To what extent has the emergence of cyber technologies affected how we think, and should think, about international relations? Has there been fundamental change, or are we simply seeing a continuation of existing trends? The dynamics of cyberspace seemingly challenge traditional approaches to the study of world politics. They raise important questions regarding what the potential sources of threats are, who is responsible for addressing them, and who or what is most vulnerable. In short, whose security is cyber security?

The talk will explore why modern governments find it so hard to make grand strategic choices. It will give a practitioner's insight into the forces which pull political leaders towards short-term crisis management and consider whether the nature of democratic politics in a digital age is a constraint on longer-term policymaking.

There is much focus on innovation currently, both in industry and within government. There exist buzzwords, bean bags, and open spaces in which to innovate. Yet innovation is not necessarily a creative process those words conjure. Our organization argues innovation must be disciplined, evidence-based, and rigorous.

Chardine Taylor-Stone is an award-winning cultural producer and feminist activist. She is the founder of Black Girls Picnic a global movement in collective self care for Black women and girls and Stop Rainbow Racism. In 2015 she was featured in The Voice newspaper as one of the 'Women Who Rocked the World', Diva Magazine’s LGBT Power List 2016 and Buzzfeed’s ‘The Most Inspiring British LGBT People Of 2016‘ and the 'Pride Power List 2017'. In 2017 she was awarded the British LGBTQ award for Contribution to LGBTQ life.

French TV documentary projection 'Brexit: les coulisses du divorce' (70 minutes) by Eric Albert, journalist for Le Monde and Thomas Johnson, produced by Galaxie with the participation of France Televisions.

The projection will be followed by a debate in English with the two journalists about the media coverage of Brexit, chaired by Dr. Alexandra Borchardt from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in Oxford.