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Joel Battle is a DPhil International Relations student at the Department of Politics and International Relations; his supervisor is Professor Lauren Sukin. His doctoral research explores how technological change influences the United States’ nuclear strategy, and how this strategic adjustment then impacts US deterrence capabilities. Before beginning his doctoral research, Joel graduated with distinction from the Oxford MPhil International Relations program.

I am a DPhil student in Politics at the DPIR, and a member of Green Templeton College. My research focuses on the intersection of politics and organised crime. My doctoral thesis provides a framework for explaining variation in territorial control in Latin American cities, explaining how and why States are able to gain and sustain territorial control in marginalised urban communities dominated by armed criminal actors.

I am a DPhil candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford. My doctoral project explores the intersection between the politics of victimhood and peacebuilding, focusing on the experiences of Sri Lanka and Colombia in the aftermath of war. My research is being generously funded by the Colombian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (MinCiencias).