Politics and International Relations

Henry Tam, author of 'Who's Afraid of Political Education?' calls for the adoption of civic competence and democratic participation education in schools and universities to produce more engaged citizens in an era of misinformation and voter inertia. …Read more

In the second of three short conversations, Jack McDonald, the author of What is War For?, tells George Miller what’s at stake in calling something a war.…Read more

What’s the emotional toll of COVID-19? In this new episode of the Transforming Society podcast, the fantastic Lucy Easthope and Kandida Purnell, two of the co-editors of 'When This Is Over', talk about the pandemic and its long lasting impact.…Read more

Ӧzlem Altıok explains how gender politics is intrinsic to the most critical election in Turkey’s history. …Read more

In this episode, George Miller speaks to Jack McDonald about why he chose to focus on war’s twenty-first century character rather than its ancient origins, and what it was like writing the book as the events of the Russo-Ukrainian war unfolded in real time.…Read more

Gordon Pearson, author of Remaking the Real Economy, warns of the dangers for humanity of the age-old economic theory that our government continues to promote: the pursuit of gain for the rich and their dodging of tax.…Read more

Ross Bellaby, author of 'The Ethics of Hacking', asserts that it is vital to understand the ethical value that hackers can play in society, and judge them for their use of cyberspace to protect people from harm.…Read more

Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell, authors of 'Uncomfortably Off', argue that the Spring Budget will do little to improve the situation of even the relatively well-off in society, while the underlying causes of our many crises are left unaddressed.…Read more

Jenny Edkins, co-editor of 'When This Is Over', explains why the trauma and implications of the pandemic are not going away. …Read more

Simon Winlow and Steve Hall, authors of The Death of the Left, lament the lack of a genuine alternatives within our political system and suggest that Keir Starmer will just reproduce what already exists. …Read more