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I am a graduate of Oxford University (MSc), and Warwick University (BA first class, PPE), previously an IB student in Madrid. I have just completed a year-long fellowship at Harvard.

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PO382 Full Lecture Notes

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Full lecture notes for PO382 Vigilant State - The Politics of Intelligence. Topics covered: - Intelligence collection - Intelligence analysis - Politicisation - Producer-consumer linkage - Intelligence liaison - 9/11 - Iraq and WMD - Intelligence failure - Counterterrorism - Future of intelligence - Tyranny and authoritarianism - Accountability and oversight - Civil rights - Espionage - Torture and assassination - Deception - Covert action - Spying for peace - Globalisation

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PO382 Essay - Ticking Bomb Scenario and Torture

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This essay examines the usefulness of the ‘ticking bomb scenario’ (henceforth TBS) in determining whether torture should be used for intelligence purposes. It draws on epistemological and strategic analyses, as well as recent intelligence history, to argue that using the TBS to debate torture is not only futile, but actively counterproductive, and of little relevance to the moral, consequential or legal debates on torture. Part One situates torture within the liberal discourse and introduces...

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PO382 Revision Notes - Covert Action

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Revision notes on Covert Action for Vigilant State. Topics covered: - Why study covert action? - Definitions - Risks, drawbacks and dilemmas - Morality - Measurement - Culture and Propaganda - CIA and covert action - A range of literature summaries (including Saunders, Koch, Lucas, Wilford, Laville, Aldrich, Paget)

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PO301 Issues in Political Theory - Revision Notes

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Compilation of revision notes for Issues in Political Theory. Topics included: - Environmental Justice - Legitimacy and Democracy - Non-Human Animals and Animal Rights - Political Obligation and Consent

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PO301 Lecture Notes

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Full lecture notes for the module Issue in Political Theory. Topics covered: - Rawls and Nozick - Cohen and Dworkin - Equality and sufficiency - Desert and liberty - Democracy and legitimacy - Meritocracy - Education - Environmental justice - Gender justice - Immigration - Assimilation and cultural diversity - Political obligation - Non-human animals and animal rights

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PO301 Essay - Migration and Freedom of Movement

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This essay argues that a liberal democratic state in a bordered world does not have the right to prevent would-be immigrants from entering it. Part One rejects three arguments put forward in justification of a right to exclude when accounting for the moral arbitrariness of being born within a state, and the historical injustices implicit therein. First, Blake and Miller’s theory of exclusion on the basis of national obligations; second, Wellman’s self-determination argument; and third, Pevni...

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PO301 Revision Notes - Environmental Justice

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Revision notes on Environmental Justice in Political Theory. Topics covered: - Distributive justice - Anthropocentrism - Zoocentrism - Biocentrism - Atomistic eco-centrism - Climate change - Intergenerational justice - Carbon emissions and burden-sharing - Polluter Pays Principle - Beneficiary Pays Principle - Ability to Pay Principle - Futurity puzzle - Non-identity problem

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PO301 Revision Notes - Legitimacy and Democracy

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Revision notes on Legitimacy and Democracy in Political Theory. Topics covered: - Legitimacy - Democracy - Authority - Intrinsic and instrumental view of democracy - Procedural democracy - Democratic equality - Social choice theory - Epistocracy - Publicity and representation - Judicial review - Rational proceduralism

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