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?
Politics
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?
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
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.
How Audacious is South Korea’s ‘Audacious Initiative’?
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol seeks to bring about a peaceful denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula through the development of trust and economic relations with its northern neighbour. Will the sound of dialogue be able to pierce through the loud blasts of missiles?
The Myth of Western Intervention; In Conversation with Nicholas Hopton
King’s Business Review writer Sahar Rabbani reflects on the current political crisis in Iran, following a panel discussion with former UK Ambassador to Iran Nicholas Hopton, held for King’s students.
2022 US Midterms: American Political Past, Present, and Future
Trump. Gridlock. Urban-rural divides. After days of counting, recounting, and run-off elections, the
broad political picture painted by the US midterm elections is approaching completion. Here are
some of the things to look forward to in the years ahead, before the presidential election set for
2024.
Elon Musk; a natural continuation of Murdoch?
King’s Business Review writer Sana Shayin and category editor Daisy Eastlake analyse the Musk takeover of social media platform Twitter and warn of the danger surrounding media monopolies.
China’s Approach to Redefining its Political Legitimacy
With Xi Jinping confirmed for an unprecedented third term as China’s General Secretary, rising economic turmoil and increasing frustration with government policies, the CCP focuses on establishing an alternate source of its legitimacy – security.