Comment·15th December 2022Executing protesters: How the Iranian dictatorship took crackdown to a new level Ali Khosravi On Thursday 8th December, the Iranian authorities confirmed the execution of one of the arrested protesters which they had charged...Read More
Comment·19th November 2022Brewdog with the perfect brew at Qatar 2022 Matthew Holland What attracted me to buying my first ever Brewdog beer (a pint of Punk IPA), was the fact that their...Read More
Comment·27th October 2022Despite the crackdown, the Iranian protesters give me hope Ali Khosravi When the English philosopher, John Gray, went on BBC Radio Four’s Desert Island Discs to talk about his life and...Read More
International Issues·20th August 2022Did Putin Save the Liberal World Order? Ali Khosravi If you were a liberal thinking about the ‘liberal world order’ back in 2019, you could have been forgiven for...Read More
Comment·28th July 2022Musk, money, and a monopoly on influence Tom Elliott On Wednesday 20th July, Tesla released its surprisingly good second quarter results, managing to beat expectations on earnings per share...Read More
Comment·1st June 2022Disunited States – Why gun control is unthinkable in the US Matthew Holland c/w: school shootings, gun violence, suicide How many readers remember the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Shootings and the subsequent...Read More
Comment·25th May 2022KBJ makes history, but can she make change? Sebastian Watkins The appointment of the first African-American woman to the Supreme Court will undoubtedly be seen by many as making history,...Read More
Comment·26th April 20224 more years in Orbánistan Dániel Kovács On April 3rd, Hungary voted. Viktor Orbán not only came out victorious in the 4th election in a row, but...Read More
International Issues·19th April 2022What Russia’s invasion means for Taiwan Harrison Gates On the 21st February 2022, Russia decided to recognise the ‘sovereignty’ of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republics....Read More
Comment·20th February 2022A Modern Marxism Is A Humanist One Alexander Beard “Above all, one must be human.” Had the author of these words not been assassinated, her body dumped unceremoniously in...Read More
Comment·23rd November 2022The Role of Sports in Iran’s Protests Anna Lee Since the murder of Mahsa Amini on the 13th of September, 2022, there have been nonstop protests and demonstrations across...Read More
Comment·8th November 2022Why COP27’s Climate Finance Discussions Must Prioritize Africa Anna Lee The COP27 summit officially commenced this Sunday, marking the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change....Read More
Features·20th October 2022Narva: Europe’s most precarious city? Patrick Groves When Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ began, and the long amassed forces on the Ukrainian border were finally mobilised, studying...Read More
Comment·18th August 2022In Defence of Olaf Scholz Matthew Holland The 2021 German Federal Elections produced a unique situation for post-war German politics: the lowest percentage for the largest party...Read More
International Issues·30th June 2022Blowing Up Ukraine by Yuri Felshtinsky and Michael Stanchev review: an urgent warning for us all Yii-Jen Deng We are not yet afraid, but this book speaks of war. Flinging before us a panoramic view of Ukraine and...Read More
Profile·27th May 2022Designs of Dissent: In conversation with Fahmi Reza, Malaysian activist and graphic designer Dania Kamal Aryf It was a Sunday afternoon when I was offered the surprising opportunity to sit down face-to-face with Fahmi Reza. We...Read More
Comment·15th May 2022Hotel Rwanda Johan Orly Even by recent standards, the furore that greeted the government’s new ‘Migration and Economic Development Partnership’ with Rwanda was deafening....Read More
Comment·25th April 2022A different Le Pen but the same story Sam Kenny Image description: Marine Le Pen addresses the European Parliament It’s 2022 and it’s a year of many political stories, but...Read More
News·26th February 2022Oxford Russian Club criticized for silence on Ukraine Invasion Andrew Wang Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing war, some members of the University have noted with disappointment that the...Read More