Colombia’s Armed Conflict in Regional and Global Context
Wed 18 Mar
|Centre for Research in the Arts, Social


Time & Location
18 Mar 2026, 17:00 – 18:30
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social , Alison Richard Building, 7 West Rd, Cambridge CB3 9DP, UK
About the event
A seminar to discuss the ongoing conflict in Colombia and its geopolitical implications.
Colombia’s armed conflict in regional and global context: Peace prospects, Venezuela spill over, and geopolitics ahead of elections
Dr Annette Idler is Associate Professor in Global Security, Blavatnik School of Government, and Founding Director of the Global Security Programme at Oxford’s Pembroke College. Before taking up her current role, she was the Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre at Oxford and served as Fellow on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on International Security. Dr Idler previously worked with UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the German development cooperation, and as a Visiting Scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. Dr Idler advises governments and international organisations and is a regular expert for broadcast interviews for outlets such as Al…