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Author Archives: Emi Tanimoto

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Outside OX1 Week 7 – Ghana passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill, France enshrines abortion, and controversy in Pakistan

by Emi Tanimoto, Patrick Maxwell, Louis Treasure, Eric Balonwu and Nick Marshall March 7, 2024March 7, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 6 – Gaza vote, strained Poland-Ukraine relations, and Modi’s renewed Indian diplomacy

by Eric Balonwu, Louis Treasure, Emi Tanimoto, Patrick Maxwell and Nick Marshall February 26, 2024February 28, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Pathways to Power: 2024 – Kangaroo courts, corruption, and coalitions: Pakistan looks set to form a new coalition government

by Emi Tanimoto and Nick Marshall February 21, 2024February 21, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 5 – Navalny dies, Greece legalizes gay marriage, and protests in India

by Louis Treasure, Tiffany You, Emi Tanimoto and Nick Marshall February 19, 2024December 29, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Pathways to Power: 2024 – Belarus’ sham election

by Eric Balonwu and Emi Tanimoto February 16, 2024February 16, 2024
Posted inOutside OX1

Outside OX1 Week 4 – Putin interviewed, another Labor U-turn, and Messi stirs anger

by Emi Tanimoto, Louis Treasure and Nick Marshall February 15, 2024February 16, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 3 –Red Sea crisis, Northern Ireland’s first nationalist leader, and Ukraine-born Miss Japan

by Emi Tanimoto, Louis Treasure and Nick Marshall February 8, 2024February 8, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 2 – ICJ ruling on Gaza, Russian plane shot down, and UK-Canada beef talks abandoned

by Emi Tanimoto, Tiffany You, Eric Balonwu, Louis Treasure and Nick Marshall January 30, 2024January 30, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 1 – Taiwan elects new president, Trump’s weighty victory, and Growing Rift in Southwest Asia

by Emi Tanimoto, Eric Balonwu, Tiffany You, Louis Treasure and Nick Marshall January 23, 2024February 8, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 8 – Henry Kissinger dies and Sunak loses his marbles

by Ben Nolan, Becky Collett, Emi Tanimoto and Eleanor Luxton December 4, 2023December 4, 2023

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Outside OX1 Week 3: Epstein, Costa Rica and Hungary

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‘Brainrot’: An Internet Phenomenon with Real-World Consequences

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