political-science-and-international-relations

Senior lawyers call on prime minister to request Indian prosecutors drop charges that would breach double jeopardy rule Four senior lawyers, including the former attorney general Dominic Grieve, have written to Keir Starmer urging him to request that Indian prosecutors drop charges against the British national Jagtar Singh Johal on the basis that continued prosecution would be in manifest breach …

This monograph develops a unified theoretical framework within the Equilibrium Ledger Research Programme for understanding the institutional processing of cognitively divergent individuals whose output exceeds what surrounding institutional systems can stably accommodate. Through a sustained parallel analysis of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Alan Mathison Turing, the work argues that inst…

This monograph examines how elite institutions convert inequality into procedural architecture through administrative processing systems rather than explicit exclusion. Drawing on institutional sociology, disability studies, legal analysis, and empirical institutional documentation, the work introduces the Turing Theory of institutional cognition and the concept of institutional bifurcation, desc…

Netanyahu’s joint war with the US began with talk of regime change in Tehran but may leave him with few strategic gains Middle East live – latest updates When Donald Trump launched a pre-emptive war on Iran with Israel in February, many in the country hailed the campaign as the crowning triumph of Benjamin Netanyahu’s political and diplomatic career. Three months on the regime is still in power i…

Rehabilitation of young offenders is vital. But victims should not leave court wondering why they bothered The decision to review the sentences of two teenage boys convicted of raping two girls, aged 15 and 14, in separate incidents in November 2024 and January 2025, and a third boy who took part in the second rape, is correct. A knife was used to threaten the second victim, and the attacks were …

Modern democracy does not usually collapse in a single revolutionary moment. More often, it erodes recursively: institution by institution, exception by exception, tolerated compromise by tolerated compromise. The danger begins not merely when corruption exists, but when corruption becomes structurally expected, selectively ignored, and psychologically normalized. A democracy may survive constitu…

Fifa approached Mexico after US declined to host Iran squad despite it playing group games in the United States Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum , said on Monday her government agreed to allow the Iranian national football team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup , adding that the United States did not want to host the team. Sheinbaum said football’s governing body Fifa approached her gov…

Vociferously anti-Turkish party doubles its number of seats although mainstream parties didn’t see vote crumble as predicted An anti-immigrant far-right party, inspired by Greece’s defunct neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, has made the biggest gains in parliamentary elections in Cyprus. The group, which has pushed for the closure of checkpoints on the ethnically split island and is vociferously anti-Turkish,…

Ciaran Martin says Reform UK leader’s allegation over Guardian report on £5m gift ‘entirely unsubstantiated’ Nigel Farage’s claim that a Russian hack was behind a Guardian report on the £5m gift he received from a crypto billionaire has been described as “without any merit” by a former head of the National Cyber Security Centre. Ciaran Martin, founding chief executive of the agency, which is part…

Nick Moss , Derrick Joad and John Wilkinson respond to an article by Sacha Hilhorst on why voters are turning to the party Sacha Hilhorst is right to highlight the fact that many Reform UK voters are disillusioned with the political status quo because their lives are ever less secure ( I’ve interviewed Reform UK voters – and they’re much more progressive than you might think, 18 May ). The issue …

Region adapting to diminished US power after Washington fails to land knockout blow on Tehran or safeguard allies Middle East crisis – live updates The shock of the Iran war and its fallout has driven rivals in the Middle East to get behind a peace deal, pushing the Trump administration to accept a tentative agreement in the face of furious opposition from Israel and its supporters in Washington.…

AI may increase the technical capacity of complex societies without increasing human freedom. If AI becomes core infrastructure for production, allocation, administration, and knowledge work, then the central political question is not simply how powerful the technology becomes, but who owns and governs it. Under concentrated ownership, automation may weaken labor’s bargaining power while preservi…

The twists and turns in this saga are bewildering, but Donald Trump appears to have the cards stacked against him For those following the crisis between the US and Iran, the past few days have been bewildering. On Friday, the six-week-old ceasefire seemed doomed. Donald Trump skipped his son’s wedding to remain in the White House and was reportedly contemplating renewed military strikes on Iran. …

Alan Milburn, who is leading review commissioned by government, says current strategy ‘going in wrong direction’ Labour has failed to tackle soaring youth unemployment and must launch a “system reset” involving a fresh attempt to overhaul health and disability benefits, a report commissioned by the government is to warn. Alan Milburn, who is leading a review into why almost a million young people…

Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiations Iran has poured cold water on suggestions that a deal with the US is imminent, pointing to the confusion in US positions and Israeli interference as key factors in why a complete agreement is proving difficult to secure. Speaking at the weekly foreign ministry press briefing, Esmail Baghaei, the spokesp…

The Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center (RFK Human Rights) has officially opened applications for its highly competitive Project-Based Legal Fellowship for 2027. This prestigious fellowship provides rising third-year law students, judicial law clerks, and recent law graduates with an opportunity to develop and lead impactful human rights projects in partnership with one of […] The post Rob…

Far-right party set up by former Reform MP appears to be taking some support from Farage Andy Burnham is unlikely to be Elon Musk’s first pick to be prime minister of the UK. But an intervention by the US tech billionaire on behalf of a far-right offshoot of Reform UK is one of several signs that a divided right wing could deliver the Makerfield seat to the Manchester mayor. On 18 June, Burnham w…

Modern civilization repeatedly defines itself through the language of freedom, democracy, individuality, constitutional rights, and human progress. Yet beneath these external structures there may exist a deeper continuity of psychological conditioning inherited across generations. This paper presents a comprehensive philosophical and phenomenological inquiry into the relationship between civiliza…

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a member of the World Bank Group, has officially opened applications for its prestigious 2026 Internship Program in Washington, D.C. This highly competitive international internship offers graduate students and law students a rare opportunity to gain direct exposure to global investment arbitration, international dispute sett…

Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of the late shah, are clashing with those who oppose a return of monarchy Wearing a bucket hat, a blue Adidas hoodie and khaki shorts, Tony Mohraz, also known as 021kid, chest-bumps a friend in front of a memorial wall in Golders Green, in north London. Photographs can be seen behind him of those who were killed protesting against the Iranian regime. As a la…