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Ben Ansell elected as a Fellow of the British Academy
20 July 2018
Ben Ansell, Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, has been elected as Fellow of the British Academy, in recognition of his work in the field of comparative political economics, specifically the politics of education, the interplay between inequality and democratisation, and the effects of housing price booms and busts on political preferences....
The Threat to Democracy from the Centre
20 June 2018
It is not the far left or the far right which is least supportive of democracy, argues DPIR alumnus David Adler in the New York Times....
The end of the Cold War to today's dangerous tensions with Russia
20 June 2018
Professor Archie Brown reviews Michael McFaul's political memoir,' From Cold War to Hot Peace' for the Washington Post on how US-Russia relations have descended into mutual distrust....
Sophie Smith wins APSA award
19 June 2018
Sophie Smith, Associate Professor of Political Theory, has won the Best Paper Award from the Foundations of Political Thought section of the American Political Science Association for her paper ‘Okin, Rawls and the Politics of Political Theory’....
Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship Award
14 June 2018
Professor Rosemary Foot has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship for research into China's approach to Human Protection and its image as a responsible great power....
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The Interplay between Outer Space Security and Terrestrial Global Security
US president Donald Trump recently announced the establishing of a “Space Force,” a new branch of the military to project US military might into outer space. In doing so, he...