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Author Archives: Nick Marshall

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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

Pathways to Power: 2024 – From Russia with Love: Putin Marches towards an inevitable fifth term

by Nick Marshall March 5, 2024March 7, 2024
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Soft Power – Does China Have an International Marketing Problem?

by Nick Marshall February 28, 2024February 28, 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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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“I found myself starting my travel journal as a last-ditch attempt at restarting my creative career. Little could I know how much my own life…

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“We are in a white-dominated environment but this is no reason to deem others around us as “better” and hence attempt to cosplay someone else,…

Who Will Support the Support Workers?

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