The colloquium focused on professor Richard Caplan’s recent book: Measuring Peace: Principles, Practices, and Politics (OUP). Richard’s book opens with the question: How can we know if the peace that has been established following a civil war is a stable one? The discussion touched on other related issues, including how to get to peace and the process after peace.
Putin’s assault has plunged Ukraine into the darkest hour of its 30-year history as an independent state. What is the view from Kyiv? What are Putin’s ultimate aims? What are the implications of this crisis for Europe and the global order? We bring together three leading analysts to offer perspective on these and related questions.
OXGS Fellow Frank Vibert examines the maxim ‘do no harm’, which enjoys a surge in popularity. Its deployment has now extended to areas including bioethics, education, the environment and internet ethics.
Sarah Nason of Bangor University, after referring to the Welsh government’s view that the present position cannot continue, shows how Wales is developing its own sub-state constitution and where that might lead.
Nicola McEwen of Edinburgh University, against a pluralist conception of nationhood, places under scrutiny the unity of the United Kingdom and identifies powerful forces of disunity threatening the whole.
How can we know if the peace that has been established following conflicts is stable? Professor Richard Caplan, from Oxford University, examines this question in his new book.
