Join Oxford University International Relations Society and Dr Matthew Sterling Benson (LSE) for a discussion on the impact of British-led colonialism on the two Sudans. Dr Benson is a social and economic historian of Africa in the Conflict & Civicness Research Group (CCRG) at the London School of Economics and Political Science researching changing global conflict and peace dynamics.

Join Oxford University International Relations Society for our second Rum & Realpolitik Social of Michaelmas 2024! Join fellow International Relations enthusiasts for a night of free drinks and debate on our selected topics.

Join Oxford University International Relations Society and Dr Andrew Payne (City St George's, London) for a discussion on how Trump’s freewheeling diplomacy during this transition might become recipe for chaos. Dr Payne is a Lecturer in Foreign Policy and Security at City St George's, University of London, and a Research Associate at the University of Oxford, where he was previously the Hedley Bull Research Fellow in International Relations.

Join Oxford University International Relations Society and Dr Wang Huiyao for a discussion on US-China relations in Donald Trump's second term, China's definition of democratic governance, and avenues of cooperation between Beijing, the West, and the developing world. Dr Wang is the Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG). MEMBERS ONLY.

Join Oxford University International Relations Society and Professor Sjoberg for an exciting discussion on feminist international relations. In her seminal work Women as Wartime Rapists (NYU, 2016), Prof Sjoberg explores women’s engagement with genocidal rape and how some orchestrated the ethnic cleansing of entire regions. Prof Sjoberg's feminist perspective elevates a number of causal variables in war decision-making. These include structural gender inequality, cycles of gendered violence, state masculine posturing, the often overlooked role of emotion in political interactions, gendered understandings of power, and states' mistaken perception of their own autonomy and unitary nature. 

This event is only open to Members of Oxford University International Relations Society. 

Join Oxford University International Relations Society, Oxford University Africa Society, and Oxford African and Caribbean Society for a fascinating talk with Dr Margaret Casely-Hayford (Somerville),  lawyer and businesswoman active in the voluntary sector. Dr Casely-Hayford has been a non-executive member of the Board of the Co-op Group since 2016, and is a trustee of both the Radcliffe Trust and of Concert Theatre Works. She is an advisor to the Institute of Business Ethics and Chair of Shakespeare’s Globe, having served as Chancellor of Coventry University from 2017 to 2024. 

Join Oxford International Relations Society for fascinating panel discussion featuring John Everard, the UK’s ambassador to North Korea from 2006 to 2008, Dr Edward Howell (Oxford), and Prof John Nilsson-Wright (Cambridge) focusing on tensions and crises in Northeast Asia after the 2024 US Presidential Election.

Join Oxford University International Relations Society for our first Rum & Realpolitik Social of Michaelmas 2024! Join fellow International Relations enthusiasts for a night of free drinks and debate on our selected topics.

Join Oxford University International Relations Society for our highly anticipated discussion with Professor John J Mearsheimer on offensive realism. Professor Mearsheimer will share insights from his long career as a political theorist and answer difficult questions in this small group discussion moderated by OXIRSoc. 

Join Oxford University International Relations Society for a fascinating talk with Lord William Hague (Magdalen), chairman of the Royal Foundation. Lord Hague will reflect on the future of foreign policy, the prospects for the UK, the implications of rapid advances in science and technology, and the crucial role of Oxford in the next decade. 

Join Oxford University International Relations Society for a fascinating talk with Lord Peter Mandelson (St Catherine’s), Co-founder and President of Global Counsel. Lord Mandelson will share valuable insights on topics related to British foreign policy under the Labour government as well as how UK higher education may foster cooperation in contemporary international politics between powers major and minor.