22nd June 2020

Exploring Solutions in How to Deal with Colonial Statues

It started with George Floyd, but this wasn’t the beginning. Anti-police brutality protests turned to anti-racism protests and have since begun to…

22nd June 2020

How and why recent protests have escalated into violence 

The unparalleled global reaction to the May 25th death of George Floyd has put a spotlight not just on why we protest but…

10th July 2020

Implications and impacts of merging the Foreign Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development

When elected, one of the powers available to the Prime Minister is the ability to merge, disband and establish new departments.1 This…

28th July 2020

Russia in Focus

The Intelligence and Security Committee in Parliament published their report on Tuesday 21st July, outlining the threat of Russian interference on UK…

18th August 2020

Governing Space as a New Warfighting Domain – Part One: Countries and Capabilities

In 2018, Professor Michael Schmitt, a lecturer at Exeter University and space war expert, claimed that ‘it is absolutely inevitable that we…

21st August 2020

Civilian Nuclear Programmes in the Middle East

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched operations at its Barakah plant on the Gulf Coast just east of Qatar.1 Nuclear fission…

25th August 2020

Governing Space as a New Warfighting Domain – Part Two: Consequences and Governance

As mentioned in Part One, with space technology becoming progressively more accessible to a wider range of states, the need for a…

4th September 2020

The Return of Extinction Rebellion

“XR’s Back – Sound the Alarm!” [1] Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) have announced a return to protesting against climate change…