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The Newsletter of St Antony’s College 2013

Explaining Russian alignment with Syria Also in this issue: Opening of the Gateway Reminiscences of a remarkable Antonian Liaising with the World

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10 St Antony’s looks at the World

14 Students

The Antonian 2013

18 Liaising with the world

Editors: Monica Esposito & Wouter te Kloeze Contact details: The Development Office St Antony’s College, OX2 6JF development.officer@sant.ox.ac.uk +44 (0) 1865274496 www.sant.ox.ac.uk

20 Reminiscences of a

remarkable Antonian

Cover image: The Gateway Buildings.

Architect: Bennetts Associates Photographer: ©Hufton+Crow

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Letter from the Warden

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he College has undergone a considerable physical transformation since my last letter but the life that goes on here remains much the same. We now have an elegant new entrance which is much more welcoming and open than the old little door and I think much better reflects the nature of the College. Inside our new buildings though the same intense social and intellectual life goes on with a dizzying round of seminars, lectures, lunches and dinners.

St Antony’s has always been engaged with the wider world and indeed that is one of its distinctions and strengths. Many of our Fellows and Wardens have had other careers as journalists, diplomats, or international civil servants and combine their academic work with advising governments, business or international organisations. If you turn on your television or radio, open a newspaper, or visit a news blog anywhere in the world, you are likely to find someone from St Antony’s holding forth, providing background analysis or explaining the complex issues of our time.

Our students, who themselves come from a variety of backgrounds and careers, will in time take part in the global discussion.

Indeed many of them already are through their research and their writing which takes them around the world. Somehow, for all the pressures of their work, they also find the time to organise conferences, on comparative social policy for example, or contemporary South Africa.

As we start another academic year I am delighted to be meeting our new fellows (although of course it is always sad to say good bye to the old ones). We have two new posts, made possible by generous donations

from outside funders: one in modern Poland and the other in Burma. These will significantly enhance our ability to study both those rapidly developing countries and their neighbourhoods. We also have new Fellows appointed in Russian and African history as well as one each in International Relations and International Human Rights and Refugee Law. We are also fortunate to have so many visiting and research Fellows, from the European Union, Germany or Venezuela as well as Academic Visitors, as we have renamed our old Senior Associate Members. These visitors come, not surprisingly, from around the world and bring new perspectives and expertise to the many conversations that are going on ceaselessly all over the College (see the News from the Centres section on page 6-9 for more information).

Our new students, some 220 of them, come from almost 50 different countries and over half of those are outside the European Union. They have obligingly divided themselves up so that there is an equal balance between men and women and in age range from recent graduates to those who worked for a number of years outside the University.

Area Studies is still our strongest area: four courses (the two year MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies, and the one-year MScs in African Studies, Latin American Studies and Modern Chinese Studies) have 10 or more new students apiece.

The British government does not always make it easy for universities here to attract the best international academics and students.

Every year there are horror stories about visas lost, delayed or refused. My own favourite is when Oxford hired a very eminent scholar to

The Warden of St Antony’s College, Professor Margaret MacMillan ©Rob Judges

fill a prestigious named chair only to be told that the visa could not be processed because the University had failed to advertise the post at the local Jobs Exchange for the unemployed.

Worryingly too, the present government sends out confusing messages, talking at one moment about the need to strengthen Britain’s great universities and attract the brightest and the best to them and on the other warning darkly that the country is being overrun by lazy and free-loading immigrants. Like many of my colleagues I neither feel lazy or when I pay my taxes, as though I am taking the system for a ride.

British chauvinism, reflected in the rise of UKIP, the United Kingdom Independence Party, is not unique; across Europe radical movements are stirring up nationalist sentiments. It is all the more important, it seems to me, that St Antony’s continues to exist and flourish. We help to break down the barriers of ignorance and prejudice by doing good evidence-based research, by speaking to a wider public, and by the simple fact of bringing together so many diverse people in a community where they can mix and learn from one another.

We hope that our students will continue to go out into the world as Alumni have always done and make a difference. And we hope too that our Alumni will come back and see for themselves how this small but very special community continues to flourish.

Professor Margaret MacMillan

NEWS

Opening of the Gateway Buildings

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he opening of the completed Gateway Buildings took place on 26 March 2013. The project was officially opened by His Excellency Ghassan I Shaker, after whom one of the buildings is named in appreciation of his support. Ghassan Shaker, who was educated at St John’s College in Cambridge, is now the Founder and Chairman of several companies in Asia and Europe, and he also serves as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador supporting projects that assist the victims of war, and serve to aid with education and microfinance.

The two buildings comprise 54 en suite student rooms, several of them accessible for those with special needs as well as office space for 30 staff. They also contain a new porters’ lodge and lobby, and conference facilities on the upper floor. The Gateway Buildings give a sense of coherence to the entire College, pulling together buildings from different periods and in architectural styles.

The Gateway Buildings enclose the central quadrangle, an important symbol which brings St Antony’s in tune with the classic Oxford college style. Renewable energy is provided by ground source heat along with solar panels placed at roof level. A new energy centre reduces overall carbon emissions and running costs.

The Warden, Professor Margaret MacMillan, said: “This is a hugely important project for the College both in terms of the increased accommodation and the related income stream it bring us, but also in giving us a new identity that enhances the pride among Fellows, staff, and the students. We are sure the Gateway Buildings will greatly aid us in what is becoming an increasingly competitive global market for post-graduate education.”

Dr Hal Jones, Director of the North American Studies Programme, added: “Our guests at the North American Studies Programme’s recent conference on Arctic governance were very favourably impressed by the accommodations and meeting facilities in the Gateway Buildings. The success of the conference can be attributed in no small measure to the quality of the facilities and service that were available at St Antony’s.”

In recognition of the architectural value of this project, St Antony’s was announced as one of three joint winners in the New Buildings category for the Gateway Buildings at the Oxford Preservation Trust Awards ceremony on 12 November 2013. The College has been presented with a plaque to display in College.

On page 24 you can find further information about the Gateway Campaign.

We hope you will be able to visit St Antony’s to see the new buildings for yourself.

The Gateway Buildings. Architect: Bennetts Associates.

Photographer: ©Hufton+Crow

The Softbridge: a groundbreaking building

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fter seven years of preparation, the College formally broke ground on the Softbridge, the new building for the Middle East Centre, on 30 January 2013. The Warden welcomed the architect Dame Zaha Hadid, the Vice Chancellor, the Lord Mayor of Oxford, and over 150 guests to witness the event. Mr Nemir Kirdar, Honorary Fellow, spoke on behalf of Investcorp, the international investment management company he founded in 1982, whose gift of £11 million covers the construction costs of this landmark building which, upon completion, will be known as the Investcorp Building.

Since breaking ground, work on the project has proceeded dramatically. Mr Kirdar returned to College in September 2013 for a site visit. Mr Anthony Nagel from BAM, the contractors building the Softbridge, guided Mr Kirdar, the Bursar and Middle East Centre fellows through the foundations of the building. Mr Kirdar, representing Investcorp, was formally welcomed into the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors (CCB) on 24 September 2013 in recognition of the exceptionally generous gift for the Softbridge building.

Providing a state-of-the-art lecture theatre, library and archive facilities, the Softbridge is slated for completion by autumn 2014, and will be one of the showcases of the University Alumni Weekend in September 2014.

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Mr Nemir Kirdar with MEC Fellow Dr Eugene Rogan, examining the building works for the Softbridge

NEWS

Elise Klein recognised as a civic champion

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e would like to congratulate Elise Klein (DPhil Development Studies, 2009), who was announced as one of the winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Civic Awards 2013. Elise was granted the award in recognition of her work as Founder and CEO of The Mali Initiative, a NGO which has been working with communities in war-torn Mali for eight years.

This awards scheme was launched by Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Andrew Hamilton, to recognise students who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in and commitment to volunteering. Also celebrated were the efforts of Joseph WaldsteinWartenberg (MSc Global Governance and Diplomacy, 2012), and Khatija Hafesji (MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2012), who were highly commended.

s Rosamund Campbell retired from her post as College Librarian in October 2013, after 37 years of employment; in the same month, Ms Gillian Crook left her position as Assistant Registrar, having supported our students for nearly two decades. Their professionalism and dedication will be greatly missed; we wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

Professor Timothy Garton Ash wins the Charlemagne Medal

T Elise Klein (DPhil Development Studies, 2009) with Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Andrew Hamilton

Fantastic outcome for Antonian events

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t Antony’s College was delighted to host two events as part of the Rhodes 110th Anniversary celebrations and the Oxford Alumni Weekend 2013.

On 20 September, current and past Rhodes scholars attended the St Antony’s College dinner and enjoyed the intimate setting of the event, having the opportunity to discuss the future of Rhodes scholarships with William Beinart, GB Fellow and Rhodes Professor of Race Relations.

