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In this exciting video series, our researchers address some of the big issues which impact on society over a cup of coffee. In the first episode, Professor Scott Lucas and PhD student Amelia Morris decide if, all things considered, the world really is such a bad place.

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If democratic processes are increasingly scrutinised by international observers

How do regimes continue to rig elections and get away with it?

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Posted 15 March 2019

Will populism destroy the European Union?

Daniele Albertazzi was interviewed on opposition to the Euro and the future of the EU by BBC World Service – 'The Inquiry' programme

Posted 15 March 2019

Egypt: hopes for democratic future die as al-Sisi marches country towards dictatorship

Scott Lucas writes for The Conversation on 'Egypt: hopes for democratic future die as al-Sisi marches country towards dictatorship – with parliament's blessing'.

Posted 06 March 2019