Centre for Security Research

Guantanamo's Legacy: From a Legal Black Hole to a Battleground in the Fight

Lisa Hajjar will discuss her new book, "The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture", with a particular focus on the legal battles over the treatment of people detained at Guantanamo. Hajjar will explain why hundreds of legal professionals were galvanised to defend the rule of law that was upended by the torture policy and enlisted in what turned into a war in court.

Policy-Oriented IR Scholarship in Scotland

How can academia engage with policy makers, and how can policy makers engage with academia?

Book Discussion with Dr Mike Slaven

Dr Slaven discusses his new book: 'Securing Borders, Securing Power: The Rise and Decline of Arizona's Border Politics' (Columbia University Press). A CeSeR event co-hosted with the University of Edinburgh's International Relations research group.

CeSeR Annual Conference: ‘Securing the Self in Strange Places and Times’

Political Ecology of Security with Rosaleen Duffy

Human Rights Under Occupation in Palestine

Seminar- Humanitarian misconduct and the colonial logic of corruptibility during the Congo Crisis

Book launch of 'Understanding Territorial Withdrawal' by Rob Geist Pinfold

Leaders and World Ordering Workshop

Security Politics in the Gulf Monarchies with David Robert

Two years of War in Ukraine Roundtable

Killing Precisely: A History of Drones and Precision Warfare