The Alumni Weekend drinks reception, hosted on 21 September, was also a success.

Dr Walter Armbrust’s topical talk on the current state of the revolution in Egypt had the numerous audience members captivated and the Q&A session that followed was particularly animated. All Alumni were offered a tour of the new Gateway buildings and could admire a scenic view of the College from the roof terrace.

The College had once again the opportunity to appreciate the intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm of Antonians of all generations, and we hope to organise an even bigger reunion for the Alumni Weekend 2014.

St Antony’s Summer School goes from strength to strength

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n August 2013, the College hosted the St Antony’s Summer School in International Politics 2013, recruiting 34 students from 20 different countries. The programme attracted a mixture of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as teachers and policy professionals; tutors were impressed by the overall academic standard of the group.

Lectures on a variety of topics were offered by high-calibre speakers, such as Professor Avi Shlaim (“The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Historical Perspective”), Professor Archie Brown (“Why Did Communism End in Europe When it Did and Mutate in Asia?”) and Dr Eduardo Posada-Carbó (“The War on Drugs: New Perspectives from Latin America”).

imothy Garton Ash, St Antony’s GB Fellow and Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford, was this year’s recipient of the Charlemagne Medal (Médaille Charlemagne pour les Médias Européens). The renowned prize was awarded to Professor Garton Ash in recognition of his writing about European integration. Dr Frauke Gerlach, president of the association “Médaille Charlemagne”, highlighted how “Timothy Garton Ash shows, in his books, that Europe constitutes – for the first time in its history – a political, economic and defence community, in which citizens enjoy freedom of movement without restrictions and can live in peace”. Professor Garton Ash received the award in a ceremony held in May 2013 in Aachen, Germany.

Professor Timothy Garton Ash

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CENTRE NEWS

African Studies Centre Dr Nic Cheeseman, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Bram Fischer Memorial Lecture and Director of the African Studies Centre

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he Bram Fischer Memorial Lecture is one of the stand-out events of the African Studies calendar. Ever year, a high profile defender of human rights and the rule of law gives a talk at Rhodes House in honour of Bram Fischer, the South African lawyer who led the defence team that helped to save the lives of Nelson Mandela and other leaders of the liberation movement during the Rivonia Trial.

In 2013, we were delighted to welcome Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to Oxford. A South African national, Navi was appointed in 1995 as acting judge on the South African High Court, and in the same year she was elected by the United Nations General Assembly to be a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

In her impassioned talk, Navi went to great lengths to pay credit to the “everyday heroes” who work to defend and advance human rights in undemocratic African states. In doing so, Navi made us think about the many Bram Fischers out there in Africa today, receiving little recognition but doing work that will, over time, help to bring greater freedom to their people. Her talk was frank but optimistic: the struggle continues, but it is in good hands.

The Bram Fisher Memorial Lecture 2013

Asian Studies Centre Dr Faisal Devji, Director of the Asian Studies Centre The Asian Studies Centre takes great pleasure in welcoming two new members this year. Dr Matthew Walton is the Aung San Suu Kyi Senior Research Fellow in Modern Burmese Studies at St Antony’s College. His research focuses on religion and politics in Southeast Asia, with a special emphasis on Myanmar. He also specialises in ethnic and communal conflict in Myanmar, having published articles on this topic in Asian Survey and the Journal of Contemporary Asia. Dr Ming-chin Monique Chu is a Research Fellow at St Antony’s College and a postdoctoral research officer in Taiwan Studies at the School of International and Area Studies.

Her major task in College is to run the Taiwan Studies Programme through organising seminars, annual conferences and public events. Her current research project examines China’s sovereignty challenges with references to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Tibet.

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CENTRE NEWS

European Studies Centre Dr Othon Anastasakis, Director of the ESC In 2013, the ESC inaugurated its Programme on Modern Poland (POMP), sponsored

by Dr Leszek Czarnecki’s Getin Noble Bank, which will focus on the politics, economy and society of Poland. The Director of the programme is the new Governing Body Fellow Dr Mikolaj Kunicki. The ESC also inaugurated the Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship for social scientists working on Germany; Professor Rebekka Habermas is the Weizsäcker Fellow for the academic year 2013-14. The other 2013-14 ESC fellowships include Dr Ed Naylor, the Deakin Fellow on France, Dr Pēteris Zilgalvis, the EU Fellow, Dr Tryfon Bampilis, the A. G. Leventis Fellow on contemporary Greece, and Dr Francisco Torres, the Santander Fellow on the Iberian Peninsula. The ESC welcomes a new Governing Body Fellow, Dr Cathryn Costello, Fellow and Tutor in EU and Public Law. After a successful first year, the Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM) is introducing its Monday seminar series with a number of high calibre guest speakers. Other ESC on-going programmes include the Dahrendorf Programme on Freedom and Diversity, coordinated by Professor Timothy Garton Ash, EU democracy and Justice by Professor Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Accountability and Welfare Reform in Germany and Scandinavia

by Dr Paola Mattei, and South East European Studies by Dr Othon Anastasakis.

The European Studies Centre in Woodstock Road

European Studies Centre - South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

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uring 2012-2013, SEESOX engaged in a series of lectures, seminars and conferences, produced several publications and cooperated with other Universities and think tanks. Highlights included the SEESOX Annual Lecture given by the President Josipovic of Croatia during his State Visit to the UK, on the eve of his country’s entry into the EU.

President Josipovic of Croatia speaking at the SEESOX Annual Lecture during his State Visit to the UK

Latin American Centre Dr Eduardo Posada-Carbó, Departmental Lecturer in Latin American Politics at the Latin American Centre

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n 6 June 2013, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited the Latin American Centre, where he gave an informal presentation on the current situation in Colombia to a selected group of students and the staff of the Centre. He was welcomed by the Warden of St Antony’s College, Margaret MacMillan and Dr Eduardo Posada-Carbó, lecturer at the Centre.

Dr Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, University Lecturer in the Political Economy of Latin America

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lthough the Latin American Centre signed the inaugural technical cooperation agreement with CAF-Development Bank of Latin America in 2011, last academic year was truly the launch of our partnership. In October 2012 we received our first CAF-funded student, Diego Scardone, who just returned to Brazil and plans to enter politics. We also had the pleasure to host our first CAF Visiting Professor, Jorge Katz from the University of Chile. Under the support of CAF, last December we also organised the conference “The Political Economy of Social Inclusion in Latin America” in Lima. The conference received coverage in the Peruvian press and contributed to further strengthening our traditional links with Peru.

President Santos with Oxford students after his talk. From bottom left: Radoslaw Zelewski (MSc Latin American Studies, 2012), President Juan Manuel Santos, Annette Idler (DPhil Development Studies, 2012), Julián López-Murcia, Juan Gil (MSc Latin American Studies, 2012), Katherine Shattuck (MSc Latin American Studies, 2011), Amelia Jacobsen, Carolina Reyes and Leticia Ruiz

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CENTRE NEWS

Middle East Centre Dr Michael Willis, Director of the MEC

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he Middle East Centre had another full and stimulating year. The start of work on the exciting new Softbridge Building (see page 4) was the centre of much attention, but the Centre continued to host events, lectures and seminars focusing on the Middle East and North Africa, where the continuing pace of events led us to invite a series of speakers who work on contemporary politics to help explain the evolving situation across the region. Notable speakers throughout the year included Hammadi Jebali, Tunisia’s first democratically elected prime minister,

who gave his perspective on Tunisia’s transition to democracy; Nicholas Hopton, British Ambassador to Yemen, who explained the enormous complexities of the changes in Yemen; and Yaşar Yakiş, former Foreign Minister of Turkey, who spoke on Turkey’s response to the conflict in Syria.

The distinguished speaker for the Centre’s main annual event, the George Antonius Lecture in June was Professor Joseph Sassoon from Georgetown University, who spoke on “The Arab Republics of Authoritarianism”.

In March the Centre hosted a memorial colloquium for the much-missed Mustafa Badawi, Fellow in Modern Arabic Literature, who died in 2012. The event drew together Mustafa’s former colleagues, students, friends and family to discuss the huge contribution he had made to the MEC and St Antony’s.

Mr Hammadi Jebali (Prime Minister of Tunisia 201113) speaking at the seminar ‘The Democratic Transition in Tunisia: The Experience of Power’ 14 May 2013.

Photographer: Naysan Rafati ©St Antony’s College

Middle East Centre Archive

Debbie Usher, Archivist at the MEC

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he MEC Archive holds a unique and outstanding collection of over 150,000 historic photographs of the Middle East, going back almost to the beginning of photography in the region.

We have an on-going programme of digitisation which aims to preserve fragile originals and enhance access. Since August 2012 the Archive has added another 962 images to the website in 10 photo galleries.

