unit 4 – A Level Politics

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January 3, 2018

Global Politics All Revision Material – Guide, Papers, Mark Schemes and Examiners Reports

Global Politics Revision Guide A copy of the pdf can be dowloaded here All 3d papers 2010 – 2016 Download here All 4d papers..

May 25, 2017

Is international aid effective?

Although International aid rapidly increased from the 1980s onwards, its origins can be traced back to just after the Second World War, when the Marshall..

April 27, 2017

The North Korean nuclear threat, explained

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April 21, 2017

The War on Terror and Human Rights

The relationship between human rights and combatting terrorism is increasingly prominent, especially since the ‘war on terror’. Human rights are rights which people are entitled..

April 11, 2017

To what extent are Human rights protected in the modern world?

Human rights are rights to which people are entitled by virtue of being human, and it is thought to be universal, fundamental and indivisible. There..

April 4, 2017

Audio/Video : A Conversation With Ambassador Nikki Haley on Human Rights, Peace Keeping and the Security Council

Nikki Haley discusses the United States’ goals for its term as president of the UN Security Council in April. US Ambassador Haley outlines her plans..

May 24, 2016

Why global warming sharply divides political opinion

Climate change through global warming has become one of the most prominent issues in global politics. While there has been growing agreement that climate..

May 10, 2016

To what extent are Human Rights globally accepted?

The concept of human right including principles such as freedom of expression and the freedom of religion became a popular concept, adopted by many nations..

May 9, 2016

Evaluating different measurements of poverty.

In attempting to assess the policies, namely the neoliberal policies of the last thirty years on the poor, three different ways of measuring poverty have..

October 13, 2015

LSE Audio: Does Europe Have A Future? Professor Waltz

Professor Waltz discusses the strategic challenges facing the European Union and explores the geopolitical implications of a weaker Europe for the West. http://media.rawvoice.com/lse_publiclecturesandevents/p/richmedia.lse.ac.uk/publiclecturesandevents/20151001_1830_doesEuropeHaveAFuture.mp3Podcast: Play in..

Revision Webinars

To what extent do modern and classical liberals agree over the role of the state?

Each strand of liberalism believes in the idea of a limited state which is placed there by the people it governs, an idea brought about..

Are the IMF and World Bank discredited global governance institutions?

The IMF and the World Bank are part of the Bretton Woods system. First conceived in 1944, set up following the Second World War in..

To what extent do socialists agree or disagree over equality of outcome

Equality of outcome is a concept, realisable through state policies and systems, in which all individuals have approximately the same material wealth and income. This..

Week in Westminster

13/04/2019
George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. How might some smaller parties fare in the Euro Elections if they take place? Plus unprecedented levels of exhaustion among MPs, and the Government White Paper on "online harms". The Editor is Marie Jessel.
BBC Radio 4
06/04/2019
Paul Waugh of HuffPost UK reviews the political week. The PM talks to Labour about the Brexit deal. Is it a good idea? What will come of it? The editor is Marie Jessel
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Radio 4 Friday News Comedy

The News Quiz 19 Apr 2019
The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, the threat of a Measles outbreak and the Extinction Rebellion protests are among the stories covered in this week's News Quiz. Host Miles Jupp is joined by Zoe Lyons, John Robins, Hugo Rifkind & Danielle Ward for Radio 4's long-running topical quiz. Zeb Soanes reads the news. The chair's […]
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The News Quiz 12 Apr 2019
Miles Jupp and the team are back for series 99 of the long running topical panel show. And what a time it is to be a topical comedian, with Brexit finally sorted, and the political landscape wide open again, we can joke about all sorts of things. Or maybe not. The arrest of Julian Assange, […]
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The World Next Week (CFR)

TWNW Presents: The President’s Inbox on Trade and Immigration April 18, 2019
Ted Alden joins Jim Lindsay to discuss trade and immigration policy after the congressional midterms. Ted is the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, specializing in U.S. economic competitiveness, trade, and immigration policy. (This is a rebroadcast of an episode of the President’s Inbox, another podcast produced by CFR.)
Tripoli Violence, Brexit’s Extension, and More April 11, 2019
The United Nations postpones a conference in Libya as the battle for Tripoli continues, Theresa May narrowly avoids a no-deal Brexit, and Indonesia holds a general election.