Comment·10th November 2018The AFD: what you need to know – and the questions we need to ask Leo Maedje & Celine Li Image Credit: Wikimedia The Oxford Union announced on Friday that Alice Weidel, parliamentary party leader of the AfD, will not...Read More
Comment·17th November 2018Why Democrats can feel cautiously optimistic about 2020 Nat Rachman Image Credit: Flikr On Tuesday 6th November, I had something of a heavy night. I stayed up drinking into the...Read More
Comment·24th November 2018Culture war is making us forget what is important William Evans Image credit: Fibonacci Blue (Flickr) “A grand canyon has opened up in our world”: on one side is the alt-right, on...Read More
Comment·18th December 2018More concessions for the Yellow Vests: working people of France are showing Macron who he works for Michael Culbert The widespread Gilets Jaunes, or “Yellow Vests” protests in France have entered their fifth week with no sign of ending....Read More
CommentFeaturesInternational Issues·17th January 2019Japan’s decision to recommence whaling is perhaps not such a bad thing James Ashworth Late last year, the Japanese government’s chief spokesperson announced that the country will restart its commercial whaling program in July...Read More
International Issues·27th January 2019The return of Ali Bongo: what’s next for Gabon? Evie McCullough Image Description: President Ali Bongo (left) with ex-president of France Francois Hollande (right). On January 15th, Gabon’s president, Ali Bongo,...Read More
Comment·19th February 2019Bernie must complete the revolution he began in 2016 Michael Culbert One thing must be said before any discussion of the 2020 US presidential election can be entered into: it is...Read More
Comment·23rd February 2019Corruption, delayed elections and fake news: what is the future of Nigerian democracy? Jonathan Topaz Image description: sitting president Muhammadu Buhari Last week, millions of Nigerians made their way from across the country to vote in...Read More
CommentFeaturesInternational Issues·23rd March 2019The trouble with tech: why Elizabeth Warren has the right idea Matthew Kayanja Image Description: Elizabeth Warren speaking at event. At what point does a company seem more like a country? In San...Read More
Comment·17th April 2019The Shortcomings of the Mainstream Media: A Climate Change Perspective Nasr Islam Image Description: UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who has called for a World Climate Summit scheduled for September 2019 Greta Thunberg,...Read More
Comment·16th November 2018“Time to start a new chapter”: uncertainty looms as the Merkel era comes to an end Maria Kostylew Image Credit: Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA-3.0) “It is time to start a new chapter” declared Angela Merkel, announcing her decision not to...Read More
Comment·23rd November 2018Why have we stopped talking about the Rohingya? Evie McCullough Image credit: Wikipedia (DFID) In August last year, 20,000 Rohingya Muslims were forced to flee Rahkine State, a western province...Read More
Comment·17th December 2018George HW Bush: Flawed and complex, but worthy of our admiration Oliver Tushingham For many commenting on George H.W. Bush’s passing, his life and legacy have been used as a tool for expressing...Read More
CommentFeaturesInternational Issues·11th January 2019Bolsonaro is the product of Brazil’s corruption and its forgotten people Jia Yi Tham Is there a global turn to the far-right? To call this “global” is true, but the implication that this is...Read More
Comment·25th January 2019Trump will be re-elected if Democrats play his game William Evans The Democrats are in urgent need of a reality check. They did fairly well in last November’s mid-terms, but this...Read More
FeaturesInternational Issues·8th February 2019The Venezuelan crisis: Can Maduro survive? Isabella Massam It is not hyperbole to say that Venezuela is in crisis. The country is in the grip of hyperinflation; a...Read More
Comment·22nd February 2019Pragmatism is what we need to beat Trump – and Amy Klobuchar’s got spades of it Jia Yi Tham Given the already saturated nature of the Democratic primaries, what really matters is to be able to stand out from...Read More
CommentFeaturesInternational Issues·17th March 2019The Vietnam Summit: An end to the “fire and fury”? Evie McCullough On February 27, 2019, US President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jung Un met at the Metropole Hotel...Read More
CommentInternational IssuesUniversity/Local Issues·10th April 2019To revoke or not to revoke? The Sultan of Brunei’s honorary degree Jacob Harrison, Issac The University is correct to privilege due process amongst calls for revocation – Jacob Harrison Brunei’s new penal code, which...Read More