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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

AFRICONOMICS:ECO and its Discontents in West Africa

AFRICONOMICS:ECO and its Discontents in West Africa

By Umar Rahman, Bsc Developmental Economics Plans are underway for 15 West African states (collective population of 385 million) to adopt the single monetary system Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), commonly known as ECO. With ECO due to be implemented in 2020, now is as good a time

Boris Johnson: A Representative of the People?

Boris Johnson: A Representative of the People?

By Chloë Cochran, BA Global Popular Music It’s a trying time to be alive. We are in a climate catastrophe, it seems that violence is more rampant than ever, Brexit is the biggest disaster since the inflation of Freddos and a man resembling a Cheeto in a tupe is

Stop trying to make a Saudi-Iran war happen. It’s not going to happen.

Stop trying to make a Saudi-Iran war happen. It’s not going to happen.

Or actually it might. But just stop trying to make it happen. Looking at you United States. By Maya Reus, MA Near and Middle Eastern Studies with Intensive Language Remember when in the movie Mean Girls, a bunch of girls wrote this ‘burn book’? The book was filled with rumours,

MODI HAS PLAYED HIS LAST CARD

MODI HAS PLAYED HIS LAST CARD

By Hafsah Noor, MSc Middle East Politics Four months ago, India celebrated with a flush of national pride as Narendra Modi of the Hindu nationalist, far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This was his second time being sworn in as Indian Prime Minister, after winning a landslide victory in the May

Iraq demonstration

Endless Arab Spring?

Arzu Abbasova, BA International Relations Again, we are faced with a scenario akin to the Arab Spring almost 8 years later but with the new youth. Recently, the Middle East has been convulsed by growing protests in several countries, namely Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq. In Egypt, protests erupted in response

Is Bolsonaro to Blame for the Amazon Fires?

Is Bolsonaro to Blame for the Amazon Fires?

Gabriel Huland, PhD Media Studies The Amazon forest in Brazil has been burning for a long time. Although we are seeing the sharpest increase of fires in years, the destruction and looting of the largest reservoir of biodiversity in the world is not a recent phenomenon. Since 2015, when the