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The Virtual Weapon and International Order

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The cyber revolution is the revolution of our time. The rapid expansion of cyberspace brings both promise and peril. It promotes new modes of political interaction, but it also disrupts interstate dealings and empowers non-state actors who may instigate diplomatic and military crises. Despite significant experience with cyber phenomena, the conceptual apparatus to analyze, understand, and address their effects on international order remains primitive. Here, Lucas Kello adapts and applies international relations theory to create new ways of thinking about cyber strategy.

The Politics of Wealth Inequality and Mobility in the Twenty-First Century

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An introduction to the 'Ideas and Political Violence' series

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Over the course of Hilary Term (January to March) and Trinity Term 2017 (April to June), the Department of Politics and International Relations is convening a new seminar series on Ideas and Political Violence.

This series has been recorded and is now available in its entirety, along with an introduction from convenors Elizabeth Frazer and Jonathan Leader Maynard, explaining why they chose this topic, which parts of the series they found particularly interesting, and where they hope it will go in future.

What "Brexit Means Brexit" Means to Citizens

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Power transitions and great power management: three decades of China–Japan–US relations

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What kind of challenge did a rising Japan in the 1970s and 1980s pose to the United States, and how does that differ from the challenge that China has posed to US primacy in East Asia since the early 2000s? This article compares and contrasts US responses to these two shifts in relative power, in the process aiming to elucidate how changes that portend a power transition are understood and dealt with and how great powers manage the security order at times of disruption.

Trade Deals vs Democracy: Where the Two Shall Meet

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In the fall of 2016, Wallonia’s Minister-President Paul Magnette, of Belgium’s Francophone Socialist party, stepped into global spotlight as “the man who made Canada weep”, “the icon of democracy” or a “trade populist,” as he led an underdog campaign to reform the EU-Canada trade agreement under the threat of Wallonia’s veto. The saga concluded with an agreement in December 2016, but the controversy is still raging, especially in light of the Donald Trump presidency. What should be the shape of trade agreements in the XXIst century?

Fear and Loathing in International Relations

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Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor or War Studies at King's College London, and Visiting Professor at Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government delivered the 2017 Cyril Foster Lecture to a large audience at the Examination Schools, on the subject of 'Fear and Loathing in International Relations'.

Sir Lawrence was introduced by Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Professor Louise Fawcett, Head of Department at the Department of Politics and International Relations.

Red Shadows: Memories and Legacies of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

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In this volume, leading social and political scientists, historians and anthropologists examine the long-lasting consequences of the political, social, economic and cultural upheaval unleashed by Mao Zedong. Contributions from authors working within and outside the People's Republic of China consider the impact of this tumultuous mass movement from perspectives as diverse as market-based economic reform, clothing and fashion, the grassroots movements of late 1960s across the globe and the so-called 'lost generation' of sent-down youth.

One Thing Leads to Another: Making Sense of East Asia’s Repeated Tensions

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Over the past decades, there have been a series of unresolved, iterated episodes of tension between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and other states in East Asia. These include the Japanese detainment of a Chinese fisherman in 2010, the standoff between ships from the PRC and Philippines at Scarborough Shoal in 2012, and the 2015 clash between the PRC and Vietnam over the PRC placement of an oilrig near the Paracel Islands.

'The Destructive Power of Manichean Ideologies'

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