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• A Sea Change in British Politics?
• How to Make Friends in Politics and Influence Policymakers
• How the Electoral Map of England and Wales has been Redrawn
• Democratic Subversion in the United States, the Trump Party and the Constitution’s Partisan Bias
• The Wilson Legacy for Starmer’s Labour
• In Focus: Zero Action on Net Zero? UK Political Shifts on Climate Commitments
• Russia’s Descent into Totalitarianism
• The Politics of Artificial Intelligence: Rhetoric vs Reality
• Conservatism After the Flood: Old Wine, New Bottles?
• Last Word: Crisis in Local Government

Featured documents

• ISIS and the Challenge of Islamist Extremism

  The group known variously as Islamic State and ISIS has brought death and chaos to the Middle East and beyond. Aaron Edwards charts the rise of ISIS, and argues that more sophisticated – and imaginative – thinking is needed to halt the advance of Islamist extremism....

• The Domestic Politics Behind China’s International Engagement
• In the News
• The US 2014 Midterm Elections and Their Aftermath

  The Republican Party won big in the 2014 midterm elections in the US. Alan Draper examines the Republicans' success and its consequences for an increasingly polarised American politics ahead of next year's presidential vote....

• A Turbulent Year – With No End in Sight
• The Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century
• Why Aren't There More Women in British Politics?

  Despite gains in May's General Election, women remain heavily under-represented in British politics. Meryl Kenny examines the evidence and asks if the time has come for gender quotas to deliver real change....

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• The Little Things in Life
• Last Word: Referendum Blues