By Vladimir Rauta
Storming out of Syria and taking control of key cities in a matter of days, the Islamic state of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has shown that Iraq’s … Read the rest
By Vladimir Rauta
Storming out of Syria and taking control of key cities in a matter of days, the Islamic state of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has shown that Iraq’s … Read the rest
In Western media reports, the Western province of Xinjiang is always prefaced with the world “restive”. The region is roughly the same size as Western Europe, with a population … Read the rest
Michael Gove and Theresa May are not the best of friends at the moment, according to a recent piece in The Guardian. Their falling out over the so-called … Read the rest
With the elections in India over, it’s time to revisit our #IndiaVotes2014 blogpost series organised by Professor Katharine Adeney for Ballots and Bullets and IAPS!
1) The Continuing … Read the rest
New on the Bookshelf: Spying on the World: The Declassified Documents of the Joint Intelligence Committee, 1936-2013. This is a documentary history of how intelligence influenced Britain’s policy response to … Read the rest
It’s been one year since selected media outlets began publishing Edward Snowden’s stolen intelligence documents.
At first glance they present a frightening picture of Anglo-American surveillance; of GCHQ … Read the rest
This is the thirty-seventh in a series of posts that report on the state of the parties as measured by opinion polls. By pooling together all the available polling evidence … Read the rest
Airpower and War in the 21st Century
University of Nottingham; Centre for Conflict, Security and Terrorism (CST) Workshop; Friday, 13th June 2014
Location: Institute for Aerospace Technology; University … Read the rest
The results of the 2014 Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu showed that regional parties continue to dominate politics in the state. The headline story is the remarkable victory of … Read the rest
The photo (above) is of the Radio 4 and 5 election night studio, at some point in the early hours of Friday morning, as the local election results trickled in. … Read the rest