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The Changing Drug War in Latin America: Venezuelan Drug Boats, Ecuador's Security Crisis and the Decapitation of El Mencho

March 26, 2026 - 15:30
Julia Buxton, Professor of Justice Studies, School of Justice, Liverpool John Moores University
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Beyond Obstruction: Rethinking the Far Right and Climate Governance
by Nina Hall
Jan 30, 2026
Energy, Environment, Climate, & Technology
International Relations
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Yury Ushakov: The Quiet Power Broker in Russia's Talks With Team Trump
by Sergey Radchenko
Jan 29, 2026
Conflict Management
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The Changing Drug War in Latin America: Venezuelan Drug Boats, Ecuador's Security Crisis and the Decapitation of El Mencho
March 26
Julia Buxton
Professor of Justice Studies, School of Justice, Liverpool John Moores University
Europe in a World of Great Power Politics
March 30
José Manuel Durão Barroso
Former President of the European Commission and Former Prime Minister of Portugal
Angry Populist Politics: Why it is Happening and What to Do About it
April 9
Ian Shapiro
Yale University
Gaza: The Dream and the Nightmare
April 16
Julie Norman
Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, University College London (UCL); Director of UCL’s Israel-Palestine Initiative
Our Experts
Mark Gilbert

C. Grove Haines Professor
Professor of History and International Studies
Professor Gilbert is a political historian. He writes on the contemporary history of Western European democracies and European integration. He teaches Peace and War and the Instability and Political Change in Consolidated Democracies.
Nina Hall

Associate Professor of International Relations
Professor Hall’s core areas of expertise are: international organizations, transnational advocacy, climate adaptation, and global refugee governance. She also works with a global network of digital activists and writes on their distinctive mode of campaigning.
Erika Meucci

Lecturer in Mathematics
Professor Meucci’s area of expertise include statistical methods for business & economics and math for risk assessment.
Michael G. Plummer

Eni Professor of International Economics
Professor Plummer is a leading expert on trans-Pacific economic relationships and on Asian economic development. His research centers on international integration and cooperation and his teaches courses on microeconomic risk and international trade.
Sergey Radchenko

Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor
Director, Bologna Institute for Policy Research
Professor Radchenko has an international reputation for research on the history of the Cold War. His specialty areas also include Sino-Soviet relations, Soviet and Chinese foreign policies, Russian foreign policy, Russia-NATO relations, and atomic diplomacy.


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