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Justin Trudeau’s fall from grace – the end of a liberal bastion?
On September the 18th, Canada’s Justin Trudeau broke our newsfeeds when Time magazine discovered that the Liberal Prime Minister had worn...


Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Nuclear weapons in a post Cold War world
On the 6th and 9th of August 2019 Japan commemorated the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...


Things aren’t looking good for the Union, but breaking it apart would be another self-inflicted trag
For 312 years, Scotland, England and Wales have been united in one of the most successful political unions in history. With Northern...


Brexit, Pursued by a Ber-cow
It has defeated 2 Prime Ministers, cultivated a culture of division and mistrust, stymied the Mother of Parliaments, and now, Brexit has...


Britain should become more pacifist
For all of us who had the... joy of studying the World Politics module in our first year, will have witnessed a slightly unexpected...


China's Uyghur 'educational' camps are a disgrace, not a success
Reports of prison camps holding up to a million people, persecuted on the basis of their religious and ethnic identity, held in horrific...


To end mass shootings, American society must be radically reorganised
Within twenty four hours of the morning of August 3rd, 2019, the US saw over 30 people die and 51 injured in two of the nation’s...


Friendly foes - Explaining the rift between South Korea and Japan
If the world were governed by rationality, Japan and South Korea would be the closest of allies. Both face security risks from the...


Racism in Britain is here to stay
In 2018, there were a record 1,652 number of anti-Semitic crimes reported, an increase of 16% from 2017. Over half the registered...


The slippery tentacles of war: The UK and Saudi Arabia
There are many arguments for the UK’s support of the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. Senior politicians have touted the intelligence...
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