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Events

Cybersecurity and foreign policy

25 November 2024, Zoom

Book talk - Sick of It: the Global Fight for Women's Health

26 November 2024, Zoom

Book talk - Fixing Gender: The Paradoxical Politics of Training Peacekeepers

2 December 2024, zoom

Writing International Relations: A Publishing Webinar with the Review of International Studies

3 December 2024, zoom

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Take Five - 22 November 2024

Nathan Sadd brings you the five best IR-related podcasts and readings this fortnight. Take five.

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Unlocking the pedagogical potential of videogames in international studies

Dr Jane Kirkpatrick discusses her BISA Learning and Teaching Small Grant funded project.

European Union Parliament

Not anxious enough: The discursive articulation of ontological security in the European Parliament

The authors discuss the key points from their new Review of International Studies article.

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Better safe than sorry: Why great powers accommodate high-value hedgers

The authors discuss the key points from their new Review of International Studies article.

A group of students at the BISA/FCDO Model NATO 2024

Call for expressions of interest - BISA/FCDO Model NATO 2025

We will once again be holding a model NATO with the FCDO. Up to 32 universities can participate.

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Climate negotiation simulation 2024 keynotes and countries announced

29 universities from across the UK will take part alongside participants from Chatham House.

Professor Mark Webber engaging with a small group of students at the Foreign Office

Why study international relations in the UK?

Here are the top 10 reasons why studying international relations in the UK is a great choice.

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Call for abstracts - Between continuities and ruptures: exploring violence and resistance in south-east Europe

Call for abstracts for the South East Europe Working Group and University of Liverpool workshop.

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