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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 08 April 2019

Report on 'The Future of the Left in the UK and Germany' Symposium

This symposium aimed to present discussion in commemoration of Karl Marx and Helmut Schmidt, and to provide analysis of contemporary developments across British and German social democratic and socialist politics.

Posted 08 April 2019

House of Lords Committee publishes evidence from ICCS academics

The International Relations Committee has published written evidence from Paul Schulte and Nicholas Wheeler as part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and nuclear disarmament inquiry.

Posted 05 April 2019

Ukraine elections: Russia sidelined as comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy leads, but long-term laughter may yet come from Moscow

Stefan Wolff co-authors an article for The Conversation: Ukrainians have lost faith in the political class – and are looking for new alternatives. Populism and Russia may benefit.

Posted 22 March 2019