Global Politics
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The Weaponization of Water: Water Politics in the Middle East
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This article examines the phenomenon of water weaponization- using water to gain leverage over an adversary, with a focus on the Middle East. It will then argue that water weaponization’s current manifestation in the Middle East is a crime against humanity.
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Call For Original Artwork for Issue 10, ‘Everything is Fine!’
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The OPR is looking for some original artwork for the cover page of our 10th issue, ‘Everything is Fine!’
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‘Japa’ Syndrome: Legitimacy Crisis, Emigration and Public Discontent in Nigeria
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Given the nationalisation of ‘Japa’ syndrome in Nigeria, this article aims to understand public discontent in Nigeria as a symptom of the legitimacy crisis facing the Nigerian state.
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Call for Submissions – Issue 10: ‘Everything is Fine!’
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We invite submissions to the Oxford Political Review’s 10th issue, under the theme of ‘Everything is Fine!’
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Rousing A Giant: Reconfiguring Germany’s Defence Policy in the New Age of Expansionism
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The Chancellor’s proposed programme, if successful, will negate half a century of the Germany’s foreign policy strategy.
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The Strategic Impetus and Geopolitical Consequences of India’s Deniability Outlook towards China
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India’s policy should instead be seen as rooted in “strategic deniability,” which aims to foster border deterrence. While India faces many compulsions and incentives to adopt this policy stance, it is ultimately infeasible in the long-term for how it may exacerbate regional tensions, positioning India on the brink of a confrontational future.
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Money Machine: A Riveting Read From One of Private Equity’s Very Best
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In Money Machine, Shan, the first China Tsar for JP Morgan and a Co-Managing Partner of Newbridge Capital, recounts his experience in leading an unprecedented takeover and restructuring by a foreign private equity firm of a Chinese national bank, the Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB).
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Taiwan is a Piece of Cake: US-China Relations on the Brink
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A looming military confrontation between the United States and the People’s Republic of China over the status of Taiwan endangers the future of both superpowers and the rest of the world.
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Freedom, not Fear; Truckers, Not Trudeau: Why Right-Wing Populism is Going Mainstream in Canada
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Canada’s position as the darling child of liberal democracy is facing its greatest challenge yet. Although not as extreme as his European or American counterparts, Pierre Poilievre is folding right-wing populism into the mainstream of Canadian politics.

