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Oxford International Relations Society, is a student society open to members of the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University. It is dedicated to the discussion of International Relations and current affairs. It publishes a termly journal entitled ''Sir'', in addition to hosting a lively blog and podcast.〔http://www.oxirsoc.com/〕 It is Oxford's second largest student society and enjoys a partnership with the (Oxford Martin School ).〔https://www.facebook.com/irsoc〕 ==Notable speakers== Since its creation in 2009, the society has hosted a number of notable figures and political leaders from around the world. Notable previous speakers include: *Former Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf, *Prime Minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, *Former Commander, International Security Assistance Force and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, *Former CIA Director, Ray McGovern, *Editor-in-chief of ''The Economist'', John Micklethwait, *President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Thomas Mirow, *UK Executive Director of ''Médecins Sans Frontières'', Marc Dubois, *BBC journalist, Justin Webb, *North Korean defector and human rights activist, Shin Dong-hyuk, *Former UK Ambassador to the United States, David Manning, *UK Ambassador to Iraq, Simon Collis, *Former UK Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt and Libya, Dominic Asquith, *Former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Paddy Ashdown, *Former UK Ambassador to Russia, Sir Roderic Lyne, *Former UK Ambassador to Japan, Sir John Boyd, *Nobel Prize–winning economist, Thomas Schelling, *Former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, *BBC News World Affairs Editor, John Simpson, *Executive editor of The Economist, Daniel Franklin, *Former Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, *Chief foreign affairs correspondent for the ''Financial Times'', Gideon Rachman, *Former Liberal party leader, Lord David Steel, *Prominent journalist and author, Peter Hitchens, *Cross-bench member of the Lords and CEO of HART, Baroness Cox, *Journalist specializing in French and Middle-Eastern politics, Nabila Ramdani, *Director General of MI5 until April 2013, Sir Jonathan Evans, The society has also hosted a number of academics including international economist and bestselling author, Dr. Dambisa Moyo; leading authority on international law on human trafficking, Anne Gallagher; influential scholars in International Relations, Joseph Nye, Robert Keohane and Norman Finkelstein. In 2010, the society jointly hosted the President of the Asian Development Bank, together with the Oxford Asia Pacific Society. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oxford International Relations Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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