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

Who is Iran’s New Supreme Leader?

On the 28th February 2026, Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was killed.  The attack, coined ‘Operation Epic Fury’, was a joint

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Opinion: Smoke, Mirrors, and Epst*en class: How War and Scandal Serve the Same Master

The Epstein files. The bombs over Tehran. The cost of your weekly shop. These aren't separate stories. They're the same story — and they've been telling it for decades.

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Regime Change from the Air: What It Means and Has It Worked in the Past?

Two weeks ago, the United States launched a series of airstrikes against Iranian military assets, framing the intervention as an

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Shadow Fleets and Teapot Refineries – The Shady Fuel of Chinese Growth

From the Persian Gulf to the Shandong Province, shadow fleets and teapot refineries are part of a strategy to fuel Chinese growth.

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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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A triumph for gender fluidity? Expanding the scope of those protected under the Equality Act 2010

February 17, 2021February 23, 2021 By Jess Woodrow

The Equality Act 2010 provides a legal framework against discrimination, victimisation and harassment, but which individuals does it serve to protect? Whilst part

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Is it time to resurrect ‘One Nation Labour’?

February 17, 2021October 10, 2021 By Daniel Chappel

The first phase of Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour party is nearing completion and many commentators are asking what lies ahead.

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Trump’s acquittal: The failure of the Republican Party

February 16, 2021October 10, 2021 By Lauren Taylor

On Sunday, it was announced that Donald Trump had been acquitted in the impeachment process from the charge of incitement of insurrection. This

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TikTok and democracy

February 12, 2021October 10, 2021 By Will Howe

One day, TikTok might go the way of Vine, and face a tragic death, living on only through links that occasionally crop up online that

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Navalny protests

February 8, 2021February 17, 2021 By Diana Jalea

On the 5th of February, the Kremlin expelled three diplomats from Germany, Sweden, and Poland; after alledging that they partook in the protests

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Reopening schools isn’t enough

February 4, 2021February 17, 2021 By Will Howe

Schools have been closed on and off since March last year, opening at some points before and after summer but mostly with some

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Politics & Personality: Examining political behaviou​r

February 2, 2021October 10, 2021 By Lauren Taylor

Ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus, while studying human personality, ​identified that behaviours in seemingly unrelated scenarios are linked and can be explained through underlying

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The EU’s complicity in the Uyghur genocide

February 1, 2021October 10, 2021 By John Merlin

On the 1st of January 2021, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and CCP leader Xi Jinping signed the China-EU Comprehensive Plan

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Looking past the number of the Holocaust

January 28, 2021February 17, 2021 By Will Howe

Over six million lives were taken in the Holocaust, every one of those lives an individual with their own thoughts, feeling and hopes

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Political exposure and mental health

January 26, 2021October 10, 2021 By Lauren Taylor

As a Politics student, not only do I spend every day studying political issues, I also write political articles for The Witness, such

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