The newly added images include the beautiful Charles Iffla Collection covering Turkey in 1943-1944, the Sir Joseph Tholozan Collection (Persia 1859-1884), the John Allan Smith Collection (the Hajj pre 1914) and the Jill Brown Collection (Qatar 19771984). If you would like to support the work of the Archive either by donating photographs or by giving financial support, please contact the Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony’s College, Oxford OX2 6JF (email debbie.usher@sant.ox.ac.uk)

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Charles Iffla Collection Box 2/C/2. “Istanbul.

The Yeni Valide Mosque on the Bosphorus at Ortaköy. 1943-1944” ©MEC Archive

CENTRE NEWS

North American Studies Programme Dr Hal Jones, Director of the North American Studies Programme

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n 26-27 September 2013, the North American Studies Programme at St Antony’s hosted a successful conference examining the challenges of governance in the North American Arctic.

Though the reach and capacity of national governments in the Arctic has historically been limited, climate change, new opportunities for economic development, and geostrategic rivalries have increasingly drawn the attention of policymakers to the far north. At the conference, Canadian former MP John English shared his research on the development of the Arctic Council, an international body that is

unique in the recognition – and the formal representation – that it gives to indigenous peoples, and Inuit leader William Iggiagruk Hensley recounted the process that culminated in acknowledgment of the land claims and economic rights of Alaska Natives. Work on this project is continuing and is expected to culminate in the publication of a volume that will bring together the insights generated at the conference.

A view of the Arctic from the space

Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Richard Ramage, Administrator of the RESC

T Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Professor Ian Neary, Director of the Nissan Institute

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t is probably the uncertainty with which Japan views the world that has made it easy to persuade Japanese funders to support a series of seminars and workshops on ‘Why Japan matters’. The Nissan Institute took advantage of this generous support and held a two-day conference in mid-March on this theme, to which we invited contributors from the US, Australia, elsewhere in Europe and, of course, Japan. One interesting conclusion was that in spite of the impression that “rising China” has been accompanied by “rising Chinese studies”,’ Japanese studies is more than holding its own against the competition.

There is no uncertainty about our commitment to or interest in the study of Japan. In autumn 2013, we had 11 external speakers contributing to our seminar series on topics as varied as Transnational History and Japan, Noh Theatre, Miyazaki Hayao, and Japan’s demographic revolution. We hope to make some of these presentations available to a wider audience as podcasts – please visit our website for further details.

he Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre says au revoir to Professor Robert Service this year and welcomes Professor Dan Healey, whose historical research into sexualities in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union has great contemporary resonance, given the Putin regime’s recent legislation against ‘non-traditional sexual relationships’.

Dr Lia Tsuladze joins us in the role of Research Fellow in Georgian Studies, and Dr Uilleam Blacker is the incoming Max Hayward Fellow, with a research focus on Russian writers’ visualisation of the diverse pasts of Kaliningrad and Kyiv. The Michaelmas Term Monday seminar series – on Post-Soviet Politics – is

convened by the Centre Director, Dr Paul Chaisty, and includes relevant presentations on Internet mobilisation and neopatrimonialism.

On Wednesdays in Michaelmas Term Dr Elizabeth Teague will – with the assistance of Dr Julie Newton – be convening a Russian and East European Studies Press Group in the RESC Library Reading Room. The Reading Room, which was refurbished in 2008-9, remains an acclaimed and popular amenity with researchers; it also continues to host well-attended events organized by Dr Oliver Ready, the Research Fellow in Russian Society and Culture.

The RESC Library

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S t A nton y ’ s loo k s at t h e worl d

Explaining Russian alignment with Syria Dr Roy Allison, University Lecturer in the International Relations of

Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and a Fellow at St Antony’s College, discusses topical issues of relations between Russia and Syria

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S t A nton y ’ s loo k s at t h e worl d

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he Syrian conflict is the world’s most serious humanitarian derived from the Cold War era underpin Russian-Syrian relations, emergency and threatens the breakdown of borders that military-security elites in particular in Moscow still view ties with Syria as an important vestige of past grandeur that can be leveraged to and severe regional destabilisation in the Middle East. regional geopolitical advantage – perhaps illustrated by the chemical Throughout the crisis Russia has provided Damascus with a diplomatic shield and a steady flow of armaments, weapons deal which has placed Russia centre stage in the diplomacy despite a chorus of criticism from Western states, Turkey of the region. In this sense Russia has been reluctant to break with a long-term ‘political base’ in the Middle East. Arguably also, Putin views and most Arab states. Moscow’s adroit diplomatic manoeuvring in September 2013 to avoid American military strikes against the Syrian the Russian image of being a steadfast ally as important internationally regime by delivering up its chemical weapons and production facilities, for the credibility of Russia’s other political alignments, such as with similarly protects the beleaguered rule of Assad, while appealing to CIS Central Asian states. Secondly, some point to Russian material/ economic and geopolitical interests in Syria. However, Russia’s much the determination of major powers to prevent any further chemical touted arms trade with Syria is simply too small a proportion of Russia’s arms atrocities. It is difficult to see how United Nations Security total arms deliveries abroad to crucially influence policy by itself. The Council Resolution 2118, which set out the requirements for the destruction of the Syrian chemical arms arsenal in late September, can supply of advanced air defence systems to Damascus appears to be be implemented without engaging closely with and so bolstering the part of a political strategy to deter Western intervention rather than security apparatus of the Syrian state, which rebel forces are seeking driven by commercial logic. However, Russian strategic interests in to overthrow. Meanwhile Russia will continue to block any Security the political geometry around Syria count for more. Russia worries Council threat of force against the Syrian regime, under Chapter about the effects of a possible collapse of Shi’a Alawite rule in Syria VII of the UN Charter. Support for any revived threat of unilateral in the teeth of a largely Sunni, Western and Gulf State supported rebellion. Moscow also suspects that the toppling of Assad may form US military strikes against Damascus, even if there is less than full part of a broader Western strategy for the eventual destabilisation compliance with Resolution 2118, will be difficult to achieve either of Iran – Damascus’s strongest regional ally and a state much more in the US Congress or on the wider international stage. important for Russia than Syria – despite the new So the prospect of a significant Western intervention in the Syrian crisis has been pushed possibilities of Western-Iranian rapprochement into the long grass. This outcome is reinforced as In the crisis diplomacy since the election of President Rowhani. some common basic interests between Moscow Third, Russia’s Syria policy reflects anxiety and major Western capitals have emerged beyond around Syria it has been about the possibility of ‘political blowback’ to the control and elimination of Syrian chemical domestic state order within Russia. It betrays munitions: preventing the further empowerment nervousness about Russian state stability. On one puzzling to many why of al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist networks in Syria hand Moscow argues that a chaotic overthrow of and their entrenchment in a wide ungoverned Assad will fuel further sectarianism in and around Moscow has remained Syria and expand the scope for action of Sunni territory including eastern Syria and part of Iraq; averting the risk of a partition of Syria or a Islamist groupings, some of which might take so unyieldingly aligned collapse of its borders, with grave consequences up cause with the insurgency Russia confronts for neighbouring Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan; as in the North Caucasus. Russia claims, with with Damascus well as stemming ever greater refugee flows which growing credibility, that the Syrian opposition threaten regional chaos. Against this background relies heavily for its military successes on the President Putin may well conclude that his resistance to what he has more extreme Islamist factions with transnational agendas. This, denigrated as Western efforts at regime change in Syria under the coupled with the breakdown of state structures in Muslim lands, Russian security chiefs argue, threatens to fuel terrorism and militancy ‘guise’ of humanitarianism have registered some success. Certainly in Russian regions. and sadly the focus of international attention has shifted away from the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the culpability of Syrian military However, Putin has a deeper preoccupation: central political forces for the most egregious violations of human rights in the conflict. control in Moscow. This underlies his support for incumbent if illiberal The prospect of political negotiations for Syria through a revival of regimes in Syria and elsewhere and his insistence on the illegality of the June 2012 Geneva Communiqué process remains most uncertain steps towards regime change. Putin sees potential challenges to his and has been thrown further into doubt by growing disarray among own rule, to the political structure he presides over, if the overthrow the rebel factions, many of which have rejected the leadership of the of yet another authoritarian regime (in Syria) were to be legitimised exiled opposition front the Syrian National Coalition. internationally, justified on humanitarian or other grounds. This In the crisis diplomacy around Syria it has been puzzling to many perception has been reinforced by the large scale political protests why Moscow has remained so unyieldingly aligned with Damascus. within Russia in 2012 and the Arab Spring revolts. The dangers of Russian officials emphasise principles of world order the UN Charter a highly personalised political system with a strong centralisation of and their support of Syrian state sovereignty vested in international real political power have resonated within the Russian leadership. law and they claim that UN enforcement action in Libya was abused Therefore, boosted by the success of his chemical arms diplomacy, in the effort to overthrow the Libyan regime and wish no repetition Putin seeks a political settlement in Syria that would retain the Assad of this example. But this does not persuasively explain why Russia has regime essentially in place and at the same time enshrine continued so actively continued to support one side in a civil war in Syria – a Russian influence in the wider region, even ideally boost Russian legally dubious position despite the international recognition which global status as an ‘indispensable’ player in major international crises.

