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From Trolleys to Tree Loss
Why does the UK’s consumption still fuel Indonesia’s deforestation? Imagine grabbing a KitKat or a bottle of shampoo from the shop, totally clueless that it’s helping flatten Indonesian rainforests of areas bigger than Manchester. British supermarkets are stuffed with palm oil, soy, and timber from these rainforests, and the shopping habits keep the chainsaws busy!  Parliament called it out: agricultural expansion like palm oil plantations is the top driver of deforestation

Allene Florence Fadhilah
2 days ago3 min read


Twenty Years to Settlement
How the UK’s new asylum system is reshaping the the futures of refugees

Tinsae Seifu
Nov 293 min read


The Red Scare: How Labour can use geopolitics to win the next election
Leveraging National Security to Reshape Britain’s Political Landscape

Harrison Mole
Nov 264 min read


COP30 at a Crossroads
What the absence of the superpowers means for the future of global climate cooperation

Lucy Campbell
Nov 173 min read


Sunak was right to pitch mandatory conscription
Gen Z are a generation hungry for responsibility, perhaps this is something the state should provideÂ

Hubert Kucharski
Oct 124 min read


UK Democracy Is Defenceless Against Encrypted Propaganda
New report warns that outdated laws leave Britain wide open to AI-driven disinformation and foreign influence campaigns.

Leeds Policy Institute
May 222 min read


Navigating the String of Pearls
Strategies for India to Secure the Indian Ocean

Ethan Templeton
Mar 1611 min read


Tickled Pink for Trump
The incessant cries of ‘America First’ can only be associated with one man: President Donald Trump

Natasha Dawson
Jan 304 min read


Beyond the Nuclear Deal
Trump, the JCPOA, and Nuclear Deterrence

Orestis Prionidis
Nov 26, 20244 min read


Lessons from Kabul
Assessing the failures of nation-building in Afghanistan

Orestis Prionidis
Jul 23, 20245 min read


United We Stand?
How Wales’ Position in the UK Needs to Change
Scott Harris
Apr 8, 20245 min read


Rebels, Not Gangsters? Haiti’s Political Crisis
The gangs in Haiti have always been intrinsically political.
Liam Greenacre
Mar 23, 20243 min read


More BRICS in the Great Wall of China
it is clear that the BRICS expansion will have a great effect on the state of global power relations
Scott Harris
Feb 12, 20243 min read


A New Silk Road
Why we need to match China’s investment Odyssey in Sub-Saharan Africa

Orestis Prionidis
Feb 4, 20244 min read


Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Legal Scrutiny in Gaza
This article has been reviewed by David Litman, JD and Middle East expert

Shmuel von Weisl
Jan 12, 20244 min read


Gaza Reveals Cracks in the West’s Ideals of Justice
To reclaim global legitimacy, the West must confront its own double standards and uphold international law consistently
Jeffrey Zhao
Dec 17, 20234 min read
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