by Yeseul Woo On 3 January 2020, the first North Korean defector reality show "Go to End" began to air on the South Korean television channel Chosun TV. The series follows the journey of a 12-year-old North Korean boy who is defecting to South Korea to meet his parents, who had already defected across the border six years earlier. The documentary provides twenty-two … [Read More...] about South Korea’s Dangerous Silence on Human Rights Abuses in North Korea
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King’s: Home for Naval History and Maritime Strategic Research
by James Smith The Department of War Studies at King's College London is home to the Laughton Unit. The Laughton Unit educates and researches in the field of … [Read More...] about King’s: Home for Naval History and Maritime Strategic Research
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Ikenberry’s ‘Liberal Leviathan’ and American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump
by Paakhi Bhatnagar America’s world leadership is in crisis. Amidst a trade war with China, an unprecedented withdrawal of forces from the Middle … [Read More...] about Ikenberry’s ‘Liberal Leviathan’ and American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump
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Raising and Losing Children in the Donbas War
by Daria Platonova Child suffering is a largely neglected aspect of the war in Donbas. According to a recent UNICEF report, of the 3.4 million people in need of humanitarian support in eastern Ukraine, sixty per cent are women and children. Andriy … [Read More...] about Raising and Losing Children in the Donbas War
Event Review – Raison d’Etat: Cardinal Richelieu’s Grand Strategy during the Thirty Years’ War
by Daria Platonova The lecture on Cardinal Richelieu’s Grand Strategy during the Thirty Years’ War took place on 4 December 2019 at the War Studies Department. It was given by Dr Iskander Rehman, a Senior Fellow for International Relations at the Pell … [Read More...] about Event Review – Raison d’Etat: Cardinal Richelieu’s Grand Strategy during the Thirty Years’ War
China, Myanmar, War Crimes and the Issue of “National Sovereignty”
by Anna Tan In September 2017, ten Rohingya Muslims were executed by the Burmese military in the village of Inn Din, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Afterward, journalists leading the Reuters investigation that exposed the massacre were … [Read More...] about China, Myanmar, War Crimes and the Issue of “National Sovereignty”
The Rise of Digital Propaganda – An ‘Alt-Right’ Phenomenon?
by Tom Ascott Without social media, the alt-right would not exist, Donald Trump would not be president, and the UK would not be leaving the European Union. As the American Sociological Association put it ‘the rise of the alt-right would not be possible … [Read More...] about The Rise of Digital Propaganda – An ‘Alt-Right’ Phenomenon?
For Latin America, Enough is Enough
by Leah Grace A wave of anti-government protests is sweeping across the globe. From Hong Kong to Lebanon, France to Iraq, Pakistan to Haiti, people have taken to the streets en masse to express a wide array of frustrations and demands. Nowhere, perhaps, … [Read More...] about For Latin America, Enough is Enough