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Author Archives: Thomas Yates

Artwork of key Oxford Landmarks, such as the Radcliffe Camera and Sheldonian Theatre, within a globe Image. Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 8: Chile, Nepal and Mandelson

by Lola Dunton-Milenkovic, Nancy Gittus and Thomas Yates March 16, 2026March 16, 2026
A man walks past a wrecked tank in Tigray Region, 2021.
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Locking Horns: Past Conflicts Threaten to Re-emerge in the Horn of Africa

by Thomas Yates March 16, 2026March 16, 2026
Artwork of key Oxford Landmarks, such as the Radcliffe Camera and Sheldonian Theatre, within a globe Image. Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay
Posted inGlobal Affairs, Outside OX1

Outside OX1 Week 5: Navalny, Peru and the Chagos Islands

by Lola Dunton-Milenkovic, Nancy Gittus, Laura Beard and Thomas Yates February 22, 2026February 23, 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, pictured in 2013.
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested on Suspicion of Misconduct in Public Office

by Thomas Yates February 19, 2026February 19, 2026
Artwork of key Oxford Landmarks, such as the Radcliffe Camera and Sheldonian Theatre, within a globe Image. Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay
Posted inGlobal Affairs, Outside OX1

Outside OX1 Week 4: Canada, Japan, Armenia and Azerbaijan

by Lola Dunton-Milenkovic, Thomas Yates, Noah Allerton and Anastasija Vranjes February 16, 2026February 16, 2026
Internally-displaced children in a migrant camp in Darfur, Sudan.
Posted inGlobal Affairs

War and No Peace – Sudan and Civil War

by Thomas Yates January 23, 2026January 23, 2026
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Posted inOutside OX1

Outside OX1 Week 8: End of Term Special

by Sol White, Lola Dunton-Milenkovic, Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani, Thomas Yates and Elana Roberts December 12, 2025December 12, 2025
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Outside OX1 Week 3: Jamaica, Cameroon and Poland

by Sol White, Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani and Thomas Yates November 3, 2025November 3, 2025
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Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 1: Uruguay, Iran and Cape Verde

by Sol White, Lola Dunton-Milenkovic, Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani and Thomas Yates October 19, 2025October 27, 2025
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Not That Type of Hockey—Vikings tame Huskies on the ice

by Thomas Yates March 9, 2025March 9, 2025

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