Assad’s government formally still retains. There are three types of But events on the ground in Syria may frustrate these goals as the explanation which take us further. civil war grinds on relentlessly and the Syrian state loses coherence First, some suggest that a sense of shared identity and solidarity or in the worst case even fragments.

Syrians gather in Bolotnaya Square, Moscow, demanding Russia stop supporting the Syrian regime

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BOOkS FROM FELLOWS

New books from Fellows Dr Roy Allison, GB Fellow Russia, the West and Military Intervention OUP, 2013 This interdisciplinary study explores the persistent differences between Russian and Western leaders about most Western-led military campaigns and about Russia’s own interventions in the CIS region.

The book argues that Russia’s policies have reflected distinctive attitudes to international order as well as a preoccupation with status. This raises challenging questions about the ability of Russia and Western states to cooperate in contemporary crises, such as over Syria or Iran and about Russia’s wider role in international society.

Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi, Research Fellow Islam in the modern world Routledge, 2013 (edited by Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi) This collection of essays, by specialists in a variety of disciplines, gives an impressionistic overview of contemporary Islam.

Dr Tryfon Bampilis, SEESOX/AG Leventis Visiting Fellow Greek Whisky: The Localization of A Global Commodity Berghahn, 2013 The study illustrates how Scotch became associated with modernity, popular music and culture in modern Greece.

Professor Leslie Bethell, Emeritus Fellow Joaquim Nabuco: My formative years Signal Books, 2012 (edited by Leslie Bethell) A biography of Joaquim Nabuco, best known as the inspirational leader of the campaign in the 1880s for the abolition of slavery in Brazil, which after abolition in the United States and Cuba was the last remaining slave state in the Americas.

Professor Paul Betts, GB Fellow Within Walls: Private Life in the German Democratic Republic OUP, 2010 The volume charts the changing meaning of private life in the GDR across a variety of fields, ranging from law to photography, religion to interior decoration, family living to memoir literature, revealing the myriad ways in which privacy was expressed, staged, and defended by citizens living in a communist society.

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Dr Ming-chin Monique Chu, Research Fellow The East Asian Computer Chip War Routledge, 2013 This research monograph examines the production globalisation of the semiconductor industry and its security repercussions.

Dr Faisal Devji, GB Fellow Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea Harvard University Press, 2013 Muslim Zion cuts to the core of the geopolitical paradoxes entangling Pakistan to argue that it has never been a nation state in the conventional sense.

It is instead a distinct type of political geography, whose closest ideological parallel is the state of Israel.

Geoffrey Elliott, Honorary Fellow Gentleman Spymaster Methuen Publishing, 2011 The biography of Thomas Argyll Robertson, who masterminded the 1944 Operation Fortitude (designed to persuade the Germans that the invasion of France would not take place in Normandy but in Pas de Calais).

Professor Rosemary Foot, GB Fellow China Across the Divide: The Domestic and Global in Politics and Society OUP, 2013 This book explores China’s world role through the adoption of three conceptual approaches that help to uncover some of the key complex and simultaneous interactions between the global and domestic forces that determine China’s external behaviour.

Professor Roger Goodman, GB Fellow Higher Education and the State: Changing relationships in Europe and East Asia Symposium books, 2013 (edited with Takehiko Kariya & John Taylor) This volume explores the rapidly evolving relationship between the state and higher education in Europe and in East Asia.

Dr Sho Konishi, GB Fellow Anarchist Modernity: Cooperatism and JapaneseRussian Intellectual Relations in Modern Japan Harvard University Press, 2013 Uncovering cooperatist anarchism as an intellectual foundation of modern Japan, this book offers a fresh approach to Japanese history that fundamentally challenges the “logic” of Western modernity.

BOOkS FROM FELLOWS

Professor Margaret MacMillan, Warden and GB Fellow The War That Ended Peace: How Europe abandoned peace for the First World War Profile Books, 2013 The First World War could have been avoided up to the last moment – so why did it happen? The account begins in the early nineteenth century and ends with the outbreak of the war and deals both with the huge political, social and technological changes of the period as well as the key figures who made the crucial decisions.

Professor Leigh Payne, GB Fellow Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability: Comparative and International Perspectives Cambridge University Press, 2012 (with Francesca Lessa) This volume discusses the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. A range of countries are covered: Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Uganda, and Uruguay. Lessons are extracted about overcoming impunity and promoting accountability to contribute to improvements in human rights and democracy.

Professor Tariq Ramadan, GB Fellow The Arab Awakening: Islam and the new Middle East Allen Lane, 2012 The volume explores the opportunities and challenges across North Africa and the Middle East, as they look to create new, more open societies.

Dr Terence Ranger, Emeritus Fellow Writing Revolt: An Engagement with African Nationalism, 1957-67 James Currey, 2013 The book is both a history - of the emergence of African nationalist movements in Southern Rhodesia - and a historiography - of early efforts to determine how the history of Africa might be written and of my own particular solutions up to 1967.

Professor Gerhard A. Ritter, Honorary Fellow The Rise and Fall of a Socialist Welfare State: The German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and German Unification (1989-1994) Springer, 2013 The volume provides a comprehensive analysis of social policy in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, 1949-1990), followed by an analysis of the “Social Union”, the transformation of social policy in the process of German unification in 1990.

Professor Adam Roberts, Honorary Fellow Democracy, Sovereignty and Terror: Lakshman Kadirgamar on the Foundations of International Order I.B.Tauris, 2012 The volume presents a timely overview and appreciation of the late Sri Lankan foreign minister, who was assassinated in 2005.

Dr Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, GB Fellow Good Jobs and Social Services: How Costa Rica Achieved the Elusive Double Incorporation (with Juliana Martínez Franzoni) Palgrave MacMillan, 2013 Few developing countries have succeeded in simultaneously providing good jobs and access to social services for all. This book reviews Costa Rica’s experience as one of the few successful exceptions.

Dr Michael Willis, GB Fellow Politics and Power in the Maghreb: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco from Independence to the Arab Spring Hurst & Co and OUP, 2012 This book examines the politics of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco since their achievement of independence from European colonial rule, looking at the roles played by various actors, such as the military, political parties and Islamist movements.

Dr David Rechter, Research Fellow Becoming Habsburg: The Jews of Austrian Bukovina, 1774-1918 Littman Library, 2013 This new history of Bukovina Jewry, the first for nearly a century, traces the evolution of the tangled relationship of state and society with the Jews from the Josephinian Enlightenment through absolutism to emancipation.

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News from the GCR A message from the GCR President, Emma Lecavalier (MPhil International Relations, 2012)

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ver the last year, the College has undergone significant changes, and to this trend the St Antony’s Graduate Common Room is no exception. It has been an exciting and dynamic year: we have introduced new projects and initiatives to our academic, social and welfare portfolios. We have also worked hard to strengthen our sense of community in St Antony’s, an endeavour of increasing importance as our body of students and fellows continues to expand.

There is a long list of exciting events and

major improvements that have taken place over the course of 2013. Some of these involved bringing our amazing and interesting Antonian community closer together, whether it be through connecting our alumni and students, or highlighting the fascinating work being done by fellows around the College. We had intimate lunchtime discussions with Alumni in our CCR, including Thomas Friedman and Michael Ignatieff. We also hosted academic teas with Rosemary Foot, Tariq Ramadan, and our Warden, Margaret MacMillan. These events

allowed students to meet some of our fantastic Fellows around the College, and reminded us all to appreciate the high calibre of individuals that exist in our little community.

Many of the improvements and activities over the last year also centred around enhancing students’ personal wellbeing. With all of the stresses that come with student life these days, the GCR worked especially hard to improve and expand our Welfare initiatives.

We improved our student-run gym, adding a new treadmill and improving the erging room for our award-winning rowers (did I mention that our women’s boat won blades at Torpids?). Additionally, our Peer Support team, which consists of six trained members of College, also expanded their efforts over the last year, and its work over the term can only be considered a resounding success. Their Cookie Fairy scheme was especially popular and they pidged about 60 cookies to students every fortnight. Finally, the GCR ramped up its Welfare activities during exam time, offering additional Welfare teas and even putting on a massage parlour in the Common Room. Judging by the student turnout, which exceeded 80 students, the concept was a hit.

