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Boycott, Disinvestment, Sanction and Debate

Boycott, Disinvestment, Sanction and Debate

For, Anonymous Seventy years, three wars, two peace accords, countless ceasefires and casualties later, little has changed for the Palestinian people. Through continuous violence, compromise and half-hearted plurality, Israeli land grabbing and humanitarian violations seem to be the only constants. Amid the graveyard of failed policies and crippled resolutions, a

The Silent Majority: Why Iranians Didn't Vote

The Silent Majority: Why Iranians Didn't Vote

By Joshua Mock, BA Arabic and Persian On 21 February Iranians voted in the Republic’s eleventh parliamentary elections, yielding a landslide victory for conservatives in the 290-Seat majlis. However, the country saw its lowest turn-out since the 1979 Revolution with ballot boxes being boycotted by reformists. The mass disqualification

The Bernie Miracle: Can Sanders Win the Elections?

The Bernie Miracle: Can Sanders Win the Elections?

By Rose Sauvage de Brantes, BA English and Japanese In the past weeks, an unlikely candidate has propelled himself into solid frontrunner status among the Democrats in the U.S. presidential elections. Since his overwhelming victory in Nevada. Bernie Sanders has morphed into the most likely rival to Donald Trump

Government unveils new points based immigration system

Government unveils new points based immigration system

By Ryan Prosser, BA Chinese (Modern and Classical) The Government has set out its stall for immigration beyond Brexit. The proposals, which will come into effect at the end of the Brexit transition period, will see EU citizens who previously benefited from freedom of movement, treated equally with those from

From the case of Rockets: how China is forcing international corporations to bow

From the case of Rockets: how China is forcing international corporations to bow

By Chung Man Leung, MSc International Politics More than a decade ago when China joined the World Trade Organization and showed an indication as a rising global superpower, some scholars came up with the China threat theory, mainly stated that China would eventually turn into a big threat to global

On the shallowness and ignorance of present-day environmental activists

On the shallowness and ignorance of present-day environmental activists

By Rose Sauvage de Brantes, BA English and Japanese “What can a group of children possibly know about science?”- “Speeches are nice but it won’t help to change the world. Go back to school.” and “It’s too late now”. Those are the comments one can frequently find

History Matters: Iran

History Matters: Iran

By Jane Doe Iran has recently been in the news, embroiled in a dizzying array of geopolitical events, tragedies, and exchanges. The progression of events has been rapid fire, difficult to keep up with and even more difficult to understand in a way that doesn’t perpetuate problematic biases or