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Christopher Browning discusses humour, nation branding and identity with The Place Brand Observer
Christopher Browning discusses humour, nation branding and identity with
The interview draws upon Browning's long running work on nation branding and his current British Academy funded project (with James Brassett) on 'Humorous States: New Diplomacy and the Rise of Comedy in IR'
PAIS Graduation Reception Photos July 2019
Professional photographs from our Graduation Reception on July 24th are now available to view from this page.
You can also tag yourself in the photographs on our Facebook page:
Tom Long Writes New Article on Colombian Foreign Policy
Tom Long's new article, ",鈥 has just been published by the Bulletin of Latin American Research. The article is co-authored with Sebastian Bitar and Gabriel Jim茅nez Pe帽a. The article pushes back against the dominant presidentialist focus in the study of Colombian foreign policy. Drawing on insights from recent foreign policy analysis literature and evidence from several cases (Plan Colombia, US military bases, free trade talks with China, and ICJ arbitration of a maritime border with Nicaragua), this article challenges commonplace presidentialist assumptions. A novel model of 鈥榗ontested presidentialism鈥 better captures how Colombian domestic actors mobilise to raise political costs to block or modify presidential preferences. Research for the piece started during Tom's British Council Researcher Links visit to Colombia and then was advanced during Sebastian's time at 桃色视频 as an IAS Visiting Fellow. During the latter visit, an earlier version of the paper was presented at PAIS.
Dr Arzu Kibris elected as the Executive Director of the Network of European Peace Scientists
Dr Arzu Kibris has recently been elected as the Executive Director of the Network of European Peace Scientists.
The Network of European Peace Scientists is a network of scholars committed to the advancement of Peace Research in Europe. In line with Peace Science tradition, the NEPS welcomes scholars from an interdisciplinary community from a variety of disciplines such as economics, political science, regional science, mathematics, and history.
You can read more about the network at their website:

Dr Trevor McCrisken Discusses Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
Dr Trevor McCrisken has been featured on a number of media outlets this week, discussing US President Donald Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom.
Dr McCrisken first discussed President Trump's arrival into the country on BBC Breakfast:
Trevor then spoke about what the visit will entail and what it means for the two countries:
Dr McCrisken has also featured on (19 minutes in) and LBC.