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A Tale of Liars and Bidens: A comment on the State of the Union of the USA
BY TOM LOWE There are many words that one could use to describe Donald Trump’s impact on US politics, but ‘trailblazer’ is certainly one...


A captain's crusade: Imran Khan's hardest innings against corruption
BY SYED HUSSAIN Just five years ago, ex-cricketing legend turned Prime Minister, Imran Khan, heralded a "new beginning" - a vision to...


Deterrence dividing the Land of the Rising Sun
BY SAIDA ALIMDJANOVA The act of charring, flaying alive, lethally ailing, and sterilising around 200,000 civilians in a matter of days in...


How recent national politics in Lebanon and Israel intensify the conflict at the Blue Line
BY EMMA KÜHNELT “If … an escalation or conflict develops here, we will return Lebanon to the Stone Age” said Israel’s Minister of...


A shocking ruling proves Romania's totalitarian communist regime is still alive
BY ALEXANDRA LUCA Collective outrage sent shock waves through Romanian society on the 27th of July, as Romania’s top court acquitted two...


Another awkward immigration dilemma for the EU
BY NURMASH TOK Ursula Von der Leyen, the Chair of the European Commission, unveiled a plan to loan Tunisia more than a billion euros in...


New Zealand's 2023 Election: A battle for the middle ground
BY LOUIS SAMARASINGHE It was only last year when Jacinda Ardern announced her shock resignation as the Prime Minister of New Zealand....


Book review: Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit Bane
BY TAUSEEF PARKAR In a landscape dominated by grand theories on poverty and its eradication, "Poor Economics" by Abhijit Banerjee and...


Barbie: is this pink film an attack on men?
BY ROSIE ROBERTSON Barbie hit our screens on 21 July 2023 alongside the long awaited Oppenheimer. Many took part in seeing both films on...


The Fable of the Bulbs: Why North Sea Oil Extraction is Necessary
BY JAMES BEAMISH In 1714, the Dutch moral philosopher Bernard Mandeville published one of the most infamous texts of the eighteenth...
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