In states where maintaining power and control over society is paramount to regime survival, AI algorithms are likely to serve as a method of strengthening autocrats’ grip over the state. Disregard for freedom of information, privacy, and human rights, increases the potential for the exploitation of AI tools by authoritarian leaders.
Politics
Hey Kids, Leave Them Teachers Alone: Student Informants Protect CCP Ideology
Both students and professors end up suffering
The French Dispatch: Military Forced to Leave Niger
Thousands of Nigerians gathered in Niamey, their capital, to celebrate the expulsion of the French military and the French ambassador Sylvain Itté, from the West African state.
The Burqa Ban: A Look at Contemporary Feminist Scholarship
From liberal to post-colonial feminist scholarship, what underpins the logic of restricting religious attire, and why is the world so eager to police the bodies of Muslim women?
The Burqa Ban: A Look at Contemporary Feminist Scholarship
From liberal to post-colonial feminist scholarship, what underpins the logic of restricting religious attire, and why is the world so eager to police the bodies of Muslim women?
Hey Kids, Leave Them Teachers Alone: Student Informants Protect CCP Ideology
Both students and professors end up suffering
Trouble Ahead
A perfect storm is brewing over Ulster
Keep Your Friends Close: The Wagner Group’s Vicious Role in Ukraine
The Wagner group has evolved from a shadowy mercenary organisation operating in secrecy to openly recruiting in prisons and targeting mass audiences through a calculated propaganda effort. This begs the following question; what is the Wagner group and why has it been growing in significance?
Recruit, Persecute, Prosecute: The Network Surrounding Chinese Overseas ‘Police Service’ Stations
Governments are starting to take a harsher stance on illegal Chinese ‘police service’ stations, many of which have been forced to shut down since September 2022. These stations highlight China’s broader global network aimed at repatriating dissidents – that is, anyone critical of the CCP’s ambitions.
In Defence, Charity Begins at Home
Ideally, Sunak should pursue a three-sided deal – we train and equip the Ukrainians, they kill Russians on our behalf, and the Americans pay us to do so. Everyone benefits.
Behind KCLCA’s Closed Doors: Keeping Us From The Room Where It Happened
KCL Conservative Association hosted yet another controversial ‘Port and Policy’ event, tabling the motion “this house would restore the British Empire”. Politics Editor Daisy Eastlake and @ King’s Editor Xuan Lin Tan investigate the fallout within the KCL community, and discuss what this represents for student politics.
Historic Protests in China threaten Xi Jinping’s regime
Chants of ‘end the lockdown’ or ‘give me liberty or give me death’ echo the Chinese national anthem sung in all parts of the country: ‘rise up, those who refuse to be slaves’.
Inflation: The Post-Pandemic Economic Evil
How does it compare among the biggest European economic players and why?