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New university ‘free speech champion’ is not in the interests of the student body.

New university ‘free speech champion’ is not in the interests of the student body.

By Zaynab Mufti, BA International Relations and History We Brits are known for our pride in our values and freedoms. No matter the stake and no matter whose neck is stepped on, all is fair as long as our freedoms are upheld – right? It seems our government thinks so too.

Beach-ness as usual? Rebuilding the Thai tourism industry on inequality

Beach-ness as usual? Rebuilding the Thai tourism industry on inequality

By Sophie Zwick, BA Politics and International Relations As vaccine rollouts begin in earnest all over the world, Thai authorities and hotel chains have called for quarantine exemptions for vaccinated travellers. However, the devastating consequences of the shuttered tourist industry have been most painfully felt among its most vulnerable workers

Texas’ Seven-Day Ice Age Shows the Disparate Politics of Climate Change

Texas’ Seven-Day Ice Age Shows the Disparate Politics of Climate Change

By Camila Consolmagno & Frederick Thelen, LLB & BA International Relations Recently, the state of Texas suffered through a historical event already being termed the ‘2021 Texas Power Crisis.’ This, however, fails to convey the scale of the crisis. Energy in Texas is managed on a state level as it

Karim Khan: The controversial choice for Chief prosecutor

Karim Khan: The controversial choice for Chief prosecutor

By Nour Abu-Ismail BA Korean Studies and Development On 16 June 2021, Karim Ahmad Khan will begin his nine-year term as the newly elected Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Electing the third Chief Prosecutor of the ICC was both lengthy and discordant as member-states could not agree

Loujain is Liberated

Loujain is Liberated

By Fakhriya M. Suleiman, MA Global Media and Postnational Communication After spending 1001 days in prison, the prominent Saudi Arabian women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul was released on 10 February 2021. In May 2018 Al-Hathloul was arrested along with other prominent Saudi activists, such as Iman al-Nafjan, Aziza al-Yousef

Erdogan Cracks Down on Protests Against University Rector

Erdogan Cracks Down on Protests Against University Rector

By Adhya Moona, MA Global Media and Communications On 1 January, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed Melih Bulu as the new rector of Istanbul’s prestigious Bogazici University. Since then, students and faculty members have led peaceful protests against Bulu’s appointment, an academic who is a close

Can Covax help poorer countries to get access to Covid-19 vaccines?

Can Covax help poorer countries to get access to Covid-19 vaccines?

By Deniz Demirag, MSc Environment, Politics and Development The World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched a vaccine allocation plan with 156 countries, known as ‘Covax,’ to enable a rapid and fair global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. 64 higher-income countries have already joined the program, ensuring the research, purchase and distribution