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Explainer: Paul Givan resigns – why and what it means for the DUP

By Grace Shore Banks | 07 February 2022

The DUP have taken the decision to withdraw Paul Givan from his role as First Minister of Northern Ireland. Why did this happen and what … Read more

The Ukraine Crisis, Civil Liberties and The Politics of Fear

By Grace Shore Banks | 03 February 2022

As Plan B Covid measures are finally lifted Phillip Cunliffe pens Telegraph opinion piece about government ‘doom-mongering’ and political opportunism. In the week that Covid … Read more

The beginning of the end for Johnson?

By Grace Shore Banks | 03 February 2022

UK PM Boris Johnson apologises in The House over anger at lockdown drinks party, Professor Matthew Goodwin comments on Johnson’s position in the Conservative party, … Read more

Belgioioso wins the Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Award

By Grace Shore Banks | 02 February 2022

Dr Margerita Belgioioso will research Rebel Tactics, Local Public Support and the Upcoming Phase of the Peace Talks in Southern Thailand Dr. Margherita Belgioioso has … Read more

A Significant Risk of Invasion or the Start of a Diplomatic Process?

By Grace Shore Banks | 31 January 2022

The UK government has uncovered a plot to install a new regime in Ukraine. Moscow has dismissed the accusations. Professor of Russian and European Politics … Read more

Biden’s First Year: The Promise and Peril of Executive-Centered Partisanship.

By Grace Shore Banks | 27 January 2022

Professor Sidney Milkis delivers Keynote Lecture at 48th PSA American Politics Group Annual Conference. The 48th annual conference of the American Politics Group of the … Read more

Model NATO is back -how can you get involved?

By Grace Shore Banks | 25 January 2022

The simulation event Model NATO returns, taking place at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London on 11th March.  Learn how you can become … Read more

‘A Slow-Motion Cuban Missile Crisis’ in the making

By Grace Shore Banks | 21 January 2022

The recent mobilisation of Russian troops ‘all comes back to NATO enlargement’, Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European Politics tells BBC Radio Kent. Russia’s … Read more

Russian-led forces deployed to Kazakhstan to help curb current unrest.

By Grace Shore Banks | 18 January 2022

Broadcast: Professor Richard Sakwa, interviewed by Al Jazeera about the deployment of Russian-led forces to Kazakhstan to help curb current unrest. Russian-led forces sent to … Read more

‘Complexity, resilience and the political: understanding the many crises in Belarus’

By Grace Shore Banks | 18 January 2022

Prof. Elena Korosteleva gives the keynote address at the 7th Annual Conference on Belarusian Studies Prof. Elena Korosteleva has been invited to give the keynote … Read more

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