Shinzo Abe: A revisionist nationalist or stabilising leader
Remembering the prominent but controversial political figure Patrick Hession The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo...
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- Aug 30, 2022
- 4 min
The Costa Rican election showdown
Sameera Pillai Since the beginning of the pandemic, punishing election results for incumbent parties has been the norm in Latin America....
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- Aug 14, 2022
- 3 min
Japan’s courts rule in favour of victims of forced sterilisation in landmark compensation decision
Maryam Kalif After over half a century, victims of Japan’s forced sterilisation laws may finally receive justice. In February 2022, the...
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- Aug 4, 2022
- 4 min
Threat to free speech: The case of Cambodia
Sameera Pillai China’s Great Firewall which forms a part of the broader Golden Shield movement has attracted a lot of criticism from...
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- Jul 28, 2022
- 5 min
Canada's Freedom Convoys
Jack O'Donovan The Convoys On February 23, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an end to the emergency powers granted to...
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- Jun 18, 2022
- 5 min
The Narco-state of Guinea-Bissau: Cocaine, Coups and Censorship
Ezekiel Dobelsky The devastation that Guinea-Bissau has suffered since its colonisation by the Portuguese, through the longest...
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- Apr 10, 2022
- 7 min
Russia and China: friends with benefits or a dangerous marriage?
Ryan Davis With recent events in Ukraine, it is now undeniable that the Russian Federation’s foreign policy is fundamentally a platform...
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- Apr 1, 2022
- 9 min
Russia's invasion of Ukraine: how did we get here?
Liep Gatwech On Monday February 21st , in the ungodly hours of the Russian morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed an...
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- Mar 28, 2022
- 5 min
Emancipatory promises: how international relations is failing its students
Thomas Garvey As a discipline responsible for educating the minds of future leaders in global affairs, it is important that International...
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- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min
Putin and the N-word: NATO, Ukraine and Russia
Jazmin Wright In November 2021, satellite imagery suggested that Moscow was mobilising 100,000 Russian troops on the border of Ukraine....
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- Mar 11, 2022
- 4 min
How the legacy of colonialism impacts LGBT+ rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ezekiel Dobelsky Of the 69 countries where same-sex relationships are considered a crime, just under half are found in Africa. In four...
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- Mar 7, 2022
- 4 min
The African Union's condemnation of military coups
Isha Desai The African Union (AU) has suspended several countries after being affected by subsequent coups in the last two years. The...
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- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
Religious Violence in Bangladesh
Liep Gatwech The Hindu Shakta festival of the Durga Puja is dedicated to the goddess Durga. Traditionally, the festival symbolises the...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 7 min
The Final Independence Referendum of New Caledonia
Declan Hourd On 12 December 2021, the world had a chance to see the birth of the independent nation of New Caledonia, but a boycott and...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min
Few Fooled by Trappings of Democracy as Hong Kong Election Approaches
Chloe Marriott Hongkongers will be lining up to vote for the next Legislative Council (LegCo) on 19 December 2021 in the first election...
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- Dec 2, 2021
- 4 min
Global disparities and COVID-19 vaccinations
Sameera Pillai After successful clinical trials, Margaret Keenan of the United Kingdom received the first-ever COVID-19 vaccination, and...
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- Nov 18, 2021
- 5 min
A new era of Middle Eastern peacemaking
Elle Greaves Regional power dynamics throughout the Middle East and North Africa have long been guided by Western involvement. However,...
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- Nov 15, 2021
- 6 min
The post-Merkel Bundestag
Sameera Pillai The stepping down of Germany’s first female chancellor will inevitably lead to a paradigm shift in the social and...
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- Oct 27, 2021
- 5 min
Competing food summits hike to alternative visions
Ezekiel Dobelsky The food system in Africa is under extreme stress. 282 million Africans are undernourished and food insecure, which has...
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- Oct 25, 2021
- 7 min
When the chips are down: The politics of the semiconductor
Faseeha Hashmi Semiconductors are the brains of all our everyday products. They are in almost every electronic item we use, supplying the...
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