As the prospect of exploring outer space draws closer, the idea of reaching the stars is becoming increasingly likely. But how will this affect conventional warfare?
Politics
The Implications of AI for Authoritarian Regimes
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.
The Post-Merkel Germany: The 2025 elections and who will emerge as Germany’s next chancellor?
Germany is facing one of the most consequential elections in its history. Who emerges as Chancellor could sway Europe’s course for decades.
The Democratic Party needs new leadership to win the White House in 2028, and it’s clear with who.
The Democrats have suffered a catastrophic loss because they refused to learn from their mistakes. As America rejects establishment politics, the Democrats must respond in kind.
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?
War without End? Why Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson promises further bloodshed.
Nothing should detract from the Ukrainian victory in Kherson. Every city, village or town clawed back is, potentially, one less Katyn, one less Bucha, reducing ever-so-slightly the human cost of the conflict. The residents’ relief speaks for itself.