By Chris White, MSc International Conflict and Cooperation Long before COVID-19 emerged, the West has been battling the symptoms of an epidemic in public mistrust. COVID-19 highlighted how repeated violations of the voter’s trust by ‘establishment’ politicians have ensured any distrust in domestic institutions has permeated into the international system. As part of my own Masters
By Svea Horn, MSc International Conflict and Cooperation In the past three decades, the international community has been striving to tackle climate change, with climate finance becoming a core dimension of those efforts. Climate finance is defined as finance that seeks to support local, national and international climate change adaptation and mitigation activities which have
Richard Leonard was elected as Labour’s leader in Scotland in November 2017 with a brief to re-establish his party as a force in Scottish politics. However, he has been unable to do so. Just as before, Scottish Labour have not threatened the SNP’s monopoly on power. Instead, it competes, a diminished force, with the Scottish
Emily St Denny, University of Stirling In France, where prostitution is partly criminalised, it is illegal to buy sexual services but legal for a woman or a man to sell sex. And anyone selling sex must pay taxes like everyone else. But many people in prostitution – some of whom consider themselves “sex workers” and therefore believe they
Eric Shaw, University of Stirling Party leaders matter more than ever in today’s politics. They embody their parties in the public’s mind and, for many voters, assessing a leader is a cognitive shortcut simplifying the process of electoral choice. So, Keir Starmer’s election as the UK’s Labour party leader, defeating Rebecca Long-Bailey (the “continuity candidate”) and
Stefanie Elsa graduated with a First Class degree in History and Politics from the University of Stirling in 2020. In this blog, Stefanie, who is from Switzerland, talks about why she chose to study at Stirling, what she gained from her degree, and what she plans to do next. Why Stirling? Especially as an international
Megan Dee, University of Stirling Anniversaries are meant to be a celebration. They represent a moment of reflection – a marker, a milestone, a time to look back. And therein lies their biggest problem. For anniversaries have that unfortunate effect of turning any subject – be it a past event, a married couple, or indeed
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