Our Editors

Justin Daniels is an MPhil student in Comparative Government at the University of Oxford, where he studies how autocrats respond to protests. He previously served as assistant editor of the Journal of Democracy. 

Angelo M’BA is currently reading for an MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies at St Antony’s College, Oxford. He previously studied English studies with a minor in Law and International Relations in Rennes, France. Principally interested in Chinese foreign policy and international relations, his research intends to study the securitization of the American Indo-Pacific Strategy by China and its impacts on alignments in the Indo-Pacific.

Marta Kąkol specialises in EU politics, particularly in the context of international relations, as well as energy, social and migration policy. She holds a Master’s degree in Politics Research from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Utrecht University. Professionally, she has worked extensively in political and business consulting and published journalistic articles. 

Eli Harris-Trent is a first-year MPhil candidate in International Relations at Nuffield College, Oxford. He researches post-conflict peacebuilding, with a focus on ex-combatant reintegration, transitional justice, and the legacies of violence. In April 2023, Eli graduated with a BA in political science, international studies, and Spanish from the University of Michigan.

Julia Hoffmann is a MPhil student in International Relations at St Antony’s college. Having grown up in China, she has always been keenly interested in the country’s history, and is now studying how contemporary political developments in China will shape the future of the East Asian region and the globalized world at large. While doing her undergraduate degree in London, Julia worked on the editorial team of various student publications and now hopes to pursue a career in political publishing.

About Turner Ruggi is studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford. His areas of interest are conflict mediation, peacekeeping, and the growing importance of geoeconomics in global politics, particularly in Easter Europe and Central Asia.

Joseph Ward is a DPhil in Political Theory at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His work sits at the crossroads of intellectual history, black critical theory and aesthetics. Before his DPhil, he completed an MPhil in Political Theory at Somerville College, Oxford and a BA in Politics and International Relations at the University of Exeter and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He also worked as an editorial project assistant in the archive of Archant, the largest newspaper publishing company in the East of England.

Ciara Rushton is a final year BA History and Politics student at Magdalen College, Oxford. She is interested in the interaction of culture and politics and how ideas as a factor impact on the actions of political actors. She is particularly interested in Germany and Eastern Europe, and also in the role of intelligence, nationalism, and security.

Angelina (Siyun) Ding is a second-year BA History and Politics student at Keble College, Oxford. She is interested in how ideas and ideology in the public sphere interact with the political world, as well as the complex historical forces that drive the evolution of political thought. Originally from Beijing, China, she is passionate about bringing discussions regarding cultural phenomena that is unfamiliar to audiences outside of East Asia into the eyes of a wider public.

Lindsey A. Williams is an MPhil student in Political Theory at Magdalen College, Oxford. She earned her undergraduate degree at Stanford University, where she studied Political Science with a minor in History. As an undergraduate, she was a founding member of the ACLU of Stanford and the Stanford Undergraduate Law Review, where she was a staff editor and contributor for several years. She has worked as a research assistant at the Hoover Institution and was an Undergraduate Constitutional Law Fellow at Stanford Law School. Her research interests include jurisprudence, judicial methodology, and theories of democratic liberalism. She is a Barry Scholar.

A.J. Dilts is an MPhil Student in International Relations at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. Originally from Kentucky in the United States, his research centers on the foreign policy decision-making process, and he is interested in the intersection of national security law, domestic institutional design, and international politics. 

Jason Chau is an MPhil student in Comparative Social Policy and is a member of St. Antony’s College. Prior to studying at Oxford, he graduated from University of Bristol with a First-Class Honours in BA Law and worked in the United Nations on knowledge management for peacekeeping missions. He has also edited publications and produced research papers on democratization and the use of foreign law citations, and has experience working in M&A and dispute resolution in law firms. Jason’s academic focus is in law, political theory and international relations. He wants to promote more cross-national dialogue and coordination of public policies on an international level. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Student. He is currently a research assistant at the University’s Department of Social Policy and Intervention, a management consultant for the Oxford Strategy Group, and a legal assistant.

Andrew Wang is a Philosophy, Politics, and Economics undergraduate student at Corpus Christi, Oxford, and was previously Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Student newspaper. He remains mired in student journalism, but is also interested in the political economy of inequality and the political sociology of electoral and nonelectoral participation.

Henry Ferrabee is a finalist Classical Archaeology and Ancient History student at Balliol College, Oxford. He takes a particular interest in the domestic political climate and its immediate international influencers as well as the socio-political impacts of ideological propaganda. Henry is looking to pursue a graduate degree in international relations in the future.

Isabella Turilli is an MPhil student in International Relations at Lincoln College, Oxford. She was previously a research associate for global health, economics, and development at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Prior to joining CFR, she conducted and published research with the Center for Global Health Science and Security, the Bansal Lab, and as a Fellow with the Global Irish Studies Initiative. Turilli graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, and International Affairs with a focus on global health policy and a Certificate in Diplomatic Studies from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. 

Michael Wakin is an MPhil student in International Relations at Mansfield College. Before attending Oxford, Michael graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Kenyon College and worked as a research analysis for the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. Michael has reported from South Africa, Lebanon, and Argentina, as well as interviewed former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and former Secretary of State George Shultz. He was awarded the 2024 Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholar Award.