The Beacon
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The Beacon
A weekly podcast examining the current issues of international affairs, featuring special guests.
Recent Episodes
42 episodesBeacon 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. E...
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 autho...
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 Th...
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...
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 prof...
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...
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 contrib...
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)....
Beacon TT 2018, Week 1: "Kant, Populism and the EU" - Prof. Simon Glendinning
Discussing the philosophical narratives around the European Union, Millie Radovic interviews Professor Simon Glendinning of the London School of Econo...
Beacon HT 2018, Week 6: Refugees, Reconstruction and Syria - Matthieu Cimino
With the manifest failure of the international community to act to save Syria's citizens and the recurrent infringement of any UN Security Council-bac...
Beacon HT 2018, Week 5: Life in Gaza and Oxford - Lana Alhelou
In light of the tensions and ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, this week's episode of The Beacon sees Adam Mazarello interviewing Lama Alhelou, Jun...
Beacon HT 2018, Week 2: China, Australia and a Yard of Ale - Kevin Rudd
In this week’s episode of “The Beacon” – released on Australia Day 2018 – Verity Bligh talks to Kevin Rudd, a former Australian prime minister, curren...
Beacon HT 2018, Week 1: "Enough Experts" - Professor Kalypso Nicolaidis
In this week's episode of "The Beacon", Verity Bligh talks to Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor of International Relations at Oxford, about her innovative...
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...
Masooda Bano
In this week's The Beacon, Nicholas Chin interviews Masooda Bano, Associate Professor in the Oxford Department of International Development, Senior Go...
Taste Tibet
In this week's episode of "The Beacon", Verity Bligh speaks to Julie Kleeman and Yeshi Jampa, the husband-and-wife team behind Taste T...
Patrick Thewlis
In this week's episode of The Beacon, Nicholas Chin interviews Patrick Thewlis, a quantitative research assistant on the Changing Structures of Islami...
Avi Shlaim
In this week's episode of The Beacon, Verity Bligh interviews Avi Shlaim, a leading historian on the Arab-Israeli conflict and professor emeri...
Edward Lucas
In this episode of The Beacon, Verity Bligh interviews Edward Lucas, senior editor at The Economist and author of “New Cold War” and “Cyberphobia”. Th...
Council of Europe
In Michaelmas' first episode of The Beacon, Verity Bligh interviews Louise Barton, Head of Human Resources at the Council of Europe and former Advisor...
International students
In this episode of The Beacon, Zoe Hodge interviews some of Oxford University's many international students and how this reflects global international...
The Trump Podcast
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...
Counter-terrorism
This week’s podcast focuses on approaches to counterterrorism. To find out more on the matter Lydie Sheehan spoke to Professor Louise Richardson, Vice...
Revolution in Tunisia
This week, The Beacon examines the 2011 uprisings in Tunisia that jumpstarted the “Arab Spring” across the Middle East and North Africa. To understand...
The Curious case of Brazil: should the BRICs drop the B?
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 econom...
Multiculturalism
For the second episode of Hilary Term 2017, The Beacon looks in depth at multiculturalism. Interviewing social anthropologist at Oxford University, Pr...
Europe: 1989 onwards!
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 o...
The International Criminal Court
This week The Beacon is investigating the International Criminal Court. The ICC claims to be the world’s first permanent international criminal court...
The Appointment of the UN Secretary General
One individual to represent 7 billion. Is such a thing even possible? And what conceivable process could be representative enough to measure up to thi...
Women and Peace Building
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...
Changes in the Media and their Impact on Politics
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...
Corruption in South Africa
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...
Understanding Pakistan
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, corrup...
A Profile of China's Foreign Policy
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....
How does oil affect world politics?
This week The Beacon addresses how oil affects world politics through contributing to authoritarianism and armed conflict. To learn more about the ‘oi...
Has Latin America Shifted Away from the Left?
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 exte...
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...
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...
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...
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...