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Dr Lasse Thomassen, Podemos find itself caught between the battle lines of Spanish politics 15 December 2016
Dr Christopher Phillips, Aleppo evacuation 'will take days' 15 December 2016
Dr Rainbow Murray It was not their year 14 December 2016
Dr Christopher Phillips, The Battle for Syria 9 December 2016
Dr Patrick Diamond, Never mind Ukip, it's the Lib Dems' Brexit agenda that Labour should be afraid of 5 December 2016
Students awarded Principal's Prize 29 November 2016
Dr Françoise Boucek, Fillon wins presidential primary 28 November 2016
Professor Michael Kenny and Dan Gover, ‘English votes for English laws’ has not given England a voice in parliament 28 November 2016
Dr Sophie Harman, Bringing to life the reality of living as a woman with HIV/Aids in rural Tanzania 24 November 2016
Professor Tim Bale, UK dismisses Trump suggestion of Nigel Farage as ambassador to US 22 November 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Asia ponders whether Trump will walk the talk 17 November 2016
Professor Tim Bale and Monica Poletti, Explaining the pro-Corbyn surge in Labour’s membership 16 November 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, 'Leftie' Lineker becomes voice of post-Brexit outrage 10 November 2016
Watch again: Professor Adam Fagan's Inaugaral Lecture 10 November 2016
Professor Tim Bale, ‘Brexit’ proved to be sign of things to come in US 9 November 2016
Dr Christopher Phillips, 'Unknown unknowns': What Trump means for Syria 9 November 2016
Professor Tim Bale and David Jeffery, An election now would be crushing for Labour – and for Jeremy Corbyn 4 November 2016
Dr Daniel Kato, The Week in Parliament 4 November 2016
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 26 October 2016
Dr Anne Kershen, The Victorian Slum 24 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, President Duterte's visit to China 20 October 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Theresa May to lay out Brexit plans in Brussels 20 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Future of UK Labour: Electoral oblivion or dawn of socialist revolution? 19 October 2016
Professor Tim Bale, A terrorist bombing was no match for this iron lady 19 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Why Thailand does not have a new king yet 14 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, The myth of King Bhumibol 14 October 2016
Professor Tim Bale, The Conservative Party and business have long had a rocky relationship 11 October 2016
Dr Sarah Wolff, Issues with the newly created European Border and Coast Guard 9 October 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Memo to May. Don’t forget One Nation 9 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Why Prevent should be scrapped 4 October 2016
Dr Patrick Diamond, Don’t be fooled, the Conservatives remain utterly divided on Brexit 4 October 2016
David Jeffery, The north remembers: why Conservatives still get a frosty reception in key regions 4 October 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, BOOKtalk 3 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Is Brexit a revolt against liberalism? 29 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Jeremy Corbyn's team targets Labour membership of 1 million 27 September 2016
Dr Monica Poletti, Why Labour Party members still back Jeremy Corbyn as their leader 24 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Would a 2017 General Election mean a landslide victory for the Conservative Party?Professor Tim Bale, May’s Iron Lady persona dims as parallels with loser Brown mount 22 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Socialist Corbyn set to win but Labour could split 22 September 2016
Dr Christopher Phillips, Turkey’s Syria Intervention: A sign of weakness not strength 22 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Would a 2017 General Election mean a landslide victory for the Conservative Party? 20 September 2016
Dr Patrick Diamond, The future of British social democracy: lessons from Anthony Crosland 20 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Why did David Cameron resign? Did he resign over grammar schools, Libya or memoir plans? 14 September 2016
Dr Lee Jones, on the 2016 ASEAN Summit 6 September 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Marriage, religion and voting: Author Philip Cowley on what he learnt writing 'More Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box' 4 September 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Parliament returns, referendum mistakes, new Education Secretary 4 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, David Cameron's legacy in the shadow of Brexit 31 August 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, More sex, lies and the ballot box 30 August 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Sex, religion, age – the secret life of British voters revealed 28 August 2016
Dr Christopher Phillips, The US and Russia could help end the Syria conflict 26 August 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, What do we really know about voters? 25 August 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, How football can explain the EU referendum 20 August 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Exoneration draws curtain on Tory chairman 18 August 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Saving Labour: A rose at war with its roots? 1 August 2016
Dr Sophie Harman, PILI: HIV from the female perspective 27 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Search is on to reshape centre-left ground in UK politics 26 July 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Power of the whips: The silent enforcers 24 July 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Myanmar's foreign policy under Aung San Suu Kyi 23 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale and Dr Monica Poletti, Here’s what we know about Labour’s £3 supporters – and whether they’ll pay £25 to help Corbyn again 19 July 2016
Daniel Gover, Scottish Affairs Committee examine the effectiveness of Evel 19 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale and Dr Monica Poletti, Middle-class university graduates will decide the future of the Labour Party 19 July 2016
Dr Lee Jones, South China Sea ruling 18 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Road to Brexit is full of pitfalls 13 July 2016
Dr Lee Jones, on Brexit 13 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, With the Labour Party in complete turmoil, does it have any chance of regaining power by 2025? 13 July 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Theresa May, untested and ascending to manage ‘Brexit’ 12 July 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Myanmar: Drugs battle, what’s the solution? 8 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Who are the Tory members picking UK's next prime minister? 7 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Labour almost certain to split if Jeremy Corbyn stays on as leader 5 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, With Nigel Farage off the scene, will it be easier to reach a compromise with the EU on free movement? 5 July 2016
