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The Beacon
by Oxford International Relations Society
A weekly podcast examining the current issues of international affairs, featuring special guests.
Episodes
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Beacon HT 2019, Week 5: "What should the West do to support the Syrian people?" - Dr. Lina Khatib, Prof. Eugene Rogan
Podcast in which Beacon Editor, Joe Davies, talks to Dr. Lina Khatib, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, and Prof. Eugene Rogan, Director of the Middle East Centre at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, on "What can - and should - the West do to support…
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Beacon TT 2018, Week 8: "The authoritarian legacies of Portugal and Spain" - Catarina Leao
In this episode the of the Beacon, Nicholas Chin speaks to Catarina Leao, a DPhil student in Politics at Wolfson College, studying the effect of authoritarian legacies on political positions. In the podcast they discuss the likelihood of democratic transition, and how the authoritarian histories…
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Beacon TT 2018, Week 7: "Interview with Edward Lucas"
To celebrate the arrival of The Beacon on Apple PodcastS, we're rereleasing some of the best episodes from previous years. In this episode of The Beacon, Verity Bligh interviews Edward Lucas, senior editor at The Economist and author of “New Cold War” and “Cyberphobia”. They discuss past and...
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Beacon TT 2018, Week 6: "Where is US foreign policy going?" - Prof. Stephen Walt
In this week's special episode of The Beacon, Stephen Walt gives a guest lecture to the Oxford International Relations Society on the topic "Where is US foreign policy going?". Walt is Professor of International Relations at Harvard University and is on the editorial board of Foreign Policy and...
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Beacon TT 2018, Week 5: "The Independent Diplomat" – Carne Ross
Archie Philipps speaks with Carne Ross, former British diplomat and founder and Executive Director of Independent Diplomat, the world’s first non profit diplomatic advisory group, which helped gain South Sudan statehood, and is currently advising the Syrian Opposition. Topics discussed in this...
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Beacon TT 2018, Week 4: "The Legacy of WWII for China Today" – Professor Rana Mitter
In this week's episode of The Beacon, Robert Pieters interviews Professor Rana Mitter to discuss the continued relevance of China's experiences of the Second World War for its contemporary international relations. Professor Mitter, based at the Oxford University China Centre, is a leading…
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Beacon TT 2018, Week 3: "A Grim Situation: Trump’s US and the Iran Deal" – Amin Saikal
In this week’s special episode of “The Beacon”, uploaded the day after Trump withdrew the US from the Iran Deal, Tandee Wang, an international contributor from the Australian National University, talks to Amin Saikal about the deal and its consequences for the Middle East region and the...
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Beacon TT 2018, Week 2: "Make the opportunity happen – Women in IR" – Kori Schake and Caitlin Vito
In this week’s episode of “The Beacon”, Verity Bligh talks to Kori Schake and Caitlin Vito at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS). Kori Schake is Deputy-Director General of the IISS and was previously a research fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and...
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Beacon TT 2018, Week 1: "Kant, Populism and the EU" - Prof. Simon Glendinning
Beacon Week 1 – Prof. Simon Glendinning Millie Radovic Discussing the philosophical narratives around the European Union, Millie Radovic interviews Professor Simon Glendinning of the London School of Economics. A graduate of Oxford, Prof. Glendinning has focused much of his research on European...
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Beacon HT 2018, Week 6: Refugees, Reconstruction and Syria - Matthieu Cimino
Beacon Week 6 - Matthieu Cimino Adam Mazarello Download With the manifest failure of the international community to act to save Syria's citizens and the recurrent infringement of any UN Security Council-backed resolution for a nationwide ceasefire, most recently after a week which has seen the...
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Beacon HT 2018, Week 5: Life in Gaza and Oxford - Lana Alhelou
Beacon HT 2018, Week 5: Life in Gaza and Oxford - Lana Alhelou Adam Mazarello Download In light of the tensions and ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, this week's episode of The Beacon sees Adam Mazarello interviewing Lama Alhelou, Junior Members Scholar at Jesus College, Oxford and Gaza...
