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Taking Aid Outside of Politics

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”@intlpolitical” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button”] The Labour Party is now ramping up a campaign, backed by the Private Members Bill, to leg...

by Damien Dacey

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Putting ‘Brains On The Ground’: Why Is Britain Sending Military Advisors To Ukraine?

One month after the US announced its decision to send a military training mission to the Ukraine, the British government has announced that 75 military advisors will also be sent to support the Ukrainian military. Backing the U...

by Thomas Colley

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All Quiet on the Syrian Front: But Who are the Winners and Losers?

The rhetoric has been scaled-back. Potentially embarrassing Congressional votes have been avoided. Multinational conflict has (for now) become an unlikely possibility. In fact, since the chemical arms agreement with Syria was s...

by Miro Ralston

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Is Salmond Going To Open Pandora’s Box?

By virtue of the Edinburgh Agreement (2012) signed by the British Prime Minister and Scotland’s First Minister; on the 18th of September, the people of Scotland are going to decide whether they will remain in the United Kingd...

by Kasia Gilewska

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Austerity Christmas: Is It Really Possible?

I can’t be the only person who tries and fails every year to simplify, reduce and minimise Christmas expenditure. And this impulse isn’t just born out of financial necessity. The huge excesses of gifts, food, and money d...

by Jenny Fawson

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Neither War Nor Peace

As separatists in Eastern Ukraine hoist new Donetsk Republic flags over captured government buildings, Russia masses 40,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, and the Ukrainian acting President puts his nation’s forces on com...

by Cole Pearce

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The Logic of Our Sex Laws, Part 1: An Overview

Slag, skag-head, hooker, ho, trafficked, trapped, bullied, abused… The visions created by the mention of prostitution – and the levels of compassion or contempt they illicit – can vary wildly from one person to the n...

by Urban Times

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UK’s Thorny Road To 2020 Renewable Energy Targets

From the heart of North Yorkshire, a dark plume of smoke rises to the sky. The black stele comes from the chimneys of Drax Power Station, which burns more coal than any other power plant in Britain, and more wood than any other...

by Carlos Arturo

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Changemaker of the Week: Wacky Rymel and Beat The Streets

Faced with the high crime rate of his local community, an estate in Hackney, East London, 16 year old Wacky Rymel grabbed an opportunity with two hands. Dancing since the age of 6, Wacky felt that much of the gun and knife crim...

by Jessica Trevis

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Taking Aid Outside of Politics

Putting ‘Brains On The Ground’: Why Is Britain Sending Military Advisors To Ukraine?

All Quiet on the Syrian Front: But Who are the Winners and Losers?

Is Salmond Going To Open Pandora’s Box?

Austerity Christmas: Is It Really Possible?

Neither War Nor Peace

The Logic of Our Sex Laws, Part 1: An Overview

UK’s Thorny Road To 2020 Renewable Energy Targets

Changemaker of the Week: Wacky Rymel and Beat The Streets

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