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The University of Exeter’s academic politics journal, run by students.

What Factors Sustain the Tradition of Child Marriage, and Why Have Efforts to Eliminate It Faced Persistent Challenges?

Despite legal and community awareness, one of the world’s most grave atrocities - child marriage - continues to impact millions

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The Rise of Authoritarianism in Africa is Being Ignored

Over the course of the 21st Century, countries across Africa have experienced a serious democratic backslide. Uganda, Rwanda, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,

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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: The Rise of Election Prediction Markets

Prediction markets, once a niche part of the betting world, have evolved to become a multi-billion-dollar marketplace where users can

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Super Bowl LX Halftime Show: An All-American Performance

2026 Grammy winner Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) finally delivered his much-anticipated halftime performance as the Seattle Seahawks defeated

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What Could Grok Mean For the Future of Women’s Rights?

What Could Grok Mean For the Future of Women’s Rights?

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026
Opinion – Do the plans for “New Gaza” overshadow the issues at the centre of the conflict and peace process?

Opinion – Do the plans for “New Gaza” overshadow the issues at the centre of the conflict and peace process?

February 3, 2026February 3, 2026
Mark Carney: The Leader of the New Free World?

Mark Carney: The Leader of the New Free World?

February 2, 2026
Deep Dive: Trump’s Neocon Shift

Deep Dive: Trump’s Neocon Shift

December 4, 2025December 12, 2025
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Opinion: Impartial Media is Vital to a Functioning Democracy and Must Be Protected

January 13, 2026 By Mayumi Singh

In the last few months, it was revealed that the BBC had edited a video of Trump in January 2021 for a Panorama

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House of Cards: Ambitious Housing Policy Built on Shaky Foundations 

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 By Daniel Groves

As Starmer’s grip on government weakens, however, the construction of his overly optimistic solution to the UK’s housing crisis has revealed the policy’s uncertain foundations.

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Opinion: When will America let the Monroe Doctrine go?

December 15, 2025January 1, 2026 By Gemma Gradwell

The United States’ long history of interventionism in Latin America is no secret. From the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, which established Latin America as

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PMCs on Safari – How Russian Mercenary Groups are Shaping Geopolitics from within Africa

December 11, 2025December 12, 2025 By Joshua Robinson

The Africa Corps are back on tour! One might plausibly mistake this for Rommel’s infamous North Africa Campaign; however, this tribute act is instead a Kremlin-backed private military corporation. The African continent

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The rise of ‘muscular unionism’ on the British right and the future of devolution

December 10, 2025December 12, 2025 By Michael Mammadov

Following Tony Blair’s devolution reforms, decentralization was thought to be essential to creating stability and addressing nationalist sentiments outside of Westminster. Now, however,

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Opinion: the United States of America is a Hypocrite when it Comes to Rights and Young Girls are Paying the Price

December 10, 2025December 12, 2025 By Tate Jeffrey

The US is considered to be the leader of the free world; the country that protects the rights of its most vulnerable, speaks

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Could America Be Losing the Trade War With China? 

December 7, 2025December 12, 2025 By Joshua Cooreman

The trade war between the United States and China has been one of the defining economic conflicts of the past decade. It began

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#Central America #FEATURED #Latest #Politics #US Politics #World

Deep Dive: Trump’s Neocon Shift

December 4, 2025December 12, 2025 By Michael Mammadov

In 2024, Trump promised to bury the Republican Party’s discredited neoconservative foreign policy forever, pledging to end the new wars in Ukraine and

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#Africa #Africa #Justice #Latest #Politics #World

Who is Samia Suluhu Hassan and What is Happening in Tanzania?

December 4, 2025December 4, 2025 By Ria Brown-Aryee

President Samia Suluhu Hassan is the sixth president of the United Republic of Tanzania who assumed power in 2021 following the death of

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Opinion: In Defence of the Jury – Why Lammy’s Reforms Risk Justice

December 2, 2025December 5, 2025 By Freya Holland

Jury service is a civic duty, a connection to justice, and for many, our only encounter with the judiciary.

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