Finally, the GCR negotiated to make tough changes to its own system, and to the College system in general. In Hilary Term, we introduced an online voting system for GCR meetings to keep up with our globetrotting student body. In Trinity, we reassessed every room in college and recategorised over 35 rooms in order to meet our students’ demands for more affordable and lower grade housing. Finally, we worked with the College administration to provide a rent rebate to students affected by the construction of our new Middle East Centre, which began in January. These represent just a portion of the work done by students in College in an effort to improve the Antonian student experience.

Standing now at the beginning of a new year, I can only say that on behalf of the St Antony’s 2013 GCR Executive, I am proud of the progress that has been made in the past few months, and I am certain that, with these new changes and many more that will surely come in the next year, the St Antony’s community will continue to flourish.

Antonians at Matriculation

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STUDENTS

Student Profile: Nate Pulliam Nate Pulliam, currently reading for a DPhil in History at St Antony’s College, is also working as an advisor for Arab troops in Libya. He recounts the joys and difficulties of his work

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n 2010 I headed off to Oxford after several years in Iraq, where I had been an advisor to an Iraqi army unit. When I arrived at St Antony’s for matriculation I was still wearing my dust-covered boots. Three years later, I have finished a MSt and am nearing completion of a DPhil in History, but once again find myself advising Arab troops and wearing dusty boots; I have taken a term off to work with a Libyan army unit that has the mission of guarding an international operation to destroy Gaddafiera chemical weapons. The job promises to inform my DPhil project, which deals with the hindrances military advisors faced in the Vietnam War and whether there were unrecognised barriers to their success.

Post-revolutionary Libya is a chaotic place with a weak central government; security is poor. Potential threats to our project include smugglers, unruly militias, and radical Islamists. Despite the chaos and

disturbing news reports, I feel quite safe; there is little of the carnage that was the norm in Iraq. However, two members of my team were recently caught in a crossfire between

I have finished a MSt and am nearing completion of a DPhil in History, but once again find myself advising Arab troops and wearing dusty boots

smugglers and security forces, and a hotel I was in was targeted by a couple of men with a rifle, possibly after a night of drinking.

Fortunately, the Libyans in this area seem friendly and are supportive of the project.

There are a variety of tasks to accomplish each week. Among them are advising soldiers, conducting training, coordinating with nearby militia troops, and lugging heavy sandbags up hills too steep for vehicles. Despite little time to relax, I have enjoyed several long desert runs. The work is satisfying and the pay good, but I look forward to being back with my wife, having a pint at my favourite Oxford pub, and getting on with my DPhil research.

Nate Pulliam (DPhil History, 2011) hauling a sandbag up a hill in Libya

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From left to right: Allard Duursma (DPhil International Relations, 2012), David Gionet-Landry (MSc Global Governance & Diplomacy, 2012), and Krzysztof Arciszewski (MPhil Russian & EE Studies, 2012). They are the students who fundraised along with Bas Heerma van Voss (MSc Economic and Social History, 2012)

Jailbreak!

Bas Heerma van Voss (MSc Economic and Social History, 2012) recalls an adventure that brought a group of Antonians all the way to the Canary Islands – on a rowing boat!

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n November the Oxford Raise and Give (RAG) started advertising its annual jailbreak. This consisted of a combined competition: who could raise the most money for five charities (The Against Malaria Foundation, Crisis Skylight Oxford, Helen and Douglas House, Jacari and Oxfam), and who could get away as far as possible from Oxford in 36 hours without spending money.

Of course, St Antony’s could not go without a competing team in this double challenge.

Three members of the St Antony’s men novice rowing crew and I signed up. Little did

we know that, with a little bit of luck and a lot of help, we would make it all the way to Gran Canaria. On this chunk of paradise of the West African coast we had the pleasant surprise of celebrating carnival with the locals, and sunbathing with the elderly. After a fantastic two days of playing football, swimming in the sea and some very welcome sunshine, returning to grey Oxford proved to be the most difficult challenge of our journey.

In the weeks leading up to our trip, we also stood our ground in the other half of the competition, raising over £600 for charity.

Between a date-auction for a dinner we cooked ourselves and a recital of a poem for Warden Margaret MacMillan, we had great fun doing so. Although Team St Antony’s won neither competition, we were among the best in both categories. We now remain four proud boys, whom you can find smilingly reminiscing in the halls of St Antony’s. And as part of the team will return next year, our hopes of winning it all for St Antony’s have not faded in the slightest.

STAIR: an insight into academic publishing

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he St Antony’s International Review (STAIR) is a peer-reviewed, bi-annual, academic journal of International Affairs.

It was established in 2005 at St Antony’s College and is run by graduate students from the Department of Politics and International Relations. STAIR seeks to develop a forum in which emerging scholars can publish their work alongside established academics and policymakers. Furthermore, STAIR offers students the opportunity to get insights into academic publishing by taking on roles such

as Themed Section Editor, Managing Editor, Copy-Editor, Sales and Marketing Officer, Book Reviews Editor and others.

Each edition of STAIR is composed of a themed and a general section. In 2013, STAIR published themed sections on “Power, the State, and the Social Media Network” (Vol. 8, No. 2) and “The Gendered Refugee Experience” (Vol. 9, No. 1). The general section features papers on a wide range of topics of relevance in International Affairs.

In 2014, STAIR will cover the following

themes: “A Re-examination of Private Military and Security Companies” (Vol. 9, No. 2, February 2014) and “Thinking beyond the State: Redistribution, Responsibility, and Response-ability” (Vol. 10, No. 1, May 2014).

While the peer-review process for the themed sections is already well underway, papers to the general section are accepted on a rolling basis.

More information about STAIR can be found at www.stair-journal.org, on Facebook (http://on.fb.me/13bVLn1) and on Twitter (@stairjournal).

Five Generations of STAIR Managing Editors in one picture. STAIR’s past and current Managing Editors from right to left: Henning Tamm (DPhil International Relations, 2008), Nicole De Silva (MPhil International Relations, 2011), Christine Hobden (MPhil Politics, 2010), Ellen Jenny Ravndal (DPhil International Relations, 2011), and Ulrike Franke - current Managing Editor

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Summer Eights

Julia Zulver (MPhil Latin American Studies, 2012), President of the St Antony’s Boat Club

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ll boats trained hard, and the fruits of their labour paid off with excellent races that showcased perseverance, strength, and a love of rowing. Five boats competed – two men’s, two women’s, and one boat full of bikini-clad, rose-bearing Vikings. The regatta saw some mighty bumps, some hard-fought row overs, and a few infuriating klaxons (out of control swans). Special thanks go to our brilliant coxing team, some of whom had only been on the river for a few weeks, who masterfully guided us to victory.

The Boat Club has, in my opinion, succeeded in achieving its motto: Athletic Glory and Social Bliss. Speaking of social bliss, I thought you might like this photograph of our rowers with the Warden.

From left to right: Jonathan Levin (MPhil Economics, 2012), Samuel Lings (MPhil Economics, 2011), The Warden, Marcel Dirsus (MSc Russian & EE Studies, 2012). Copyright: Nicolás Robinson Andrade

Men’s Football

Women’s Football

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he men’s football club had a successful season. The men’s first team finished as runners-up in the MCR First Division and narrowly lost 3-2 in the Cuppers semi-final against Wolfson, in a game attended by the Warden. Meanwhile the second team finished mid-table in the Second Division. The men’s club annual tour went to Florence in March 2013, where they lost 5-2 against a very organised team from the European University Institute (EUI).

In the annual ‘Unfriendly’, the traditional end of season finale match against Nuffield, the team won 5-2. Finally, a mixed team from the women’s team, otherwise known as the Foxes, and the men’s team were runners up, having made it all the way to the final, in a charity 5-a-side tournament in memory of Antonia Bruch (who died of meningitis while studying at Regent’s Park College a few years ago).

n 2013, the women’s football team, the Foxes (composed of graduate students from St Antony’s, Wolfson, Nuffield, and St Cross) were thrilled to advance – undefeated after four matches and an impressive 3-1 win over Keble in the semi-final – to the Cuppers final. After fighting hard, however, they lost 4-2 against St Catz.

The Foxes

A picture from the men’s club annual tour in Florence

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Alumni

Liaising with the world An overview of St Antony’s Liaison Officer Programme and the fantastic initiatives organised by our volunteer network

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he transition from student to Alumnus does not have to be the end of an Antonian’s involvement with the College. Have you often wondered if any fellow Alumni were living in your area, and how nice it would be to gather together to remember times past and meet like-minded people? Thanks to the St Antony’s Liaison Officers network, this is now possible; Alumni of all generations keep in touch and organise periodic reunions and social gatherings.