Professor Michael Kenny, English nationalism and Brexit 5 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Leaving the EU could be the best thing to happen to the Conservative Party in decades 30 June 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Radicalisation on campus 30 June 2016
My Clearing experience 29 June 2016
Dr Lee Jones, That post-referendum feeling 28 June 2016
Dr Patrick Diamond, As a former policy adviser to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, this is what I think the Labour Party should do next 27 June 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Boris Johnson emerges as the winner after British referendum 24 June 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, How will 'nasty' UK campaigns affect EU referendum? 21 June 2016
Professor Tim Bale, In ‘Brexit’ vote, David Cameron faces problem of his own making 21 June 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, David Cameron’s gamble on Europe puts legacy at stake 21 June 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, MPs are better than ever at serving local voters – it shouldn’t have to be dangerous 17 June 2016
Dr Lee Jones, EU referendum essay competition: should we stay or should we go? 16 June 2016
Honourable mention for Dr Robbie Shilliam at Sussex International Theory Prize 16 June 2016
Professor Philip Cowley: EU referendum - The extra thousands wanting to register to vote and what it means for the results 10 June 2016
Professor Tim Bale, UK Brexit debate has echoes of 1975 5 June 2016
Dr Lee Jones, America and Vietnam in 2016 4 June 2016
Dr Sophie Harman, Hooray for the New Health Emergencies Programme! Shame About the WHO’s Legitimacy Problem 2 June 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, What would 007 do? Fictional characters step into the debate 1 June 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Chaos awaits besieged Cameron no matter what Brexit result 31 May 2016
Dr Sophie Harman, The future of HIV/AIDS is decided next week - is anyone listening? 27 May 2016
QMUL in top 20 of places to study politics 24 May 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Two years since Thailand’s military coup, country heading for turmoil 20 May 2016
PhD Studentship 2016 in International Migration Law 16 May 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Sadiq Khan, el alcalde musulmán de Londres 14 May 2016
Professor Tim Bale, David Cameron is not the man to shoot the Conservative Eurosceptic dog 10 May 2016
Dr Lee Jones, The Philippine Presidential Election 2016 10 May 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Khan is elected mayor amid Tory backlash at Goldsmith 7 May 2016
Professor Tim Bale, London Elects First Muslim Mayor 6 May 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Did economic sanctions hurt Putin and undermine apartheid in South Africa? 6 May 2016
Professor Mike Kenny, English malaise stirs yearning for divorce from European Union 5 May 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Labour voters don't have a problem with Jewish people, but London voters seem to 5 May 2016
Professor Tim Bale, In London mayoral election, more than city hall is at stake 4 May 2016
Dr Sophie Harman producing film on Tanzanians living with HIV/AIDS 26 April 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Election expenses: new evidence Tories bankrolled local activists in marginals 21 April 2016
Professor Kimberly Hutchings at Strode’s College 14 April 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, There’s an election to Parliament that only three people can vote in 12 April 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Westminster follows US trend for full disclosure 8 April 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, EU referendum: Will anyone read £9m government leaflet? 7 April 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Global empire: Myanmar’s controlled democracy 6 April 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Cameron woes mount over steel and Panama - with EU vote to come 6 April 2016
Calls for Expressions of Interest - The Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship 29 March 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Brexit? Voters can be yours for £25 each 29 March 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Cameron seeks to quell party feud over welfare and EU 21 March 2016
Politics and IR students attend Barbican workshop on Utopias 21 March 2016
Professor Kimberly Hutchings awarded ISA’s Distinguished Scholar Award 21 March 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Seeing risks everywhere, Osborne offers no austerity relief 11 March 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Irish national interest may be best served by FF in opposition 5 March 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Cameron's final gamble — it could all go ‘horrifically wrong’ 19 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Day of reckoning for wavering Conservative Eurosceptics 18 February 2016
Dr Rainbow Murray, 50,000 members and counting: meet the political party prepared to lose, to win 17 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, What does the public think of Jeremy Corbyn since he became Labour leader? 17 February 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Is it really all doom and gloom for Blairites? Perhaps they should realise they have a champion in Michael Gove 16 February 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Londoner's Diary 11 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Nigel Farage makes £12m referendum play for anti-EU donors 11 February 2016
Dr Lee Jones, A look the headlines in Asia 8 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Conservatives: the party of business? 3 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Is the Prime Minister right to make migration central to his EU renegotiation demands? 2 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, 12 step programme to rehabilitate Fianna Fáil 2 February 2016
Professor Philip Cowley and Professor Tim Bale, What they really think on Planet Tory 31 January 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Is Labour damaging its chances in 2020 by campaigning to remain in the EU? 27 January 2016
Professor Tim Bale, The forgotten Cecil Parkinson 26 January 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Trying to analyse the election spending data? Follow Deep Throat’s advice… 21 January 2016
Dr Lee Jones The headlines in Asia this week 18 January 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Martin: People trust me to lead country 17 January 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Fianna Fail’s long march back to power 14 January 2016
Professor Tim Bale, No love in Labour: Jeremy Corbyn’s slipping grip on his party 4 January 2016