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American politics Democracy

New York Times v Sullivan: the 60-year old Supreme Court judgment that press freedom depends on in Trump era

Sep 26, 2025 Editor Comment on New York Times v Sullivan: the 60-year old Supreme Court judgment that press freedom depends on in Trump era

Emma Long, University of East Anglia Donald Trump is attempting to sue the New York Times. In a lawsuit filed on September 15 the US

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What Would You Put in a US Time Capsule?

Sep 26, 2025 Editor Comment on What Would You Put in a US Time Capsule?

On this day in 1938, the World’s Fair came to Flushing Meadows Park in New York City. It is here that the Westinghouse Time Capsules

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Peacetime Anglo–Japanese Military Relations: Old Friends, New Partners

Sep 18, 2025 Editor Comment on Peacetime Anglo–Japanese Military Relations: Old Friends, New Partners

For over a decade, Japan and the UK have identified one another as their most important security partners in Asia and Europe respectively. The two

Environmental politics

What will happen to the legal status of ‘sinking’ nations when their land is gone?

Sep 11, 2025 Editor Comment on What will happen to the legal status of ‘sinking’ nations when their land is gone?

Avidan Kent, University of East Anglia and Zana Syla, University of East Anglia Small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives and Marshall Islands

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Palestine Action arrests: what happens next, and what it tells us about the breadth of Britain’s counter-terrorism laws

Aug 16, 2025 Editor Comment on Palestine Action arrests: what happens next, and what it tells us about the breadth of Britain’s counter-terrorism laws

David Mead, University of East Anglia The proscription of Palestine Action – banning membership or support for the organisation on the ground that the home

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Billions voted in 2024, but Electoral Integrity Project exposes cracks in global democracy

Aug 8, 2025 Editor Comment on Billions voted in 2024, but Electoral Integrity Project exposes cracks in global democracy

Toby S. James, Holly Ann Garnett, and Sofia Caal-Lam The Global Electoral Report 2025 has been published and raises concerns about the state of democracy

American politics Democracy

New York Times v Sullivan: the 60-year old Supreme Court judgment that press freedom depends on in Trump era

Sep 26, 2025 Editor 0
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What Would You Put in a US Time Capsule?

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Peacetime Anglo–Japanese Military Relations: Old Friends, New Partners

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Environmental politics

What will happen to the legal status of ‘sinking’ nations when their land is gone?

Sep 11, 2025 Editor 0
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Palestine Action arrests: what happens next, and what it tells us about the breadth of Britain’s counter-terrorism laws

Aug 16, 2025 Editor 0
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Billions voted in 2024, but Electoral Integrity Project exposes cracks in global democracy

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Fieldwork and the Coronavirus Pandemic

May 4, 2020 AdminComment on Fieldwork and the Coronavirus Pandemic

The need to make a substantial contribution by adopting cutting-edge methodologies, methods and techniques, to

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Is it time for Automatic Voter Registration in the UK?

Apr 29, 2020 AdminComment on Is it time for Automatic Voter Registration in the UK?

Automatic electoral registration (AER) has been proposed as policy to increase the number of people

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Times of crisis: Temporality and COVID-19

Apr 27, 2020 AdminComment on Times of crisis: Temporality and COVID-19

Professor Lee Jarvis explores the importance of time within the current coronavirus crisis. On 27

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Elections and Covid-19: making democracy work in uncertain times

Apr 2, 2020 AdminComment on Elections and Covid-19: making democracy work in uncertain times

Erik Asplund and Toby James discuss the dilemmas countries around the globe face about holding or postponing elections

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Israel’s democracy is at a crossroads, as Benny Gantz given chance to form a government

Apr 2, 2020 AdminComment on Israel’s democracy is at a crossroads, as Benny Gantz given chance to form a government

After Israel’s third election in a year in early March, parties opposing Benjamin Netanyahu –

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Politics and the Media with Iain Dale

Mar 9, 2020 AdminComment on Politics and the Media with Iain Dale

A special episode hosted by LBC presenter and UEA alumnus Iain Dale interviewing two former

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Israeli Democracy is Under Strain

Mar 5, 2020 AdminComment on Israeli Democracy is Under Strain

Eitan Tzelgov, Lecturer in Politics, discusses the results of yet another Israeli election and their

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Cities of the New Silk Roads

Dec 9, 2019 AdminComment on Cities of the New Silk Roads

What forms will the new “Belt and Road Cities” take? These are cities still finding

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Voter fraud isn’t the problem: painting an accurate picture of a British election day

Dec 9, 2019 AdminComment on Voter fraud isn’t the problem: painting an accurate picture of a British election day

William Hogarth’s painting The Polling is the iconic depiction of an election day in Britain.

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November 17: youth uprisings in Greece then and now

Nov 18, 2019 AdminComment on November 17: youth uprisings in Greece then and now

This authoritarian vision starts with education, an education promoted by the Minister of Education Niki

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American politics Democracy

New York Times v Sullivan: the 60-year old Supreme Court judgment that press freedom depends on in Trump era

Sep 26, 2025 Editor 0
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What Would You Put in a US Time Capsule?

Sep 26, 2025 Editor 0
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Peacetime Anglo–Japanese Military Relations: Old Friends, New Partners

Sep 18, 2025 Editor 0
Environmental politics

What will happen to the legal status of ‘sinking’ nations when their land is gone?

Sep 11, 2025 Editor 0
Democracy

Palestine Action arrests: what happens next, and what it tells us about the breadth of Britain’s counter-terrorism laws

Aug 16, 2025 Editor 0
Democracy

Billions voted in 2024, but Electoral Integrity Project exposes cracks in global democracy

Aug 8, 2025 Editor 0
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