The College has recruited, amongst its varied Alumni group, 61 Liaison Officers from 49 different countries; their job is to promote the College abroad and to strengthen the ties between our Alumni in a particular region

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and the College. Brunches and dinners are organised, often in conjunction with a lecture by a St Antony’s Fellow; some of our more athletics-oriented groups have even arranged outings to sporting events. On Sunday 28 July and by 37 degrees heat, members of our German chapter – John Bunge (MSc Economics for Development, 2009) and Dr Nina Hall (DPhil International Relations, 2012), prompted by Adrianne Montgobert (MPhil European Politics and Society, 2010), our Liaison Officer for Germany- went for an epic bike tour, cycling from the north of Berlin to Liepnitzsee. You can see them in action in the picture below.

Equally active is the Belgian network, headed by Liaison Officer Roderick Kefferpütz

Bike tour from the north of Berlin to Liepnitzsee. Centre: John Bunge (MSc Economics for Development, 2008); right: Dr Nina Hall (DPhil International Relations, 2009). Picture taken by Adrianne Montgobert (MPhil European Politics and Society, 2008), the St Antony’s Liaison Officer for Germany

(MPhil Russian & Eurasian Studies, 2004). On 17 September 2013 the St Antony’s Alumni network in Belgium had an intimate, informal dinner in order to discuss the energy security situation in the Eastern Mediterranean in the context of the large natural gas deposits as well as the civil, political and economic upheaval in the region ranging from Syria and Egypt to Cyprus. Kicking off the discussion was Androulla Kaminara, Senior Strategic Advisor at the European Commission, who was the Head of the EU’s Representation in Cyprus from 2008 to 2012 and the St Antony EU Visiting Fellow for 2012/2013.

After providing a tour d’horizon of the energy security interests in the East Mediterranean and its wider geopolitical implications, the

Alumni

discussion turned towards the Syrian conflict, the new US-Russia agreement as well as the role of Iran and Turkey. Over coffee and tiramisu, the Antonians finished their evening with a discussion on Barroso’s annual State of the Union speech, the German federal elections and the current economic outlook for the eurozone in general. You can read more about Roderick Kefferpütz’s experience as a Liaison Officer on this page.

St Antony’s is extremely grateful to all the existing Liaison Officers for their wonderful work and enthusiasm, and is always happy to recruit new Officers for countries or regions where it doesn’t have a volunteer already. You can find a list of current Liaison Officers on the St Antony’s website: www.sant.ox.ac.uk/antonians/groups.html If you would be interested in becoming a Liaison Officer for your country, please contact Monica Esposito, the Development and Alumni Communications Officer (email: monica.esposito@sant.ox.ac.uk).

Liaison Officer Profile: Roderick Kefferpütz Roderick Kefferpütz is the Liaison Officer of the St Antony’s Alumni Group in Belgium. He can be reached at sant.belgium@gmail.com.

Here, he recalls his experience as Alumni representative

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Antonians old and new to connect. There’s n 2006, my two amazing years at St always someone travelling through or stopping Antony’s came to an end. At the time, by on business. Earlier this year, for example, it felt like nothing was ever going to be the same – that my relationship with the our group had the pleasure of having breakfasts place had been irrevocably severed. Moving with Lib Dem peer Lord William Wallace to Belgium, I was leaving behind great and Professor Rosemary Foot. We have also established a tradition of organising a dinner friends, interesting discussions and many discussion with each year’s EU Visiting Fellow a fond memory. I was wrong. In Brussels I at St Antony’s and have been in touch with realised that what makes St Antony’s special the St Antony’s International Review (STAIR) is not only the place but also its people.

The St Antony’s Alumni Group in Belgium to explore possibilities of working together. is a fine example of The group is steadily growing and with the this. This relatively In Brussels I realised that centenary of the First small group brings World War next year, together Antonians we are very keen to what makes St Antony’s from all walks of life welcome the Warden to enjoy each other’s to Belgium to catch special is not only the company, discuss issues of contemporary up on goings-on in relevance, offer advice College and find out place but also its people on settling in Belgium more about her new and reminisce about book. times past back at College. Our gatherings What has made these get-togethers a have ranged from informal pub drinks to a success has been the Antonians in the group Christmas dinner with Antonian Olli Rehn, themselves and I am grateful to them for all Vice-President of the European Commission. their continued support. Should you ever find As the capital of the European Union, yourself in Belgium and want to connect, Brussels is a particularly good place for don’t hesitate to drop us a line!

Roderick Kefferpütz (MPhil Russian & Eurasian Studies, 2004) with Antonian Dr Olli Rehn (DPhil International Relations, 1990), Vice-President of the European Commission

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ALUMNI

Reminiscences of a remarkable Antonian George Gömöri (BLitt Medieval and Modern Languages, 1957) was one of the organisers of the student march that started the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. After the Soviet invasion, he fled his homeland and came to study literature at St Antony’s College; he went on to become an accomplished poet, translator and scholar. In the article below, he recalls his student years at College

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was a fourth-year student of Polish and and Martin (later Sir Martin) Gilbert, a brilliant young historian whom I still count amongst my friends. Of the Fellows I particularly Hungarian language and literature at ELTE liked George Katkov, a historian with a great sense of humour and (University of Budapest) in 1956 and was amazing stories about his native Russia. one of the organisers of the student march In 1960 I broke my studies, much to the annoyance of the Bursar, that started the revolution. Once the Soviets crushed the revolution and the arrests of those to accept a Polish-American Scholarship to Indonesia for a year, but taking part began, I had no option but to flee Max assured the Bursar that I would be back to complete my thesis, with many other student colleagues to Austria. I which I duly did in 1962, and which was subsequently published knew there was no way back, but little did I dream as a book by Clarendon Press. After finishing my degree, I became that within days I would find myself a student in Max’s Research Assistant for a year, then went to the University of Oxford. What happened was that Oxford, very quick off the mark, California (Berkeley) to take up my first teaching post, after that I had got together a committee of dons, who travelled to Vienna in the went to Harvard and Birmingham, before I was offered a Lectureship hope of picking out the brightest of the refugee students for further in Cambridge to teach Polish literature where I remained (also a Fellow studies at the University. Max Hayward, an eminent Russian scholar, of Darwin College) until my retirement in 2001.

Junior Fellow at the time at St Antony’s, an extraordinary man and I have published over 50 books in three languages including a born linguist, happened to be on the selection committee. He had 15 collections of my own poems. Although my Cambridge life was already taught himself a few sentences of Hungarian for this purpose, enjoyable and my academic career successful, I am still very much though in my case he did not need attached to Oxford – thanks to the to use this as I already spoke English. happy days spent there as a student Having been selected and flown to Once the Soviets crushed the of St Antony’s.

England we were allotted to English host families and once we had passed revolution, I had no option but to flee our English language certificates in the following year, we were assigned with many other student colleagues. to various Oxford Colleges. Because of St Antony’s interest in Eastern Little did I dream that within days I Europe, and because Max knew that I spoke fluent Polish as well as some would find myself a student in Oxford Russian, he offered me a place in his college.

The College in those days was one of the most stimulating of all the Colleges in Oxford with members from all over the world. Sir William Deakin was appointed as the first Warden after a distinguished career in politics and with him at the head, St Antony’s became a centre for studies in world politics. Its seminars were regularly attended by members of the Foreign Office and Deakin’s garden parties attracted some of the most interesting people in Oxford, amongst them the great ‘raconteurs’, Sir Isaiah Berlin and Sir Maurice Bowra.

My life in the neo-Gothic first floor room of the main building with a scout who made my bed every morning and a full English breakfast being served in the College hall, certainly was a stark contrast to my life as a student in Budapest, where I had been living at home, sharing a small studio apartment with my mother and artist stepfather. As I had already completed three full years of my degree in Budapest, I was accepted as a graduate student for a BLitt on Modern Hungarian and Polish poetry, the subject being considered too modern for a DPhil.

At St Antony’s I met some fascinating people such as Wolfgang Leonhard, a refugee scholar from East Germany who came to Oxford via Yugoslavia, Joseph, a student from Rwanda-Burundi who later became Prime Minister of his country and was assassinated in 1965, 20

George Gömöri’s student file

Alumni

In this section you will find a selection of Antonian updates. Due to limited space, we could not publish all the updates; however, you will receive the complete list in our forthcoming e-newsletter.

Mira Comara Alexander and Te d A l e x a n d e r MSc Russian & EE Studies, 2006; MPhil Economics, 2005 Mira Comara and Ted Alexander, both fellow Antonians, were married at the Bodleian Library on 8 September 2012.

Dr Maxim Bouev DPhil Economics, 1999 In 2012, after seven years in the City of London, Maxim accepted a position at the Department of Economics in the European University at St Petersburg, to head the Department and work on internationalisation of the University.

Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora DPhil Politics, 1997 Kevin Casas-Zamora was recently appointed Secretary for Political Affairs at the Organization of American States in Washington, DC. He just published The Besieged Polis: Citizen Security and Democracy in Latin America (Brookings Institution/Organization of Americas States, 2013).

Sebastien Brack MPhil International Relations, 1999 After running a successful campaign for a French MP, Sebastian Brack joined the Kofi Annan Foundation in Geneva in the summer of 2012 as a political affairs officer. He works on peace and security issues, returning to many of the countries where he served as a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross from 2002 to 2011 in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Sebastien can be seen in this picture at the Elysée Palace with Kofi Annan and President Hollande.

Dr Matthew Eagleton-Pierce DPhil International Relations, 2002 Matthew Eagleton-Pierce recently joined SOAS, University of London as a Lecturer in International Political Economy. His first book, Symbolic Power in the World Trade Organization, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.

Saagarika Dadu and Rory Brown MPhil Modern South Asian Studies, 2008 and MSc Diplomacy, 2008 Saagarika and Rory moved to Afghanistan after graduation and they have recently moved to Nairobi, Kenya. They were married in two separate ceremonies – one in Pune, India and one in St Mary’s Church, Chidham, West Sussex. Their wedding was attended by a number of Antonians including Nalini Biggs, Elena Schak, Christine Murphy, Katherine Vyborny, Sarah Grey, Adam Berry and Chana Hoffmitz.

Juan David Gutierrez MSc Public Policy in Latin America, 2010 Juan got married on 16 March to Diana Dajer.

George Gigauri MSc Forced Migration, 2002 In July 2013, George Gigauri was appointed as the Chief of Mission for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) mission in Papua New Guinea.

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Katelyn Leader MPhil Development Studies, 2011 Katelyn is currently a Fulbright-Clinton Fellow in Haiti, where she is working for Haiti’s Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation.

The Fulbright-Clinton fellowship is in its second year and involves working for a host country government and conducting independent research over a 10-month period. She had the opportunity to meet Former Secretary Hillary Clinton at the official renaming of the fellowship (from Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship to Fulbright-Clinton Fellowship); in the picture, she is the fourth from right in the middle row. She was awarded this fellowship, inter alia, because of her MPhil in Development Studies research, conducted in Haiti last summer (2012) on post-earthquake rural migration.

Dr Andrea Molinari MPhil Economics, 1998 Dr Molinari is currently working as a Senior Advisor for the Japanese, Argentinean, Austrian, Brazilian and Saudi Arabian joint Chair at the African Development Bank (temporarily based in Tunis, Tunisia).

Professor Matteo Legrenzi DPhil International Relations, 1997 Matteo Legrenzi (MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, DPhil International Relations), is currently an associate professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. He was recently elected President of the Italian Association for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO). His term will start in January, 2014 and will last for three years.

Leland Miller MSt Modern History, 1999 Leland and Ingrid welcomed their first child, Helena Catherine, on 24 July. She is looking forward to becoming St Antony’s first-ever triple legacy (following Leland and his father, Marshall Lee Miller, 1964)

Dr Michael Petrou DPhil Modern History, 2002 Michael Petrou is currently working as a foreign correspondent at Maclean’s magazine in Canada. He has also published his second book, Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post9/11 Islamic World.(Dundurn Press, 2012).

Marianne Scordel MSt Politics, 1998 Fi n a n c i a l Ne w s vo t e d Marianne Scordel one of the “40 under 40 hedge fund rising stars” in Europe. This is the second year that she has received the award for Bougeville Consulting, the business she founded in 2009 to provide hedge funds with business strategy services.

Anne-France White MPhil European Politics and Society, 2001 Anne-France White moved to Goma, in Eastern Congo, in May 2013 for a field posting with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). In her new field post with OCHA, Anne-France works on a wide variety of issues related to humanitarian coordination in North Kivu, including helping to manage the complex dynamics between a massive humanitarian community and the largest UN peacekeeping mission in the world, advocacy and information management. This map of Goma, hand-drawn by Anne-France, is an attempt to capture some of the paradoxes and idiosyncrasies of life in Goma.

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New books from Antonians Professor Mats Berdal DPhil International Relations, 1989 The Political Economy of Statebuilding - Power after Peace, Routledge, 2013 The book examines the impact of international state building efforts on the political economy of post-conflict countries over the past 20 years.

Dr Alexander Betts DPhil Development Studies, 2003 Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement, Cornell University Press, 2013 In this book, Alexander Betts develops the concept of “survival migration” to highlight the crisis in which many new categories of displaced people find themselves. The author outlines the failings of the current refugee regime and argues strongly for an expansion of protected categories.

Dr Thomas Boghardt DPhil Modern History, 1998 The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy and America’s Entry into World War, Naval Institute Press, 2012 In this volume, Thomas Boghardt has tapped fresh sources to provide the definitive account of the origins and effect of the German Zimmermann Telegram scheme, how it was handled by British intelligence, and its impact on world events. The book also shows that the telegram had a profound effect on how governments collect secret information, and influenced how we see intelligence today.

Dr Rebecca Clifford DPhil Modern History, 2003 Commemorating the Holocaust: The Dilemmas of Remembrance in France and Italy, OUP, 2013 This volume reveals how and why the Holocaust came to play a prominent role in French and Italian political culture in the period after the end of the Cold War. Dr James Densley DPhil Sociology, 2003 How Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth Violence, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 “How Gangs Work” provides a vivid portrayal of gang life, but not as the British traditionally know it. James Densley deconstructs the mythology of gangs to make sense of the profiles and motivations of gang members in straightforward, rational terms.

Dr Roberto Durrieu DPhil Law, 2009 Rethinking Money Laundering & Financing of Terrorism in International Law – Towards a new global legal order, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013 In this volume, Roberto Durrieu advocates the recognition of money laundering as an international crime stricto sensu that can be tried by a special international tribunal.

Professor Michael Freeden DPhil Politics, 1969 The Political Theory of Political Thinking: The Anatomy of a Practice, Oxford University Press, 2013 What does it mean to say that human beings think politically, and what is distinctive about that kind of thinking? This study examines the actual, real-world patterns people display when thinking politically, identifying six features of political thinking.

Dr Gordon Peake DPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 1996 Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles, and Secrets from Timor-Leste, Scribe Publications, 2014 Blending narrative history, travelogue, and personal reminiscences based on four years of living in Timor-Leste, this volume shows the daunting hurdles that its people must overcome to build a nation from scratch, and how much more the international community must learn if it is to help rather than hinder the process.

Dr Nadia von Maltzahn DPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2005 The Syria-Iran Axis: Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations in the Middle East, IB Tauris, 2013 This volume examines the motivations, content and reach of cultural diplomacy between Syria and Iran to determine to what degree the two partners have been successful in bridging their world views and political outlooks.

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DEVELOPMENT

The Gateway Campaign

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t Antony’s would like to thank everyone who has made a donation to the Gateway Campaign.

Antonians and friends have raised more than £6.25 million so far. Due to this generosity, the College was able to make the project financially secure and complete the buildings.

Further support remains vital to fully fund the Gateway Buildings and any donation that you can make will be a contribution to the College’s future financial and academic health. This is particularly important during a period where Higher Education in the UK faces the prospect of the Government permanently withdrawing its funding for social science and humanities subjects.

Financial security and independence would enable the College to compete with the best centres of interdisciplinary area studies globally. It will preserve our extraordinarily diverse student population and enable us to continue to recruit the best scholars worldwide, irrespective of means.

One of the on-going initiatives and naming opportunities is the bronze panel. For £500 you can join 60 other Antonians who have their name engraved on a plaque that will adorn the new building.

If you would like to make a donation, please use the donation form enclosed with the Antonian. If you have any further questions or if you would like to discuss a naming opportunity, please contact Wouter te Kloeze: wouter.tekloeze@sant.ox.ac.uk / +44(0)1865 274497.

The Gateway Buildings. Architect: Bennetts Associates Photographer: ©Hufton+Crow

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The Antonian Fund

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t Antony’s has launched the Antonian Fund to support a range of initiatives that will enhance all aspects of academic and student life across the College.

By offering graduate scholarships, the Antonian Fund will ensure that the College will be able to attract and support students of the highest calibre from all over the world in their pursuit of academic excellence. The Fund will assist students and Fellows with research-related expenses, for example funding fieldwork or conference attendance. St Antony’s International Review (STAIR) will enjoy the Fund’s support, as will sports societies, the Library, Graduate Common Room and other facilities. Funding will be allocated in response to requests from students and academics. To enrich academic life for students and Fellows alike, the Antonian Fund will award grants for conferences, special lectures and workshops, post-doctoral scholarships, and many other worthy academic activities.

The success of the Antonian Fund depends entirely on the generosity of Antonians and friends of the College. In relation to its importance, the College has made the Fund a fundraising priority and invites all those who are keen to have a direct and positive impact on life at College to donate.

