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

Can’t Afford To, Can’t Afford No To

It is fashionable to say that defence of the realm is a governments most important duty. There is a chivalric,

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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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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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Voting in the local elections: everything you need to know

February 20, 2021February 23, 2021 By Will Howe

In May, should things with coronavirus go to plan, the local elections will be taking place across the country, giving many people either

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Welsh independence: was a dream, now a reality?

February 19, 2021October 10, 2021 By William Christmas

The notion of Welsh independence was a mere dream for most supporters, even just five years ago at the last Senedd elections in

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China’s ban of BBC World News

February 18, 2021February 20, 2021 By Rosie Wiggin

With China’s questionable coronavirus figures, the Uyghur ‘re-education’ camps and the recent banning of The BBC’s World News Channel in China, the question

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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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