International Relations

Jamie Whitwell    Alexi Navalny, a prominent and vocal Russian opposition leader to Russian President Vladimir Putin, was declared dead on February 16, 2024, by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (Effectively the Russian government agency in charge of Russian prisons and correctional facilities) and also confirmed by Navalny’s spokeswoman....

Alfie Johnson On 24 February 2022, the world was stunned as Vladimir Putin signalled to commence air and missile strikes across Ukraine, as Russia launched a simultaneous ground and air campaign against their neighbouring country. The world came to a standstill, as horrific images of death and destruction emerged...

Thomas Martin    The dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo region has been long under dispute until, in 2023, Venezuela announced that their own referendum, claiming to have overwhelming support for the annexation of the Essequibo region, sparked fears of a Venezuelan invasion, leading to the Guyana-Venezuela...

The CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organisation) alliance, founded in 1992, is a military alliance between Russia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan - the equivalent of the Western NATO alliance. However, over time, there have been signs that cracks may have started to appear within it. Mike Wong discusses...

Studying in America whilst the UK government has been imploding over Brexit has been a particularly unnerving experience. The confusion and despair many Brits are currently feeling, since Theresa May’s Brexit deal was declined by Parliament, has been amplified by the distance between the US and the UK. The...