{"id":4267,"date":"2022-02-01T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=4267"},"modified":"2022-02-01T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T10:30:09","slug":"january-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2022\/02\/01\/january-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"January News RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Biden has seen in his first year as President of the U.S., Putin has been mobilising troops on the border of Ukraine and in the UK everyone is wondering -can Johnson survive?! Our world leading experts have been commenting on it all whilst our students have been thoroughly preparing themselves to get amongst it. All in our January RoundUp. <\/p>\n<h2>Friendship, Empowerment and Travel<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2017 Th\u00e9ophane Gauthier discovered the European Youth Parliament not thinking that his discovery would be life-changing. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/4257\/the-european-youth-parliament\">Read about his experience<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Five of our students participated in the Model United Nations Conference with 80 students from all over the United Kingdom at this annual weekend. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/4240\/warmun-2021-suits-snow-and-security-council\">Read about the event<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Get involved<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The simulation event Model NATO is back, taking place at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office in London on 11th March. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/4325\/model-nato-is-back-how-can-you-get-involved\">Learn how you can become one of our delegates<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Running from February 4th to the 6th, The KentMUN will be hosting its Annual Conference in conjunction with the University of Kent\u2019s Model UN Society. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/4279\/announcing-the-kentmun-conference-2022\">Find out more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Members of the Politics and International Relations faculty recommended some \u2018Must See\u2019 viewing to help us through the dark wintery months. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/4270\/the-watch-list\">View the list<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Interviews and invites<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The recent mobilisation of Russian troops \u2018all comes back to NATO enlargement\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2273\/sakwa-richard\">Richard Sakwa<\/a>, Professor of Russian and European Politics has been commenting on the situation on the border of Ukraine.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2022\/01\/31\/a-significant-risk-of-invasion-or-the-start-of-a-diplomatic-process\/\">Listen here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/517\/korosteleva-elena\">Professor Elena Korosteleva<\/a>\u00a0has been invited to give the keynote address at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kent.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2a4f98a5230cfb7306dc1d665&amp;id=b5540bd6aa&amp;e=e96d1defeb\">7th Annual Conference on Belarusian Studies<\/a>, 18-19 February 2022. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/4311\/complexity-resilience-and-the-political-understanding-the-many-crises-in-belarus\">Find out more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Professor Richard Sakwa was interviewed by Al Jazeera about the deployment of Russian-led forces to Kazakhstan to help curb current unrest. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/4314\/russian-led-forces-deployed-to-kazakhstan-to-help-curb-current-unrest\">Watch here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The 48th annual conference of the American Politics Group of the UK Political Studies Association took place at the end of January. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/4338\/bidens-first-year-the-promise-and-peril-of-executive-centered-partisanship\">Find out more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Can he survive?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Conservative Party were doing badly in the polls before the latest No 10 Party came to light. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2271\/whitman-richard-g\">Professor Richard Whitman<\/a> gives his expert comment on BBC Radio Kent.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/4260\/can-he-survive-this\"> Listen here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2268\/morgan-jones-edward\">Dr Ed Morgan Jones<\/a> co-authored a piece on the Prime minister powers to call early elections on the UCL constitution unit blog.<\/li>\n<li>After the PM admitted to attending a Downing Street lockdown drinks party, and so far has resisted calls to resign. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/512\/goodwin-matthew\">Professor Matthew Goodwin<\/a> discusses the pressure from within the Conservative Party on CBNC. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/4307\/partygate-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-boris-johnson\">Watch here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\">Keep up to date with the latest news from the School of Politics and International Relations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden has seen in his first year as President of the U.S., Putin has been mobilising troops on the border of Ukraine and in the &hellip; <a 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