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Author Archives: Dan Hubbard

Dan Hubbard is a Global Affairs editor at the Oxford Blue. He is a second year Historian at St John's college and when not at Oxford lives near Liverpool

Posted inGlobal Affairs

Calling Europe: The Continent in 2021

by Jacob Grech, Duarte Amaro, Clara Stromsted, Dan Hubbard and Elliott Cocker June 12, 2021July 18, 2021
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Biden’s First Hundred Days

by Duarte Amaro, Dan Hubbard, Jacob Grech and Guy Ward-Jackson April 25, 2021July 18, 2021
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Missing Merkel: Germany’s CDU elect a new leader with ambitions to be the country’s next Chancellor

by Dan Hubbard January 29, 2021July 18, 2021
Posted inGlobal Affairs

The Establishment Strikes Back? – Exploring America’s Post-Trump Foreign Policy

by Dan Hubbard December 26, 2020July 18, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Nagorno-Karabakh: Crisis on the borders of Europe

by Dan Hubbard October 23, 2020December 28, 2020
Posted inOxford News

The Refugee ‘Crisis’: All Our Own Making

by Dan Hubbard August 22, 2020August 22, 2020
Posted inOpinion

25 years on: Addressing the continuing wounds of the Bosnian Genocide

by Dan Hubbard July 15, 2020July 15, 2020
Posted inTravel

Local Guides: Daniel’s Liverpool

by Dan Hubbard April 27, 2020April 26, 2020
Posted inOxford News

Coronavirus in Hungary: Pandemic or political tool to kill democracy?

by Dan Hubbard April 6, 2020July 18, 2021
Posted inCulture

Podcasts For Your Daily Routine

by Dan Hubbard March 23, 2020March 23, 2020

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