Opinion: How Erdoğan’s Threats Against Kurdish Syria Endanger Us All
On November 21st, in response to a rocket attack on a Turkish town on the country’s border with Syria, President
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Author: Ben Evans
Are Political Landslides a Thing of the Past?
From the US midterms to Brazil’s presidential race, 2022 has witnessed many very closely fought elections. Whilst pollsters have frequently
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Ethiopia at Peace?: What the Ceasefire Agreement Means for the Country and the Future of Conflict Resolution
On the 2nd November 2022, after the African Union facilitated peace talks in Pretoria, the Ethiopian Federal Government and the
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Tigray: A Crisis Ignored by the World
With millions of people at risk of starvation and ethnic violence, the international community and the world’s media continues to turn
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Opinion: How the response to the Mail on Sunday’s “Sharon Stone” slur perfectly illustrates how sexism still pervades our politics, our media and our society
From people’s desperate desire to shame Rayner, to a relationship between politicians and the Press that inhibits accountability, the response
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Afghanistan – The Humanitarian Crisis we choose to ignore
With the escalation of the war in Ukraine, the international community’s attention has been diverted away from another humanitarian crisis
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Opinion: How conflict drives intolerance and irrationality – lessons from history
From the invasion of Iraq to the escalation of the intervention in Libya, many decisions taken by Western war-time leaders
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Opinion: Amidst Cabinet discord and U-turns, what’s happened to the promised benefits of Brexit?
On 19th February, the BBC reported that a proposed ban on ‘fur and foie gras’, cited as a key Brexit
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Opinion: British political behavioural norms could be eroded for generations to come
Two weeks ago, when, in what was meant to be an apologetic response to the Sue Grey Report, the Prime
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Opinion: Johnson’s populist appeal is failing him
Since November last year, the Government’s approval ratings have plummeted, largely in response to the Owen Patterson and Christmas Party
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