Can policymakers expect people to comply with official health restrictions out of fear rather than because they trust the government? Dr Ben Seyd asks in … Read more
Month: April 2022
Hitting the Diversity Mark
The School of Politics and International Relations became involved in the Diversity Mark Project in 2020, reviewing the reading lists of many of our school … Read more
Book Launch: Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century
Paul Rogers joins Neophytos Loizides on campus on Wednesday 11th May in the Templeman Lecture Theatre to discuss the latest edition of his seminal book. … Read more
How did Macron win the 2022 Presidential election?
1. Tacking to the right 2. Trying to keep left-wing voters on board 3. Re-elected for a historic second term… 4. …off the back of … Read more
Should the PM be investigated for lying over ‘partygate’?
Broadcast: Matthew Goodwin joins the BBC 2 Politics Live panel discussing the news of the day on this lively PMQ’s edition from Westminster. Professor Matt … Read more
Putin’s revolt against liberal modernity
The invasion of Ukraine is the culmination of a long period of increasing tension between Russia and the West, writes Richard Sakwa in The Loop. … Read more
Europe after the War in Ukraine: Hans Kundnani in conversation with Professor Richard Whitman
Academics and students attended this event, touching on the EU’s development; the social market economy; Germany’s European hegemony, and of course the ongoing war Ukraine. … Read more
Responding to a Crisis
Antonia Benincasa, along with five other delegates, represented the School of Politics at this years Model Nato conference. She blogs about the experience here. This … Read more
Putin is following the Bosnia playbook
The seeds of his Ukraine conflict were visible in the wars in former Yugoslavia, Dr Philip Cunliffe writes in UnHerd Dr Philip Cunliffe writes in UnHerd … Read more
March News RoundUp
Congratulations, Interrupted. The last two years of graduation celebrations have been suspended due to the global pandemic but we finally got to celebrate the achievements … Read more