21st Century Smoot-Hawley

South Africa's foreign minister Ronald Lamola covered a wide range of topics in his speech at the @OxfordUnion this week, including DR Congo, BRICS, and China's investment in Africa. I write for @TheOxStu ⬇️

Breaking: This morning at approximately 9:00 AM, student group Oxford Action for Palestine (OA4P), entered the Radcliffe Camera library beginning their “occupation” of the library. OA4P stated they were establishing the “Khalida Jarrar Library”.

RT @BrettMmurphy: 16/ Something that struck me was this other explanation from Jack Lew, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, the other day. I ha…

RT @RichardGowan1: There has been a lot of talk about a "crisis of peacekeeping" @UN (see e.g. the current @TheEconomist). But @FortiD a…

RT @dieworkwear: im so tired

RT @EdConwaySky: It's just more complex and nuanced than you might have thought from The Most Hopeful Chart in the World. Part of the reaso…

RT @UNICEF: A 3-week-old baby, born prematurely, has died of pneumonia in Gaza. His mother, Hala, hadn't named him from fear of losing him.…

Protesters from Oxford Action for Palestine @OxAct4Pal were outside All Souls College on Wednesday following a complaint that the college invested in business linked to Israeli settlements in the West Bank I explain more here ⬇️ for @TheOxStu

RT @UniofOxford: 'The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same tim…

The inaugural @UniofOxford Sheldonian Series event took place yesterday discussing challenges facing democracy. @soniasodha @hzeffman @SlaughterAM @baselinescene @benwansell spoke on US elections, hurdles facing the Labour govt, and AI governance 👇

RT @KarlMathiesen: How COP29 started. How it's going. (photos @CharlieCooper8)

RT @EroComfort: 4/4 And I offer three lessons for peacemaking in an unstable world in @TheEconomist “The World Ahead”. 2025 is unlikely t…

RT @AP: BREAKING: The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu and Gallant as well as Hamas officials…

RT @Palestine_UN: “What does it mean that the release of the hostages should be unconditional? But stopping killing Palestinians is conditi…

RT @MayaGNicholson: Based off the vote today, it seems that @USUN’s diplomatic shift over the past year on the Security Council has limitat…

RT @j_mcconnachie: Banging classic lede

This week @TFletcher starts as the new United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs @UNOCHA Before leaving Oxford, @TheOxStu interviewed him on his time as Principal of @HertfordCollege and what may lie ahead in his new role 🇺🇳

RT @UNICEF: “I don't know whether to scream or to cry.” Earlier this week, our spokesperson, @‌1james_elder, met two-year-old Ali in Beiru…

Since 2004, @OxUniPress has held an annual Word of the Year contest to identify a word which best reflected the "mood, ethos, or preoccupations of the past year" This year's shortlist has been released⬇️ For @OxStu