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The London Globalist

Author: Kanan Parida, Deputy Editor-in-Chief In a stunning victory, 397 MPs voted for and 223 voted against PM David Cameron’s call for air strikes against the Islamic State in Syria. …

Recently, the London Globalist team conducted a campus review to gauge what the perception of Islam is at the LSE. We asked our respondents a simple question – ‘When I …

Author: Sabrina Khan “Say hey, say ho, fossil fuels have got to go!” That was one of the many chants heard across Central London on Sunday with more than fifty thousand …

Author: Gah-Kai Leung The London Globalist hosted its flagship event of the term on Wednesday evening: a screening of “The Great European Disaster Movie”, a 90-minute drama documentary set in …

Author: Polly Hatfield Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s renown as a self-publicist has won him admiration and disdain in equal measure over the course of his political career. The charismatic …

Author: Nikita Ganin Before I commence, my deepest condolences go to those that have been affected by the horrendous attacks that have recently happened in Paris, Lebanon and over the …

Author: Quintus Lim One normally associates General Elections (GE) with democracies. However, is it plausible for democratic rights, such as freedom of speech, to be inconsiderable in a GE? This …

Russia’s Doping Scandal The WADA report into corruption and doping in Russian athletics has accused the Russia’s athletics federation (ARAF) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) of being non-compliant with …

Author: Olisa Maduegbuna When all the ecstasy of the Trump phenomenon fades away, when the Donald commits one too many gaffes, one man will be waiting in the wings to …

It has been over a week since the parliamentary elections in Poland, and the citizens started to vehemently engage with the public debate on what to expect. After 8 years, …