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Tom Long published a new article in the November issue of International Affairs. His piece, "Latin America and the liberal international order: an agenda for research", explores why the region has played a marginal role in this burgeoning IR debate—and what serious engagement with the region could add to both critical and supportive accounts of liberal international order (LIO). The article argues that, "The LIO has shaped Latin America, and Latin America has shaped the LIO—but not always in the ways supporters or critics might expect."

The article is available here:

We are delighted to announce that PAIS has been awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze Award.

was established in 2005 to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment in higher education and research. In May 2015, the Charter was expanded to recognise work undertaken in arts, humanities, social sciences, business and law (AHSSBL), and in professional and support roles, and for trans staff and students. The Charter now recognises work undertaken to address gender equality more broadly, and not just barriers to progression that affect women.

A huge thank you to Jackie Clarke, Alex Homolar, Ben Richardson and Julia Welland for the tremendous amount of work they put into preparing our submission.

Keith Hyams has been awarded funding from the ESRC Global Challenges Research Fund for the 2 year research project ‘Challenging Inequalities: An Indo-European Perspective’.

The project is a collaboration with the Economics Department at 91¸£Àû, the Centre de Sciences Humaines in Delhi, and others. It aims to look at appropriate definitions and approaches to the measurement of inequality, attitudes to inequality, and interventions to reduce inequality in a development context.

Dr Steven Kettell recently contributed to an Observer feature by Harriet Sherwood on the relationship between Church and state.

You can read the article here:

Earlier this year, The Strategy Bridge asked university and professional military education students to participate in their first annual writing contest by sending in their thoughts on strategy.

Congratulations to Julian D’Souza, an International Security MA student here in PAIS, who finished third in the contest!

You can read Julian's essay, titled "Lost Blue Helmets in Wars Among People: Revitalizing UN Peace Operations for the Context of Modern Warfare" at the following link: