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How Many Times Do We Have To Teach You This Lesson, Old Man? - Or, Why Do Politicians Get Things Wrong?
Oliver Haythorne gives their take on that age old question - why do politicians make mistakes which, to many of us, seem pretty obvious?
Oliver Haythorne
May 148 min read
The Growing Beef over Lab-Grown Meat: Ecomodernist Visions, Populist Paranoia, and Food Politics
Sam Peterson evaluates the state of the cultivated meat sector, and its position in the crossfire of ecomodernist and populist political struggles
Sam Peterson
May 78 min read
Supreme geopolitical flirt: what’s the meaning of Saudi Arabia’s shift towards multi-alignment?
Courtenay Crow investigates why Saudi Arabia are increasingly cosying up to the strategic opponents of their old ally, the USA.
Courtenay Crow
Apr 3011 min read
Spider Man thinks there should be more (just) war, and so should you: Responsibility to Protect and its extraordinary possibilities
Thomas Britton outlines the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, and its extraordinary possibilities for how we perceive international relations past, present, and future
Thomas Britton
Apr 2312 min read
Riggs or Rigged? North Carolina Republicans are trying to overturn a statewide election, with ominous implications for 2026 and beyond.
Harrison Moore investigates a North Carolina Republican attempt to overturn a statewide election and the ominous implications of this for 2026 and beyond.
Harrison Moore
Apr 158 min read
Posting Through It: Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak’s Social Media Strategy on Twitter in the 2024 General Election
Oliver Haythorne analyses Starmer and Sunak's attempts at self-fashioning via Twitter before the 2024 election, and why they failed.
Oliver Haythorne
Apr 912 min read
Predictions not Prophecies: The Perils of Forecasting Recessions
Sam Peterson argues that predicting recessions is more nuanced than often assumed, and outlines measures we can adopt to find the best ones
Sam Peterson
Apr 28 min read
Damascene Convert, Political Chameleon, or al-Qaeda Devotee? Who is Ahmed al-Sharaa?
Courtenay Crow breaks down the mystery that is Ahmed al-Sharaa's Jekyll-and-Hyde personality, suggesting that he is an arch-pragmatist
Courtenay Crow
Mar 2612 min read
One Way or Another, but not a Third: Why Semi-Private Public Services Cannot Work.
Thomas Britton makes the case against semi-private public services. As One Direction famously said, it has to be 'one way or another'.
Thomas Britton
Mar 1914 min read
Playing the Trump Card: Do Canada’s Liberals Show How to Escape the Curse of Incumbency?
Harrison Moore argues that Canada’s recent polling shows that we need to rethink 2024’s “Graveyard of Incumbents”
Harrison Moore
Mar 127 min read
Does a Rising Tide Sink All Boats Equally? The Dilemmas Facing Green Parties.
Oliver Haythorne examines the fundamental issues plaguing today's Green Parties, and how they might (or might not) be overcome.
Oliver Haythorne
Mar 59 min read
Solving the Methane Problem, One Wonky Policy At A Time
Sam Peterson outlines the policy options for dealing with methane emissions from agriculture and fossil fuels, and encourages intervention
Sam Peterson
Feb 269 min read
What explains Gen Z's pro-authoritarianism? And other questionable questions...
Courtenay Crow argues for radically changing how we think about ‘generations’ in political analysis.
Courtenay Crow
Feb 1910 min read
Just So: How America got her Toxic Isolationism
Thomas Britton proposes that America's uniquely insular sports culture has played a role in fostering a brand of popular isolationism
Thomas Britton
Feb 1213 min read
Moneyball: The Way to the Future of International Peacekeeping
Thomas Britton proposes learning lessons from Moneyball in shaping the future of international peacekeeping post-US hegemony.
Thomas Britton
Feb 915 min read
Why Do They Vote Like That? A Discussion of Populist Voting Trends
Oliver Haythorne discusses populist voting trends, seeking to establish what has increasingly motivated people to vote for populists.
Oliver Haythorne
Feb 911 min read
A comparison of government responses to the AI revolution.
Courtenay Crow examines the striking similarities, dramatic differences, and big ole blindspots in government responses to AI.
Courtenay Crow
Feb 711 min read
Animal agriculture is incubating another pandemic. It's time for government action.
Sam Petersen makes the case for a much more proactive government approach to tackling zoonotic diseases before they tackle us.
Sam Peterson
Jan 319 min read
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