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Northern Ireland: Paramilitary groups using cultural celebrations to assert control and challenge peace

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8 July 202215 February 2023

Each year, hundreds of bonfires are lit across Northern Ireland on 11 July – Eleventh Night – by Protestants, Unionists, and Loyalists. The vast majority pass without incident. However, each year…Read More >

Northern Ireland: Paramilitary groups using cultural celebrations to assert control and challenge peace

Ukraine: Putin’s vision of ‘Russian Ukraine’ misunderstands how borders came about

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17 March 202223 February 2023

In Ukraine’s ongoing negotiations with Russia over its invasion, Vladimir Putin seems to be aiming at the very least to retain Crimea for Russia and ensure recognition for the Donetsk and Luhansk…Read More >

Ukraine: Putin’s vision of ‘Russian Ukraine’ misunderstands how borders came about

Ukraine: how Putin used a long proxy conflict to justify invasion

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4 March 202223 February 2023

In the early hours of February 24, Russia attacked Ukraine, beginning with a barrage of airstrikes in the country’s eastern regions. Other major cities came under siege within a matter…Read More >

Ukraine: how Putin used a long proxy conflict to justify invasion

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme Showcase 2021

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24 November 2021

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) offers undergraduate students the chance to gain hands-on research experience on projects covering all disciplines across University. These projects take the form of a…Read More >

9/11 twenty years on: al-Qaida is defeated – but jihadism is here to stay

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13 September 2021

Twenty years ago, the terrorist group al-Qaida carried out the deadliest attack on US soil the world had ever seen. Overnight, al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden became the most notorious…Read More >

Why politicians should be wary of publicly pursuing the Wuhan lab-leak investigation

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11 June 2021

The theory that SARS-CoV-2 originally leaked out of a laboratory in Wuhan, China, is making a comeback – so much so that President Joe Biden has publicly ordered the US…Read More >

University Research Fellowships: how has the year been?

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9 April 2021

Each year the University Committee for Research & Innovation supports up to five researchers with University Research Fellowships to develop their work in the arts, humanities and social sciences for…Read More >

How are gender equality norms implemented in peacekeeping?

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24 March 202125 March 2021

What are the gendered dynamics of the peacekeeping workforce? Are the needs of female peacekeepers accommodated for when militaries train, prepare and deploy their soldiers to peacekeeping missions? These are…Read More >

The ‘crazy uncle’ in the Oval Office: how Donald Trump’s social media use changed US politics

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20 October 202020 October 2020

NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie looks to have delivered one of the most memorable lines of the US 2020 election campaign at Donald Trump’s town hall meeting on October 15. Challenging…Read More >

Prizes for outstanding early career research

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18 March 20203 November 2021

Eating apples for a healthier heart, the links between tropical and European weather and how digital publishing has changed design of the written word are among the research topics that…Read More >

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