-
OPR Announces Launch of Issue 12: ‘Utopia’
The Oxford Political Review is thrilled to announce the release of our 112h issue, ‘Utopia.’
-
Turkish Political Scene Shaken as CHP’s ‘Red Wave’ Dominates Local Elections
Local elections on 31 March heralded a momentous victory for the opposition’s secular Republican People’s…
-
Cultural Hegemony and Social Media: Why We Need to Keep up with the Kardashians
As more of our interactions shift online, Gramsci’s work provides a useful lens to understand…
Global Politics
-
|
Turkish Political Scene Shaken as CHP’s ‘Red Wave’ Dominates Local Elections
Local elections on 31 March heralded a momentous victory for the opposition’s secular Republican People’s Party, marking a pivotal change in the country’s political dynamics.
-
|
90 Seconds to Midnight: The Inconsistencies of Time in International Relations
In the intricate dance between time, understanding, and action, the Doomsday Clock’s hands continue to tick, urging us to consider not just the spatial dimensions of international relations but also the profound dimension of time.
-
|
No Country for Old Men? Why We Shouldn’t Worry about Biden and Trump’s Old Age
It is understandable that so many are keen to blame the malaise that afflicts American politics on the age of its leaders. But there is little reason to think that youth is a prerequisite for this…
-
|
The Real-Life Casualties of the Attention Wars
World leaders are forced to view international politics as a zero-sum attention game, in which they are engaged in a Sisyphean struggle to keep their country’s plights relevant. For Ukraine this means fighting on two fronts:…
Interviews
-
|
Zeynep Pamuk on Politics and Expertise: ‘It’s not just a matter of fixing the communication and educating the people’
Antoine Levie speaks to Zeynep Pamuk, Associate Professor in Contemporary Political Theory at Oxford University about her recent book ‘Politics and Expertise’.
-
|
OPR speaks with European Commission’s Director-General for Climate Action, Kurt Vandenberghe
OPR’s Global Politics editor Marta Kąkol interviews Kurt Vandenberghe, the Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action.
-
|
OPR Speaks with Romanian Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja
Reporting from the COP28 summit in Dubai, Marta Kąkol, Global Politics Editor, interviews the Romanian Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja.
-
|
OPR Speaks with Former Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Dr. Marty Natalegawa
Dr. Brian Wong, Co-founder of the Oxford Political Review, speaks with former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Dr. Marty Natalegawa.
Latest Issue
OPR Issue 12: Utopia
From classic literary utopias to contemporary social visions, and from speculative fiction to real-world attempts at utopian societies, this issue explores the concept of utopia in its myriad forms.
Culture & Ideas
-
|
Cultural Hegemony and Social Media: Why We Need to Keep up with the Kardashians
As more of our interactions shift online, Gramsci’s work provides a useful lens to understand how social media is employed by modern-day elites to manipulate the masses.
-
|
Time in the Anthropocene
The tempo of the Anthropocene is multiple, plural, and full of opportunities, both dangerous and salvific.
-
|
Hegel and History
The point of studying Hegel, and by extension the purpose of contextualising historical thinkers, should concern itself less with relating his circumstances to our own and more with identifying the discrepancies and continuities between different historical…
-
|
Timelessness in Pre-Modern Politics
A de-temporalized politics is, then, not only imaginable—it was, to some extent, once a reality. For the scholastic, a week was most certainly not a long time in politics—nor indeed was a year or a century.…
Law
-
|
Maps as Weapons: Legal Implications of Territorial Claims
Nation-states often wield maps as weapons to assert territorial claims. Due to escalating tensions between China and its neighbors and a surge in their military power, the impact created by the spread of such misinformation is…
-
|
The ‘She’ Factor: Extending Protection of Female-Specific Legislations to the Indian LGBTQIA+ Community
There remain incongruities between the popular judicial rhetoric advocating for equal rights for the LGBTQIA+ community and its real world manifestation.
-
|
Two ‘Unequal’ Policies on ‘Equality’ of Opportunity: Comparing USA’s Affirmative Action Policy with the Indian Reservation System
These recent lawsuits in the US and India, respectively, offer a preliminary insight into the present status of US affirmative action and the Indian reservation system. This article aims to provide a more thorough explanation of…
-
|
India’s Criminal Identification Act: A Human Rights Critique
The Act allows excessive administrative discretion and provides a shield to the non-observance and potential violation of basic human rights of life and liberty.
Video Interviews
Find us on YouTube
OPR periodically publishes video interviews with the world’s leading political experts. Find our latest videos on our channel.
