America and Kurdistan’s “enduring bond”
Last week, during a surprise trip to Iraq, Vice President Pence praised what he called the “enduring bond that exists between the Kurdish people and the people of the United States.” It is not...
Category: Politics
Why a Conservative General Election win would be a disaster for Britain
General Election campaigning is in full swing in the UK at the moment. There are leaflets through postboxes, knocks on the door at inopportune moments and endless TV and radio coverage. Every...
Why Labour’s plans to renationalise certain public services make economic sense
Kevin Albertson, Manchester Metropolitan University The UK Labour Party says it intends to nationalise a number of key public services. The full plans are not yet released but there has been talk of...
Euphrates Shield to Peace Spring: Turkey’s incremental dismantlement of Syrian Kurdish autonomy
Turkey’s latest incursion into Syria is the latest part of a broader strategy Ankara has been implementing in northern Syria. This strategy is one of incrementally dividing and invading Syria’s...
Riot Police invade the Economic University of Athens: the escalation of police extremism continues
Unsettling news came from Greece on Monday when riot police invaded the Economic University of Athens. The police threw chemicals at the crowds of university students protesting against the newly...
5 ways the Tories screwed up the first week of their General Election campaign
The UK’s General Election campaigning is in full swing and debates about who to vote for dominate social media. As each party, large and small, comes up with policies and strategies, they polish...
Is Belarus distancing itself from Russia?
Russia is struggling to keep Belarus in its geopolitical orbit. Minsk, on the other hand, is keen on keeping as much of its sovereignty as possible. The two-decade-old alliance between the two...
Revisiting The Campaign: How a 2012 Comedy Foreshadowed Our Current Political Environment
Will Ferrell had a string of memorable comedies in the 2000s-2010s from the likes of Anchorman, Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. There are several other films you can probably list that he did in...
#WednesdayWisdom: The Donald J. Trump Haunted House
This blessed Halloween season, what do you get for the man who has it all? What do you get for someone who already has the presidency, a very exciting if a bit shaky interpretation of reality, and an...
What Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal really means
Boris Johnson has got a Brexit deal! After weeks of frantic speculation about whether or not we would crash out of Europe on the 31st October without a deal, this has been a somewhat unexpected...