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SOAS to host book launch: Women and the UN: a new history of women’s international human rights
30th September 2021
CISD's Strategic Concept for the Removal of Arms and Proliferation (SCRAP) has received public support from The UN's Office of Disarmament Affairs
18th November 2020
SOAS students and experts to take part in international show which analyses the US Presidential election
21st October 2020
SCRAP Weapons initiative receives knowledge transfer and impact activity funding
24th September 2020
SOAS academics make key contribution to major new World Bank report
20th July 2020
The Vatican endorses CISD's Strategic Concept for the Removal of Arms and Proliferation and its Freeze initiative
19th May 2020
2020 Bertha Lutz Prize for research on Women in Diplomacy announced
CISD and the Diplomatic section of the International Studies Association are pleased to announce two winners this year: Dr Torild Skard and Dr Katherine Marino.
8th March 2020
Dr Avinash Paliwal co-edits special edition of India Review Journal
Dr Avinash Paliwal, in collaboration with Dr Nicolas Blarel, has edited a Special Issue of India Review.
31st January 2020
Dr Dan Plesch quoted in The Express
Dr Dan Plesch, Director of the Centre for International Studies & Diplomacy, quoted in The Express discussing the Iran's attacks on US troops.
31st January 2020
Dr Yanan Song discusses US-China Relations at the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
The Institute of European Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) invited Dr Yanan Song to give a talk on 'Pivot to Problem: Reconfiguration of US-China Relations' in December 2019.
20th January 2020
CISD Academics to host The Power of Sport Act 2 Roundtable in Paris
Following up on last February’s roundtable on the power of sports diplomacy at New York University, the next edition of the Sport & Démocratie “The Power of Sport” roundtable will be held at the Mairie du 5ème in partnership with SOAS University of London and others.
13th January 2020
CISD Director Dr Dan Plesch and Doctoral Student Kevin Miletic publish a chapter on humanitarian disarmament in new book on global activism
The article emphasises the similarities between United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutterres' new disarmament agenda, and the General & Completement Disarmament movement.
22nd November 2019
Dan Plesch report cited in The Express, The Irish Sun and The Star
Dan Plesch and Martin Butcher’s 2007 discussion paper “Considering a war with Iran” featured in three UK publications this weekend. The Express, The Irish Sun and The Star all refer to the paper while discussing the Theatre Iran Near Term (TIRANNT), plan for a “shock and awe” attack on Iran.
30th September 2019
Dr Ashley Cox discusses Online Learning at APSA
Dr Ashley Cox was chair and contributor to the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Teaching and Learning Conference.
20th September 2019
Dan Plesch speaks at United Nations
CISD Director Dr Dan Plesch spoke at the United Nations Office in Geneva on Tuesday 17 September. The talk and accompanying exhibition was the first in a series of events in partnership with the UN Library.
20th September 2019
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