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Dr Vladimir Rauta’s new article in the RUSI journal is on proxy wars as a response to Professor Andrew Mumford (after about 7 years). Read the article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03071847.2020.1736437?instName=University+of+Reading&journalCode=rusi20

‘The Covid-19 pandemic may be exposing the weaknesses of populism‘ Check out our very own Dr Daphne Halikiopoulou‘s latest piece as she uncovers how the current pandemic could be the…Read More >

The Department of Politics and International Relations was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Professor Colin Gray. Within his field of Strategic Studies, Colin was a dominant figure,…Read More >

A huge congratulations to our formidable Dr Sarah von Billerbeck for her recent award win of the Best Research Output Prize for her paper ‘Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Self-Legitimation…Read More >

Dr Christoph Arndt’s new co-authored paper was published in Governance – a leading journal in Political Science and Public Administration. Their paper – Voters’ Wrath? Policy Change and Government Popularity…Read More >

The Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research (PaCCS) interviewed Professor Dominik Zaum to discuss knowledge exchange with policymakers and his work on corruption and peacebuilding in Afghanistan. Learn more…Read More >

Our #WinterWarmer event has just kicked off, with our Part 2 and Part 3 students mingling with recent graduates, staff and each other before the term gets too serious! It’s…Read More >

Dr Daphne Halikiopoulou gave her thoughts on what populism will bring in the 20s in Yasmeen Serhan’s article for The Atlantic. Read it here

Wondering ‘what’s next?’ for Iran and their proxy network after Qassem Soleimani’s assassination last week? The Department’s Dr Vladimir Rauta provides his expert analysis on the situation for The Conversation….Read More >