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Japan’s controversial, shrewd and ambitious Shinzo Abe

October 5, 2017February 15, 2018 by Admin

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As Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe campaigns in a snap election, he looks set to enter into an unprecedented third term in office, and become Japan’s longest serving postwar prime minister. So who is he? What is the secret to his success? And why is he both so fervently supported…

Venezuela’s long history of racism is coming back to haunt it

August 16, 2017February 15, 2018 by Admin

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Over the last four months, hardly a day has gone by without news coverage of the political and economic crisis in Venezuela. At least 124 people have been killed, some by security forces, while participating in or accidentally encountering opposition-led street demonstrations. The mainstream media narrative is of an increasingly…

North Korea knows it can’t afford to go to war

August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 by Editor

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Don't worry about North Korea, says UEA's Ra Mason, it knows that it can't afford to go to war. Watch his analysis and read his blog in full below. The current flare-up over North Korea’s missile tests and Donald Trump’s belligerent response is frightening for many, but anyone worried that…

From Understanding to Intervention – UEA’s new module in activist campaigning

April 11, 2017June 14, 2017 by Admin

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Rowan Gavin interviews Ben Little about UEA's new Activist Campaigning module. I was recently excited to hear of a new module being run in the Politics department at UEA next academic year entitled ‘Activist Campaigning’. Module convenor Dr Ben Little was good enough to let me interview him about the…

Anjem Choudary, ISIS and UK counterterrorism

August 18, 2016 by Editor

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Lee Jarvis explores what Anjem Choudary's conviction for inviting support for Islamic State tells us about UK counterterrorism today We learned on Tuesday (16 August) that Anjem Choudary – frequently described as a ‘radical cleric’ or ‘hate preacher’ – has been convicted under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000…

The Norwich Man who fought and died in the Easter Rising, Dublin 1916

April 26, 2016May 4, 2016 by Editor

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As the Easter Rising is marked in Ireland, Professor Lee Marsden writes on the role of Norwich born Arthur Weekes, who died fighting for an independent Ireland. The recent centennial celebrations in Dublin, commemorating the Easter Rising, presented the Irish people, with an opportunity to reflect on their history and…

Brussels Attacks, 22 March 2016: A Response

March 22, 2016March 23, 2016 by Editor

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Lee Jarvis urges caution amid the rush to make sense of the attacks in Belgium. As is always the case when responding to breaking news around political violence, the details at the time of writing this are yet to be established. We know that have been explosions at Brussels airport…

Remembering 7/7: Seven thoughts, ten years on

July 6, 2015 by Editor

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It is ten years since the attacks in London on 7 July 2005. Lee Jarvis provides seven reflections on those events, their aftermath and consequences. He concludes that anniversaries create as much as recall memorable events. ‘Spirit of the Blitz’. My own memory of watching the coverage of 7/7 unfold is dominated by…

William Tell, Terrorism and the Power of Proscription

June 17, 2015June 19, 2015 by Editor

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Lee Jarvis explores the outlawing of enemies of the state in fiction and political debate. The final scene of Friedrich von Schiller’s play Wilhelm Tell confronts its readers with the contrasting fortunes of two men who have recently killed. On the one hand we have Tell, newly returned from shooting…

Cities in a Global Order

February 26, 2015February 24, 2015 by Editor

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In this post Dr Simon Curtis reflects on the remarkable transformation of the world’s major cities over recent decades, and their relationship to the broader transformation of international political order. As components of a nascent global order, cities have been endowed with new capacities, and are taking on new governance…

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