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We publish independent and evidence-based policy reports around current and policy-oriented issues.

Gaza conflicts and humanitarian crisis

Policy Brief | Why is Mediation Failing to Resolve So Many Armed Conflicts Today?

This policy brief draws on the panel discussion organised by the Oxford Global Society on 6 October 2025. Panellists emphasised that mediation today is marked by a climate of disillusionment with multilateral diplomacy and intensifying geopolitical rivalry. As states invest more heavily in deterrence and defence, trust in diplomacy as a means to resolve and manage conflict has diminished. Still, the panel agreed that mediation continues to offer something unique: it preserves the possibility of dialogue in conflicts that grow more protracted each day.

Alejandro Posada-Téllez 11/11/2025
George Yeo, Ivor Roberts, Richard Caplan, Rosemary Foot, Todd Hall

Understanding China’s Outlook and US-China Relations: A Dialogue between George Yeo and Oxford Professors

This report is an edited dialogue between George Yeo, former Foreign Minister of Singapore, and several distinguished professors from Oxford University. It focused on a series of important issues around China-US relations and China’s outlook, including China’s vision of world order, the Taiwan issue, China’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine war, the inevitability of a US-China war, and the role of Southeast Asian countries in navigating US-China geopolitical tensions.

(Edited by) Jufang Wang, Songruowen Ma, Tiffany Chan 02/12/2024
AI governance and geopolitics

OXGS Report | Navigating geopolitics in AI governance

This research report examines the differences and commonalities in regulatory approaches and the underlying values of the major AI powers (the EU, the US, and China), the role of geopolitics in shaping AI governance, and key issues regarding global AI governance.

Jufang Wang, Claire Milne, Jess Zichen Hu, Furqan Khan 08/04/2024
standards, regulations and policies

Report |The Geopolitics of Global Technology Standards: Key Issues and Solutions

This report identified and examined two major causes behind the geopolitical tensions around international standards-setting of CETs: the spill-over effect of US-China rivalry and the trend of trying to incorporate democratic values in standards. It also provides some policy recommendations on how to strengthen international cooperation around CET standards-setting.

Claire Milne, Jufang Wang 25/11/2022
Global politics around Russia-Ukrain war

Global perspectives on Russia-Ukraine War: The West vs. The Rest?

This report, co-authored by leading analysts from both the western and non-western worlds, provides different perspectives about the ongoing Ukraine war and global politics more generally. It also analyses some prominent issues arising from the war, such as the principle of respect for sovereignty.

Ivor Roberts et al. 12/11/2022
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