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Dr Annette Idler analyses the potential knock-on effects of Venezuela’s crisis in the Washington Post
10 August 2017
Venezuela seems locked in a downward political and economic spiral, but what happens in Venezuela has far broader implications for international security...
Ruth Dixon looks at how the way legislation is amended can make scrutiny difficult
08 August 2017
Ruth Dixon has co-authored an article (12 July) for the PSA Parliaments Group blog examining the challenges to parliamentary scrutiny that are presented when a bill is heavily amended....
Louise Fawcett examines four myths about states and sovereignty in the Middle East
07 August 2017
Louise Fawcett has written an article (18 July) for the International Affairs journal blog, titled ‘Failed or just fragile? Four myths about states and sovereignty in the Middle East’....
European Memory: Universalising the Past?
02 August 2017
The European Review of History—Revue européenne d’histoire is an international journal covering European history of all centuries and subdisciplines. It aims to create a forum for ideas from across Europe, to encourage the most innovatory research, to make diverse historiographies better known and to practically assist exchanges between young historians. Félix Krawatzek has co-edited this issue, and has written an article for it entitled 'Made in France? The (re-)invention of ‘Mai 68’'....
Professor Richard Caplan writes on the study of violent conflict and the practice of peacebuilding
20 July 2017
Richard Caplan has written an article for e-International Relations (20 July) entitled ‘Studying Conflict and Practicing Peacebuilding’, about the relationship between the study of conflict and the actual practice of peacebuilding....
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If women ruled the world, would it be so different? From differentialism to a focus on ideology
A performance featured during the summer at the Manchester International Festival attempted to tackle the following timeless question: if women ruled the world, would they...