Northern Ireland refused to join Ireland when it won independence in 1922. Could recent elections in the North reopen the question of reunification? A man walks past republican posters decrying a “hard border” between Ireland and Northern Ireland following Brexit,...
Donald Trump is calling for the “greatest military buildup in American history,” to be financed in part by cuts in funding for foreign aid. In a nutshell: more guns, less diplomacy. U.S. President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Rex Tillerson (L) after...
This is the second in a series of articles by students at King’s College London on major political issues in Europe and the United States. By Gaétan Perdoux France will soon choose a new president in one of several elections in Europe that could change the face...
By Robert Holloway The stakes in France’s election this spring could not be higher. When French voters elect their next president on May 7, the fate of the European Union, of the euro currency and of a decades-long push for continental integration will be in the...
Donald Trump shocked Europeans when he called NATO “obsolete.” But the threat the continent faces from Russia is not conventional war. Estonian soldiers during NATO exercise near Vilnius, Lithuania, 2 December 2016.(EPA/Olivier Hoslet) Is Donald Trump...
By Alistair Lyon American voters have installed a thin-skinned, deeply ignorant, misogynistic bully with a disturbed, narcissistic personality in the White House. It is hard to overstate the magnitude of the risks for his country and the world, since not even he knows...
By Charlotte Crang On Saturday, I marched through London with women, ranging from little girls to pensioners, and their supporters. I was one of millions around the world who took to the streets to stand up for women’s rights and human dignity — the day...
The U.S. has a history of high rates of killings by firearms. But Congress has passed only three laws controlling guns. The prospects for more are dim. Illegal firearms confiscated by police, Chicago, July 7, 2014 (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) This is the first in a...
The United States has a gun problem. Students at Indiana University are going to tell us about it in a series of stories. Source: The JAMA Network Read our series on “Guns in America” here. The United States has a gun problem. And students at Indiana...
By Tania Bagan The Mediterranean Sea is the most traveled, deadliest migration route on Earth. Last year, 5,079 migrants lost their lives trying to cross the world’s third-largest sea — 34 percent more than in 2015, according to the Missing Migrants Project....