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Global Affairs

Germany’s Election: Historic Divides, Modern Challenges?

by George Roberts March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

Keir Starmer delivers a speech on Downing Street on day of election (2024) with supporters in background

Global Affairs

The Man Behind the PM: The Rise of Morgan McSweeney

by Arun Lewis February 25, 2025February 24, 2025

Global Affairs

We Still Hold Our Breath: the German Election Results Explained

by Isolde Sellin February 24, 2025February 25, 2025

Global Affairs

Latin America: On the cusp of another pink tide?

by Thomas Britton January 27, 2022January 27, 2022

Opinion

The myth of The Left

by Louis Capstick July 12, 2020September 19, 2020

Why does tragedy make us laugh?

Aria ChakravortyJun 15, 20254 min read

Illustration of an actor on stage, holding a skull in his left hand and surrounded by laughter

“As she explained the tragic news, we both had the strangest feeling: we were trying not to smile. We were children in detention, lips pursed…

“All of the Madness Needs Rooting Out”: Dominic Cummings at the Sheldonian

Aria ChakravortyJun 15, 20254 min read

Aria Chakravorty outlines the subject of Dominic Cummings’ recent talk at the Sheldonian Theatre. Image by Aria Chakravorty, used with permission.

Outside OX1 Week 7: Wagner, Colombia, Los Angeles

Daniel BurnsJun 14, 202512 min read

Drawing of Radcliffe Camera in Bubble - Outside OX1 cover image

The Global Affairs team explore the biggest news from this week, including Wagner pulling out of Mali, the assassination attempt against a Colombian presidential candidate,…

So Bad, it’s Good: In Defence of A Minecraft Movie

Rohit GhoshJun 14, 20258 min read

“A few weeks ago, my friend and I found ourselves in a particularly rigorous intellectual debate. A debate that will surely put many a Union…