Five lessons Brexit negotiators should take from the League of Nations
Both the EU and UK would do well to heed the lessons of the League of Nations when it comes to membership withdrawal.
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How smoking bans could lead to the death of the tobacco industry
Research shows how tobacco companies are feeling the effects of smoking bans across the world.
US government clips NSA wings, but snooping is a global effort
US intelligence agencies can no longer collect and store the telecommunications data of US citizens but other countries are strengthening their efforts.
Belgium terror raids and Paris attacks reveal urgent need for pan-European security
Most European countries still approach the sharing of intelligence on a traditional 'need-to-know' – rather than 'need-to-share' – basis.
Senate CIA torture report release: expert reaction
The US Senate has released the executive summary of a long-withheld report on harsh interrogation techniques used by the CIA in the post-9/11 era. Previously undisclosed techniques have been revealed and…
Time stands still for Doctor Who, despite the Master’s sex change
Warning: this article contains spoilers. The eighth series of Doctor Who began by introducing a new Doctor, in the shape of Peter Capaldi. But now we’ve reached its end an even greater talking point is…
With bad intelligence on Islamic State, West is flying in the dark
Only the day before the UK parliament’s controversial decision to re-engage British military forces in Iraq, the Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, claimed to have intelligence that Islamic State (IS…
EU case against Google shows need for new publishing models in the information age
When Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation launched a broadside at Google, claiming the company abuses its overwhelming market position in Europe, it looked a lot like a clash between web and print – the Information…
Fans can breathe again after Peter Capaldi’s captivating Doctor Who debut
Warning: this article contains spoilers. The fully-fledged arrival of a new Doctor is always a major event in Doctor Who. In that respect, Deep Breath is business as usual for a BBC brand that has just…
As Warsi resigns over Gaza, Tories’ vexed history on Israel comes back to haunt them
As Israel’s Operation Protective Edge began to draw more vocal international criticism, the supposedly staunchly pro-Israel Conservative party saw the beginnings of a revolt: a number of David Cameron’s…
A year after Snowden, tech firms must get their houses in order to Reset the Net
When you go online today, you are likely to encounter the Reset the Net campaign. Exactly one year after the first revelations from Edward Snowden about NSA spying, the campaign is designed to mobilise…
Myths that have kept Thailand together now risk tearing it apart following military coup
For more than 80 years, Thailand has been struggling to build a stable and functioning democracy. On the afternoon of Thursday May 22, that process was set back again with the country’s 12th military coup…
Stealthy declaration of martial law keeps Thailand guessing
For just over an hour, as Bangkok slept, the Thai military’s declaration of martial law went largely unnoticed. The announcement was stage-managed. Made in the early hours of Tuesday May 20, the first…
Tory attitudes to Israel have a tangled history
Addressing the Israeli Knesset recently, David Cameron proclaimed himself “a British prime minister whose belief in Israel is unbreakable, and whose commitment to Israel’s security will always be rock…
The internet is on fire but Snowden’s heroes can’t save us
Just ahead of the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, Edward Snowden has sent what he hopes will be a strong message to the powers that control the internet in a video link streamed live to South by…
Thailand may be heading down a violent path of no return
After street clashes between groups of armed protesters on Saturday, many feared that Sunday’s election in Thailand would see an upsurge in violence. Anti-government protesters who opposed the vote had…
Verizon ruling is a major blow to equal internet access
These are wild times for the management and governance of the internet, as is clear from the ruling that came out of the US this week. In a victory for the private sector, the Federal Communications Commission…
How do you evacuate a university during a storm surge?
“Born on a perilous rock” is the title of a classic book by W J Lewis which describes Aberystwyth past and present; last weekend the town fully lived up to this description. To all intents and purposes…
Google is unlikely to avoid UK courts on privacy
The question of accountability under national law for the wrongs committed by international companies has been debated and litigated for many years in many different courts and across many different countries…
Thailand’s protests are a symptom of its identity crisis
The protests currently rocking Thailand are some of the largest since the country’s political crisis began to unfold in September 2006 when the then prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, was first ousted…
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Senior Lecturer in European Security, Aberystwyth University
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Lecturer, Department of Law and Criminology, Aberystwyth University
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Lecturer in International History, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Management, Aberystwyth University
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Pro-Vice Chancellor, Aberystwyth University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics and the Cyber Dimension, Aberystwyth University
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Lecturer in Modern Asian History, Aberystwyth University
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Lecturer in Aquatic Biology, Aberystwyth University
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PhD Candidate, Aberystwyth University
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Pro-Vice Chancellor, Aberystwyth University
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Senior Lecturer, Law and Criminology, Aberystwyth University
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Aberystwyth University
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Senior Lecturer, Aberystwyth University