2019 - Friday 7 June 2019

This conference celebrates the publication of 'The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy' edited by Annabelle Lever and Andrei Poama, which explores questions such as:

What does it mean to do public policy ethics today?
How should philosophers engage with ethical issues in policy-making when policy decisions are circumscribed by political and pragmatic concerns?
How do ethical issues in public policy differ between areas such as foreign policy, criminal justice, or environmental policy?

Kehinde Andrews is a Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University’s School of Social Sciences. Andrews is currently engaged in a project examining the role of Black radicalism in contemporary organising against racial oppression. At Birmingham, he has led the development of the Black Studies degree and is director of the Centre for Critical Social Research; founder of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity; and co-chair of the Black Studies Association.