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Students on the PAIS MA Module 'Theories and Traditions in Public Policy' spent the 30th of November at the Cabinet Office, engaging in a simulation of the upcoming Departmental Spending Review with civil servants.

Tuesday 2nd July, 2019. 9.30am—5.00pm. Maths Building, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.

Proposals for our fifth annual research conference are invited from all academic staff and doctoral researchers in the Department of Politics and International Studies.

We welcome the following types of proposals: (1) paper proposals; (2) panel proposals; (3) roundtable proposals.

For papers please submit the paper title, author name(s), and 200-word abstract.

For panels please submit the panel title, details of 4 paper proposals, and name of panel chair.

For roundtables please submit the roundtable title, 200-word abstract on the roundtable theme, list of 4—5 contributing speakers, and name of roundtable chair.

Please e-mail all proposals to Jill Pavey: J.Pavey@warwick.ac.uk by Wednesday 1st May, 2019

On Monday 19^th November, we were honoured to welcome Her Excellency, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of the Republic of Malta, to give a lecture to PAIS students and staff.

Her Excellency, who is an Honorary Professor in PAIS, gave a lecture titled ‘Europe and Africa: Twin Continents for Building Positive Peace,’ and answered questions posed by PAIS students.

You can watch the video of the lecture as well as .

Dr. Charlotte Heath-Kelly has received the 2019 ISA Conference Post-PhD Paper Award for her paper ',' it was selected by judges from the Theory Section of the International Studies Association after many rounds of review and discussion.

The paper explores how trees are increasingly used in commemoration of terrorism victims, and the complications of representing human life with vegetal symbols. It is based on Dr Heath-Kelly's ESRC funded research of terrorism memorialisation and can be read .

For more information on the award, please see: .

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: