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'''Barrie Axford''' is Emeritus Professor of Politics at [[Oxford Brookes University]].<ref name="Brookes">Oxford Brookes University, [https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/barrie-axford Professor Barrie Axford], accessed 5 November 2026.</ref> He was on the [[Institute for Statecraft]] expert team,<ref name="IfSteam">Institute for Statecraft, ''The Institute for Statecraft Expert Team'', version 3, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2018.</ref> and is named in a list of members of the [[Specialist Group Military Intelligence]] (SGMI) published by [[Anonymous]] in January 2019.<ref name="AnonList2019">Anonymous, list of [[Specialist Group Military Intelligence]] members posted on CyberGuerrilla, 24 January 2019, [https://archive.ph/xSKh9 archived copy], accessed 1 November 2026.</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Axford taught at [[Stanford University]]'s overseas studies programme from 1970 to 1973 and at the [[University of Southampton]] from 1973, before moving in 1975 to Oxford Polytechnic, later [[Oxford Brookes University]].<ref name="Brookes"/> He was founding director of the university's Centre for Global Politics, Economy and Society,<ref name="ECPS">European Center for Populism Studies, [https://www.populismstudies.org/the-third-annual-international-symposium-on-the-future-of-multilateralism-between-multipolarity-and-populists-in-power/ The Third Annual International Symposium on "The Future of Multilateralism Between Multipolarity and Populists in Power"], accessed 5 November 2026.</ref> and is a Senior Research Associate at the consultancy [[Oxford XXI]].<ref name="OxXXI">Oxford XXI, [https://oxford-xxi.org/Associate/professor-barrie-axford/ Professor Barrie Axford], accessed 5 November 2026.</ref> His books include ''Theories of Globalization'' (2013) and ''Mere Connection: the World-Making Power of New Media'' (2018).<ref name="Brookes"/><br />
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==Integrity Initiative==<br />
The [[Institute for Statecraft]] expert team list describes him as a specialist in globalisation and new media "focused on Wider Europe, in particular the Ukraine, Caucasus and the Central Asian Republics", researching "the effectiveness of 'Western' strategies in countering the activities of adversaries".<ref name="IfSteam"/> In the "Tor Team" table his role is "Academic liaison" (20 years): "Linking universities into the network; counter measures".<ref name="TorTeam">Institute for Statecraft, ''Tor Team'', undated, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2019.</ref> The list published by [[Anonymous]] repeats the expert-team biography and states no military role.<ref name="AnonList2019"/><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Oxford Brookes University]]<br />
*[[Oxford XXI]]<br />
*[[Institute for Statecraft]] / [[Integrity Initiative]]<br />
*[[Specialist Group Military Intelligence]] (named in the list published by Anonymous)<br />
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