Donors may wish to donate to ‘wherever the need is greatest’ or ‘express a preference’ for how their gift is spent (please see the enclosed donation form). Donations of all sizes make a real and significant difference in many important areas.

Your generosity will be vital and hugely appreciated by the students and Fellows of St Antony’s College.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch for further information or if you would like to donate: monica.esposito@sant.ox.ac.uk / +44(0) 1865 284496.

Meet the team!

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t Antony’s College has a brand new Development team. Wouter te Kloeze, previously Senior Development Officer at St Anne’s College, started in May 2013 as Director of Development. He is working with Monica Esposito, the new Development and Alumni Communications Officer. Wouter and Monica both have degrees in International Relations and they very much look forward to becoming a part of the vibrant intellectual and social life at St Antony’s College.

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A gift in your will

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eaving a gift in your will gives you the opportunity to make a lasting impact and to help provide vital funding for the College. It is possible to support St Antony’s by leaving an unrestricted legacy which could be used where the need is greatest, or by specifying those aspects of College life that reflect your particular interests and priorities.

In 2014, the College will set up a Society for those who have let us know of their intention to leave a legacy in their will. If you would like to have a conversation, or if you would like further information, about leaving a gift in your will for St Antony’s College, please contact the Development Director at legacy@sant.ox.ac.uk.

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Donors St Antony’s College Donors 2012-2013

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t Antony’s College wishes to thank all donors for their wonderful generosity. The College would not exist without its long history of benefactions, both great and small, and our Alumni and friends continue this magnificent tradition of philanthropy. As university funding enters a period of unprecedented upheaval, your support is more valuable than ever before.

Individual Donors Miss Anne Abley Dr Nadia Abu-Zahra Professor Oladipupo L. Adamolekun Professor Roger D Adelson Ms Joan C. Alker Dr Carol Amouyel-Kent Professor Evan E Anderson Professor Toshimitsu Anzai Dr Jessica Ashooh Mr Kinju Atarashi Dr Sylvester W. Awuye Mrs Mayumi Azuma Mr Siddik Bakir Mr Richard J. Balfour Professor Kenneth D. Barkin Dr Volker R. Berghahn Mr Christopher W. Bishop Professor Archie Brown Ms Jessica M. V. Bryan Ms Erin Burns & Dr Giles Alston Sir Bryan Cartledge Dr Rafael E. Castillo Mr Robert B. Chenciner Professor Norman Cigar Professor Francis R Conte Sir James Craig Dr William F. Crawley Mr Richard Davy Mr Peter Desjardins Mr Paul Desmarais Mrs Nelly di Tella Dr Nadia M. Diuk Dr Leo Dobes Ms Rachel Dowling Mr Alex Duncan Dr Roberto Durrieu Dr Matthew D. Eagleton-Pierce Mr David A. Eaves Professor Takayoshi Egami Mr Geoffrey Elliott Dr R. Anthony Elson Mr Timothy M. Farmiloe Mr Anthony Fell Ms Cindy L. Ferrara Professor David P. Fidler Mr Thomas L. Friedman Mr Adrian H. Fu Ms Sara-Christine Gemson Mr Eiichi Goto Dr Helen E. Graham Dr Richard N. Haass

Dr Helen R. Hardman Mr Joji Hattori Mr John Hazelden Mrs Nona M. Heaslip Professor Joseph L. Helguera Professor Dorothy O. Helly Professor Eugenia W. Herbert Mrs Alice Herve Professor Edmund Herzig The Honourable Dr John F Hillen Mr Said H. Hitti Professor Bruce R. Hoffman Professor Geoffrey A. Hosking Professor Karl G. Hufbauer Mrs Catherine E. Hughes Dr Alessandro Iandolo Mr J. S. Ingham Mr John C. James Mr William H. Josephson Professor Jeffrey D. Kahn Mr Sungjoo Kang Dr Zuzanna Karpinska Dr Georgia L Kaufmann Dr John L Keep Professor Rashid Khalidi Professor Peter Kilby Professor Christoph M. Kimmich Mr Anthony Kirk-Greene Dr Bohdan A. Krawchenko Professor Eriko Kumazawa Mr A. Kurkijan Mr Daniel Lafayeedney Dr Patrick W. S. Lane Dr Matteo Legrenzi Mrs Lindsay R. Levkoff Lynn Rabbi Asher Z. Lopatin Professor William Roger Louis Professor Abraham F. Lowenthal Dr Nancy Lubin Professor Margaret MacMillan Mr Thomas C. MacMillan Dr Peter Mangold Ms Anoushka Marashlian Professor Alain & Professor Afaf Marsot Professor Dr Bernd Martin Dr J. K. Kenneth McDonald The Revd Donald McNeile Dr Charles McPherson Professor Richard L. Meyer Mr Tom Milroy Mr Sanjay Mody Sir Nicholas & Lady Elizabeth Monck

The list of names on this page is based on all gifts received by St Antony’s College between 1 August 2012 and 31 July 2013 and includes individuals, companies and foundations. Although we have aimed to produce a list as accurate as possible, we apologise for any errors or omissions.

Ms Brittany Morreale Mrs June Morris Dr F.W. Orde Morton Mr Robert C. Muffly HE Dr David C. Mulford Mr Peter Munk Dr Julie Newton Professor Tony Nicholls Professor Georges Nivat Mr Elchi Nowrojee Professor Koichi Ogawa Professor Henri Orteu Professor Roger Owen Dr Hyun Park Ms Mary J. Phillips Miss Diana Porter Mrs Irena Powell Professor Richard Rice Mr Ralph A. Ricks Professor Masayuki Rikihisa Mr Robin S. Rix Mr William P. Rosenfeld Mr Kevin M. Rosser Mr Joseph Rotman Mr Ludek P. Rychetnik Mr Erik J. Sabot Dr Joseph Sassoon Dr Noa Schonmann Dr Joseph C Schull Mr David M. Shapiro Mrs Suhair Sharif Professor Marshall S. Shatz Dr A. Joshua Sherman (dec.)

Mr C. Sherman Mr George F. Sherman Mr Mark M. Shibata Professor Peter J. Sluglett Dr Julie E. Smith Dr Mark Smith Professor Robert A. Spencer Ms Jennifer E. Stanley Professor Alfred & Dr Nancy Stepan Mr Neil A. Sternthal Mr Hugh Stokes Dr Yiu-Tung Suen Ms Agnes P. Thambynayagam Dr Diarmuid Torney Dr Tiffany A. Troxel Ms Janice R. Ugaki Ambassador Dr Martin I. Uhomoibhi Professor Richard H. Ullman Professor Dr Jürgen von Kruedener

Mr Marco A. Vonhof Sir Harold Walker Mr Andrew M. Watson Mr Jed M. Weiner Professor Claude E. Welch Ms Anne-France White Dr John T. Williams Dr Gernot Wittling Mr Francis E. Witts Professor Pak-Nung Wong Hon. Dov S. Zakheim Dr David Zaret Companies, Trusts & Foundations A G Leventis Foundation Bank of Montreal Canadian Studies Foundation Eni High Commission of India Investcorp Bank BSC John & Judy Bragg Foundation John Swire and Sons Ltd KRG Consulting Limited Luca D’Agliano Award Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation Nixon Charitable Foundation Onex Corporation Oxford Noble Foundation Oxford Peace Research Trust Santander UK Plc West Oxford U3A

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Antonian events We are delighted to announce that the Warden of St Antony’s College, Professor Margaret MacMillan, will present her new book “The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914” and give a short lecture to Antonians in various cities around the world. More details to follow.

Paris Alumni Reunion Tuesday 28 January 2014 A special event for our Alumni in France.

London Alumni Reunion Wednesday 12 February 2014

An exclusive reunion for our London Alumni. More details to follow.

New Zealand Alumni Reunion Saturday 8 March 2014 A special event for our Alumni in New Zealand.

Oxford University Asian Reunion, Hong Kong Friday 21 March – Sunday 23 March 2014 For all Oxford alumni and guests. Further information is available on the University of Oxford website.

New York Alumni Reunion Friday 11 April 2014

The traditional Antonian Reunion in New York will coincide this year with the 2014 Oxford Alumni Weekend in New York (more details are available on the University of Oxford website). Our Liaison Officer in New York, Suzy Wahba, will host the event in her house.

St Antony’s College Alumni Weekend Saturday 20 September 2014

The annual Antonian Reunion, organised in conjunction with the Oxford Alumni Weekend 2014. This year, a lecture and drinks reception are in programme, followed by a dinner at College.

Events information and booking Please visit www.sant.ox.ac.uk or contact the Development and Alumni Relations Office: monica.esposito@sant.ox.ac.uk +44 (0)1865 274496