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OPR Announces Launch of Issue 19: Might Makes Right
Oxford Political Review is thrilled to announce the release of its 19th issue, Might Makes Right.
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The End of Global Islam? An Interview with Faisal Devji
Have the conditions that gave Islam its political form changed?
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It’s Never About the Gorilla
The White House’s Harabe tribute is a crude joke. The real target is the dignity…
Global Politics
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It’s Never About the Gorilla
The White House’s Harabe tribute is a crude joke. The real target is the dignity of those who challenge racism.
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The Ghost in the Machine of Modern Diplomacy: Big Tech as an Invisible Sovereign
Is the real power in modern diplomacy the voice – or the platforms that decide who hears it?
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Governing Acceleration: Navigating AI Warfare as a Political Problem
Who is in control when warfare decisions must be made at machine speed?
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Solidarity as Strategy: China’s ‘True Multilateralism’ and the Solitude of Rules
China champions “true multilateralism,” yet the rules that define it increasingly stand alone.
Interviews
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The End of Global Islam? An Interview with Faisal Devji
Have the conditions that gave Islam its political form changed?
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Trade Unionism, Political Power, and the Future of Organised Labour in Italy
In Conversation with Luca Stanzione, General Secretary of the Italian General Confederation of Labour (Camera Generale del Lavoro, CGIL) of Milan.
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The Right-Wing Intellectuals Who Keep Winning
As the New Right consolidates power in the United States, OPR speaks with one of its deftest chroniclers and antagonists.
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‘Problematising Genealogy is to History what Psychoanalysis is to the Practical Self-Relation’: An Interview with Amy Allen for the Oxford Political Review
Grappling with the most pressing political topics requires us to reflect on how we are situated in and implicated in the relations of power we are trying to understand and critique.
Latest Issue
OPR Issue 19: Might Makes Right
To interrogate the relationship between power and principle also means examining who wields that authority. The powerholder’s identity, location, and their stated reasons for control shape the nature, extent, and uses of power. The essays in this issue examine not only whether power exists without ethics, or ethics without power, but also who holds that authority – across arenas as diverse as AI, pop culture, great power conflict, and more.
- Iran’s Illiberal Crusade Unites the Left, the Right, and the Apolitical
- The Ken-ification of Hungarian Politics
- The Ethics of Power, the Power of Ethics
- The Heated Rivalry Between Boys’ Love and Traditional Masculinity
Culture & Ideas
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What’s Tomorrow Worth?
Through forestry, finance, and Chilean mining law, ‘Discounting the Future’ uncovers the far-reaching political consequences of valuing tomorrow through economics.
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Repackaging Faith: Analysing the Tradwife Revival
Can the tradwife movement be understood as faith, feminism’s backlash, or a symptom of modernity itself?
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The Authoritarian Apologia Industry: How Democratic Fatigue Fuels Dangerous Revisionism
Is democracy being scrutinized—or slowly abandoned?
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When AI Becomes the Absolute: How Our Beliefs Turn Technology into Religion
Is AI replacing religion, or is it simply revealing how deeply human beings need something to believe in?
Law
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The Rule of Law in the Age of AI
Can a legal system built on human judgment quietly hand its conscience to code?
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Who Is to Blame for the Doings of the Death Machine?
Autonomous weapons may change warfare, but they should not erase accountability.
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The Responsibility Vacuum: How Vibe Coding Breaks Legal Accountability
When code is generated by AI, accepted by humans, and deployed without meaningful review, the law is left struggling to assign responsibility for the harm that follows.
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Breaking Ranks: The Law’s Quiet War on Civil Servant Whistleblowing
Whistleblowers appear to stand alone. Their sacrifice is rooted in a deeper form of solidarity.
Video Interviews
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