Bill Emmott, former editor of The Economist and Visiting Fellow of Practice at the Blavatnik School of Government, will chair a series of Thursday discussions with students, faculty and experts about hot topics in current affairs.

This week's topic is 'Dealing with the Russian "pariah"': how should we understand Russia's motives and strategy in Syria, Ukraine and elsewhere, and how should other countries respond?

Speakers for this week:

• Arkady Ostrovsky, Russia editor of The Economist and author of "The Invention of Russia" (2016 Orwell Prize winner)
• Ezgi Basaran, Turkish journalist and academic visitor at St Antony's College, Oxford

This event is open to the public, however it is now fully booked. 

The event will be streamed live and recorded on the Blavatnik School of Government YouTube channel.