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Beacon HT 2018, Week 2: China, Australia and a Yard of Ale - Kevin Rudd
The Beacon Kevin Rudd Download In this week’s episode of “The Beacon” – released on Australia Day 2018 – Verity Bligh talks to Kevin Rudd, a former Australian prime minister, current student at Jesus College and a lifelong Sinologist. Together, they discuss the nature of international diplomacy,...
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Beacon HT 2018, Week 1: "Enough Experts" - Professor Kalypso Nicolaidis
"Enough Experts" - Professor Kalypso Nicolaidis Verity Bligh Download In this week's episode of "The Beacon", Verity Bligh talks to Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor of International Relations at Oxford, about her innovative and engaging approach to make sense of big-picture current affairs. They...
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Evan Easton-Calabria Interview
In the final Beacon podcast of term, Nicholas Chin discusses the major problems that face refugees today with Evan Easton-Calbria,a researcher for the Humanitarian Innovation Project. Evan Easton-Calabria Interview Nicholas Chin Download
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Masooda Bano
Masooda Bano Interview Nicholas Chin Download In this week's The Beacon, Nicholas Chin interviews Masooda Bano, Associate Professor in the Oxford Department of International Development, Senior Golding Fellow, Brasenose College, University of Oxford and author of The Rational Believer: Choices…
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Taste Tibet
Taste Tibet Taste Tibet Verity Bligh Download In this week's episode of "The Beacon", Verity Bligh speaks to Julie Kleeman and Yeshi Jampa, the husband-and-wife team behind Taste Tibet - hands-down the best food stall at Oxford's Gloucester Green Markets. Taking a step back from International...
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Patrick Thewlis
Patrick Thewlis Interview Patrick Thewlis Nicholas Chin Download In this week's episode of The Beacon, Nicholas Chin interviews Patrick Thewlis, a quantitative research assistant on the Changing Structures of Islamic Authority project. They discuss the social determinants of intimate partner...
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Avi Shlaim
Avi Shlaim Interview The Beacon - Avi Shlaim Verity Bligh Download In this week's episode of The Beacon, Verity Bligh interviews Avi Shlaim, a leading historian on the Arab-Israeli conflict and professor emeritus of International Relations at St Antony’s college, Oxford. They discuss the…
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Edward Lucas
Edward Lucas Interview The Beacon Lucas Verity Bligh Download In this episode of The Beacon, Verity Bligh interviews Edward Lucas, senior editor at The Economist and author of “New Cold War” and “Cyberphobia”. They discuss past and present Russian power politics, the importance of cyber-security...
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Council of Europe
Council of Europe- Louise Barton Interview COUNCIL OF EUROPE- LOUISE BARTON Verity Bligh Download In Michaelmas' first episode of The Beacon, Verity Bligh interviews Louise Barton, Head of Human Resources at the Council of Europe and former Advisor to the Secretary General. They discuss the role…
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International students
This Oxford Life The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download In this episode of The Beacon, Zoe Hodge interviews some of Oxford University's many international students and how this reflects global international relations. She discusses race, nationality and intercultural exchange...
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The Trump Podcast
The Trump Podcast The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week's episode of The Beacon explores President Trump's approach to foreign policy. Questioning how far Trump's election represents a turning for US foreign policy, and aiming to get behind the meaning of "America...
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Counter-terrorism
Counter-Terrorism The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week’s podcast focuses on approaches to counterterrorism. To find out more on the matter Lydie Sheehan spoke to Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and a specialist in...
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Revolution in Tunisia
Revolution in Tunisia The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week, The Beacon examines the 2011 uprisings in Tunisia that jumpstarted the “Arab Spring” across the Middle East and North Africa. To understand what happened in Tunisia from the people’s perspective during...
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The Curious case of Brazil: should the BRICs drop the B?
The Curious Case of Brazil The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week Zoe Hodge takes a look at Brazil. In the midst of the on-going corruption scandal, and mired in recession, the once-golden country of economic growth and prospering democracy seems now more than a...
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Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download For the second episode of Hilary Term 2017, The Beacon looks in depth at multiculturalism. Interviewing social anthropologist at Oxford University, Professor Dawn Chatty, as well as Syrian-American Tasneem Karassi and...
