Ballots & Bullets

In this second post in the Picturing Politics series Dr Andrew Mumford looks at the recent bombings in Boston. He questions the impact that labelling the bombings ‘terrorism’ will have on our understanding of what constitutes an act of terrorism. Dr Mumford also looks at the implications of the bombings for US foreign and security objectives.

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Eurosceptiscm is gaining attention and support in the UK, and perhaps throughout Europe. Although this appears to be a European problem, any wavering in the stability of the European Union will have widespread effects on the global political economy. In the following post I examine eurosceptiscm from an American standpoint, and assesses how and why the United …