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Will Allen
Nov 2
The Conservative Party: Out into the Wilderness
Will Allen The Conservative party, the UK's, and arguably the worlds, most storied political party is drawing its protected leadership...
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Kavisha Manoj
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Caitlin Hoyland
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Alex Freeney
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Caitlin Hoyland
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Evie Taylor
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Warwick Think Tank
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Aditi Someshwar
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Udaya Pal
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Tipping Point: Rethinking Global Approaches to Afghanistan’s Taliban Regime
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Channon Heenan
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Mehul Chopra
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Innocence under Siege: The Plight of Gaza’s Children
By Mehul Chopra The Gaza Strip, a small, densely populated piece of land on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, is home to over 2...
Saarah Rahman
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Refugees in Limbo:Confronting Discrimination and Institutional Racism in Europe's Immigration Crisis
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Abhay Venkitaraman
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A Leaky Bucket: How Britain’s Consumption Tax System Undermines its Economy
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Syed Hussain
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The Price of Imperialism : Israel, Oil, and the looming Global Recession
By Syed Hussain The Israel-Palestine war has profound and wide-ranging implications for the global economy that extend far beyond its...
Kavisha Manoj
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Editorial: Holes in Doughnut Economics?
By Kavisha Manoj Despite the deep entrenchment of neoclassical economics, the past 2 decades have seen a variety of alternative economic...
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Re-Envisioning the Command Economy
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By Tauseef Parkar After a 146-day standoff, the writers' strike finally came to an end. On September 24, the Writers Guild of America...
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