On early morning of October 26th, 2002, Russian special forces stormed Dubrovka Threater to free hundreds of civilian hostages captured by Chechen separatists. As a part of this infamous operation, Russians used a gaseous compound – an incapacitating chemical agent – that caused the death of over one hundred hostages. While there are still many […]
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China’s global media expansion is one of the latest signs of the continued rise of the Middle Kingdom. As the tentacles of Chinese media expand far and wide, there is now a debate on whether Beijing’s global media reach has helped China spread its influence and boost its soft power abroad. For many observers, the […]
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Traitor accusations are becoming increasingly widespread in western and international politics and media. Who are the modern ‘enemies within’ and what are the contexts in which they appear?
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How the partial colonisation of Afghanistan and its ‘frontier status’ has generated discourses of state failure, and how this has led to the construal of Afghanistan as a zone of exception and of permanent crisis.
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The Politics Prize was announced at the 2017 Political Studies Association Conference
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These pieces attracted a lot of readers.
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Every Year Politics awards a prize for the best article published in the previous year's print volume. The nominations for the best article published in 2016 are...
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How much ‘authority’ do local authorities have when it comes to climate policy-making? And how does this relate to the reasons why local government was set up in the first place?
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While Confucius Institutes as more instruments of propaganda, nevertheless they present a specific version of China to global audiences.
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The winners of the Politics Prizes for best research article published in 2015 and best learning and teaching article published in 2014/15 were announced at last night's Political Studies Association Conference Dinner. The prizes go to...
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