In recent weeks the Trump administration has been criticised for threatening to cut aid to countries that it sees as not towing “its line”. First during the United Nations assembly […]
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The Politics of Truth in the Modern World
Our lives are so often defined and lived through by truths. Now more than ever, we are bombarded daily with new facts and figures on all ranges of platforms. It […]
FARC Part 2: Democracy Strikes Back
Nearly a year ago Colombians went to the polls to vote on a historic peace deal with the FARC, an armed revolutionary group. While the referendum on the deal was […]
“Global warming is a hoax”: Trump’s threat to the environment
With Trump’s inauguration officially beginning his first term as President, many of his first actions in the new role have sparked controversy on a global scale. However, the potential threat […]
Report from York Union: ‘Brexit, Trump and Post-Truth Politics: What next?’
Last week’s York Union panel event focused on the themes of rising culture and politics of fear in Western politics and how this led to Donald Trump’s unexpected victory in […]
President Trump: the End of Tackling Climate Change?
The most powerful man in the world does not believe in man-made climate change. Can we afford him ‘cancelling’ the UN’s Paris Agreement? Advocates of climate change anxiously watched the US elections […]