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‘The Lip to the Teeth’ of China: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Its Neighbour

by Tehyun Ma on October 17, 2017

Earlier this summer US President Trump lambasted China in a tweet: ‘They do nothing for us,’ he wrote, but ‘just talk’. China, Trump indicated, had been too soft on North Korea’s nuclear adventurism. Yet China’s

Doomsday Clock: Two minutes and 30 second closer to catastrophe

by Eirini Karamouzi on February 2, 2017

On 26 January 2017, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) held their annual unveiling of the Doomsday Clock, moving its

What history can’t tell us about the future: Non-predictions for a Trumpy world

by Martin Brown on January 20, 2017

Europe faces a clear and present danger. NATO and the Russian Federation are facing off in the eastern Baltic. Rival

2016 – the end for opinion polls?

by Lucy Bell on December 5, 2016

In 2016, both the British EU referendum and the US Presidential election delivered shock results that defied the wisdom of

Post-Trump, Post-Truth: Post-Mortem?

by Aaron Ackerley on November 23, 2016

Oxford dictionaries have just announced their 2016 word of the year: ‘Post-truth’. This is apt, given the ever expanding chorus

Drawing conclusions on Trump: How do you caricature a caricature?

by Imen Neffati on November 21, 2016

The 2011 Correspondents' Dinner is thought to be the significant moment that spurred the reality TV star and real estate mogul Donald Trump to run for Presidency. That evening, Trump was the target of both President