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Opinion: Gaza – Commodification of a Crisis

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025 By Gemma Gradwell

Trump’s policy on Palestine has long been incoherent, ill-considered, and illogical – much like his foreign policy elsewhere. Red flags were raised after

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Opinion: Gaza, Ceasefire, and Peace 

February 25, 2025 By Ali Aldawood

When I heard about the ceasefire on January 19, I was relieved. I wanted to hold on to my relief for as long

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Opinion: Will the Policies of Trump’s Administration, Over the Next Four Years, Resolve Global Tensions or Make them Worse?

February 21, 2025February 20, 2025 By Antonia Heath

Donald Trump appears to be adamant that he holds the ability and power to end two of the conflicts gripping the world today: the Russo-Ukraine war

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Opinion: From Liberation to Limitation – The Stark Change for Afghan Women Post-2021

December 6, 2024December 5, 2024 By Antonia Heath

The focus now shifts from how this situation has occurred, to how can it be revised, and what the future for Afghanistan will look like without half the population. 

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Opinion: What next for Iran? The Election of Pezeshkian

November 18, 2024November 19, 2024 By Henry Anderson

Pezeshkian is the first reformist president in almost two decades, promising change in Iran. But has this happened? What has or has not changed? And what is next for Iran?

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Opinion: Battle in the Red Sea – How Control Over the Region is Affecting Wider Conflicts

October 23, 2024 By Caspian Davies

The situation in the Middle East is going from bad to worse. What began as retaliation for Hamas’ attacks on Israel on October 7th has

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Opinion: Battle in the Red Sea, the Problem That is not Going Away

March 2, 2024March 2, 2024 By Caspian Davies

The ongoing violence in the Red Sea continues to be a headache for Western leaders as Houthi rebels continue their attacks in the

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Iran and Pakistan’s Baluchistan Problem

February 14, 2024February 13, 2024 By George Thomas

The surprising and somewhat unexpected recent exchange of airstrikes between Iran and Pakistan is attributable to their shared problem of the Baluchistan region.

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Economics of Warfare: The Asymmetric Costs of the Yemen Strikes

January 27, 2024February 5, 2024 By Ruby Fry

In response to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the Houthis have been targeting international maritime vessels passing through the Red Sea.

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Opinion: Ethnic Cleansing and Collective Forgetfulness

January 23, 2024January 24, 2024 By Mar Mengual Gonzalez

Following the impressive and multitudinous march organised by the Exeter Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) last Saturday, which drew the largest crowd on the

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