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Europe: 1989 onwards!
Europe: 1989 onwards The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download For the first episode of Hilary Term 2017, The Beacon looks at Eastern Europe post-1989. Interviewing political and economic experts at UCL's School of Slavonic and East Europe Studies, Dr. Kubik and Dr. Cvrcek, as...
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The International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week The Beacon is investigating the International Criminal Court. The ICC claims to be the world’s first permanent international criminal court 'participating in a global fight to end impunity.'...
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The Appointment of the UN Secretary General
The Appointment of the UN Secretary General The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download One individual to represent 7 billion. Is such a thing even possible? And what conceivable process could be representative enough to measure up to this ideal. This week’s podcast is about the...
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Women and Peace Building
Women and Peace Building The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week The Beacon is looking at the subject of women and peace-building to explore the relationship or lack of relationship between the two. To learn more about this Rupert Sparling spoke to Professor…
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Changes in the Media and their Impact on Politics
Changes in the media and their impact on politics The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week The Beacon explores transformations in the media environment in the past decade and their impact on the political cycle. To learn more about this issue, Rose Vennin spoke to...
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Corruption in South Africa
Corruption in South Africa The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week The Beacon is looking at the subject of Corruption in South Africa. To learn more about this Daniel Thomson spoke to Andrew Faull, a senior researcher at the Centre of Criminology in the University of...
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Understanding Pakistan
Understanding Pakistan The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week The Beacon is looking at the subject of Pakistan, in particular at the country's recent history in relation to the themes of justice, corruption and Islamic extremism. To learn more about this Daniel...
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A Profile of China's Foreign Policy
China's Foreign Policy The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week The Beacon explores what drives China’s foreign policy actions. To learn more about China’s foreign policy goals Haley Lemieux spoke to Dr. Rogier Creemers, a professor at the Oxford China Centre, Mathieu...
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How does oil affect world politics?
How does oil affect world politics? The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week The Beacon addresses how oil affects world politics through contributing to authoritarianism and armed conflict. To learn more about the ‘oil curse’ and its implications for international...
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Has Latin America Shifted Away from the Left?
Has Latin America Shifted Away From the Left? The Beacon, Oxford International Relations Society Download This week The Beacon addresses the recent shift in Latin American politics away from the left. To understand recent events in the region, to what extent politics really are shifting away from...
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US Presidential Primary
This week new editor Haley Lemieux addresses the presidential primary elections in the United States. Although voting doesn’t start until February 1st, we weighed in with Professor Desmond King, and gained student perspectives from Bobby Puckett, Sam Sussman, Brian McGrail, and Varun Menon....
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Yiftah Curiel on Israel-Palestine Violence
'The Beacon' is the brand new podcast from Oxford IR Soc. Each week we will be focusing on a pressing topic in the news and interviewing a variety of academics, politicians and journalists to get a range of perspectives. Our focus this week is the recent violence in Israel and the West Bank. On…
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Still Fit For Purpose? The UN at 70
'The Beacon' is the brand new podcast from Oxford IR Soc. Each week we will be focusing on a pressing topic in the news and interviewing a variety of academics, politicians and journalists to get a range of perspectives. Geopolitical alliances, the changing nature of conflict and the concept of...
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The Question that Won't Go Away: Britain's Exit from the EU and what it could mean
'The Beacon' is the brand new podcast from Oxford IR Soc. Each week we will be focusing on a pressing topic in the news and interviewing a variety of academics, politicians and journalists to get a range of perspectives. In this week's podcast Will Yeldham speaks to Dr Tim Oliver, Dahrendorf…
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Discord in Brussels: Divided Responses to the Refugee Crisis
'The Beacon' is the brand new podcast from Oxford IR Soc. Each week we will be focusing on a pressing topic in the news and interviewing a variety of academics, politicians and journalists to get a range of perspectives. In this week's podcast Alfie Shaw speaks to Professor Dawn Chatty, Emerita...
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Pouring Oil On The Fire: Russian Escalation and R2P in Syria
Will Yeldham discusses the changing situation in Syria with guests Professor Jennifer Welsh and Dr Murhaf Jouejati.
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