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The problems of prohibition: chemical weapons and the Syrian conflict
If government and / or opposition forces are found to be responsible for using chemical agents in Syria, what might this mean for international efforts at preventing chemical warfare, particularly within intra-state conflicts? Caitriona McLeish, Alex Spelling and Brian Balmer discuss with reference to the historical context of chemical and biological weapons (CBW) prohibition.
Read MoreGreat Expectations: The role of education in penal reform
Will better education in prisons prevent reoffending? Rosalind Crone looks back to Victorian prison education experiments that are still influential today.
Read MoreWhere Influence Lies
Prof. Jean-Pierre Morin argues historians need to become more proactive in order to overcome the challenges they face when communicating with policymakers.
Read MorePro European Conservatives
Khurram Jowiya offers a potted history of the short-lived Pro-Euro Conservative Party (PECP).
Read MoreLessons for Mr Gove from a Victorian “Reform” Prison
Dr J M Moore offers the Victorian Winson Green prison as a historical lesson for Michael Gove's prison reforms.
Read MoreAntisemitism and the British Labour Party
Marcel Stoetzler explores Labour's current antisemitism scandal through the lens of historical antisemitism in British politics.
Read MoreThe British Trade Union Movement and the European Referendum: What can we learn from the past?
Prof. Philip B. Whyman compares and contrasts the role of British Trade Unions in the 1975 and 2016 European referendums.
Read MoreKitchen sink theology for a troubled world
Dr Alana Harris examines the Pope's Amoris Laetitia and asks what these can teach us about the evolution of the Catholic Church.
Read MorePrivilege in the Twenty-First Century: The Threat of Offshore Finance to Democratic Cohesion
With the Panama Papers database being made public, André Vitória & Ronald Kroeze explore how regulators throughout history have grappled with offshore financing.
Read MoreWhat the Danish experience tells us about the British Referendum
Tænketanken EUROPA's Catharina Sørensen looks to Denmark's 2015 EU Referendum for lessons for the UK's forthcoming EU Referendum.
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