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Opinion: Remainer or re-leaver? The philosophical conundrum posed by Brexit

07 Jun 2017

A recent YouGov survey suggests there is increasing agreement that 'Brexit means Brexit'. However, Alfred Moore from the Conspiracy and Democracy...

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Inaugural $100,000 Nine Dots Prize winner chosen from more than 700 worldwide entries

31 May 2017

James Williams, a 35-year-old doctoral candidate researching design ethics at Oxford University, has been announced as the inaugural winner of the $...

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Brexit: people are angry but looking for compromise, research finds

22 May 2017

Researchers engaged with people across the East of England and found anxiety and resentment, as well as a broad consensus that the UK should remain...

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One Hundred Days of Trump

28 Apr 2017

Professor Andrew Preston examines the origins of the first hundred days as a measure of presidential success in American politics.

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#ICYMI - Trump’s First Hundred Days

28 Apr 2017

Dr Emily Charnock, Lecturer in American History, delivers her verdict as the Trump presidency reaches its first major milestone.

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First Brexit and now Trump: what is populism and how might we view it?

24 Jan 2017

In an article that draws on her research into populism in Western Europe, Léonie de Jonge (PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and...

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Portrait of Margaret Thatcher

The lady is for turning (and reversing) – Thatcher archives for 1986 open to the public

23 Jan 2017

Margaret Thatcher’s isolation over Westland and the US bombing of Libya – as well as fears about the standards of her driving – are among the...

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Darwin Lectures go to extremes

19 Jan 2017

From climate change and extending the human lifespan to political extremism and reporting from war zones, this year’s Darwin College Lecture Series...

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Opinion: The Full Brexit

17 Jan 2017

The Director of Cambridge's Centre for European Legal Studies offers his initial reaction to the Prime Minister's address

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Opinion: Autumn Statement 2016: experts respond

24 Nov 2016

The Chancellor's Autumn Statement has met with a mixed response from expert academics at some of the country's leading universities - including...

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Opinion: Racism in the US runs far deeper than Trump's white supremacist fanbase

23 Nov 2016

Racism in the US has always run deeper than the electoral cycle, writes Nicholas Guyatt, University Lecturer in American History. Solving it demands...

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Opinion: Angela Merkel to run again: why she's the antithesis of Donald Trump in a post-truth world

21 Nov 2016

In this article, Katharina Karcher from the Department of German and Dutch discusses the election prospects of the self-described “chancellor for...

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