Politics

(Anyone but) Trump for America

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

The Iowa Caucuses are just six weeks away, and that means the real race for the Presidency in America is just about to get underway – but this year, more than ever in recent years, both nominations seem as though they are already sewn up. For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton is a shoe-in to be selected as the first ever female Presidential candidate for one of the big two parties.  She’s got a big lead over Bernie Sanders in the polls and has the name — Read more →

The post war extreme right in Italy and Germany

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

Download PDF The modern extreme right phenomenon in Europe is found in many nations across the continent, with varying degrees of political success for each party coming from differences in ideology, policy and acceptance by the public and political institutions. All of this is often put into the context of the extreme right that existed in Europe before the modern era, before World War II.  This type of extreme right political thought and action was defined more so as fascism or Nazism, and was demonstrably — Read more →

The Syrian Airstrikes Debate

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

In a world of vanishingly fewer moral absolutes, one thing is certain: that ISIL are a disgrace to civilisation and must be ended. We need to learn lessons of the past and go about defeating ISIL in a thoughtful and more balanced way, and airstrikes can, and must, only be the first step in doing that. In order to stop the vicious cycle of bombing, war and terrorism we need support of Arab countries in building a coalition against ISIL. Without them, this is another — Read more →

The War against ISIL

War is what they want, and war is what they'll get

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

With Friday’s raid on a Malian hotel, which left almost 30 people dead, islamists have killed the citizens of all five permanent UN Security Council members (US, UK, Russia, China & France) – managing to unite the most powerful nations in the world against them.  This is perhaps the only feat that can be said to be impressive of ISIL, although it leaves their strategic capabilities with much to be desired. And on Friday the Security Council unanimously passed a resolution condemning ISIL’s actions and — Read more →

Who votes for extreme right parties in Western Europe?

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

Download PDF Understanding the phenomena of the extreme right can be difficult, and despite extensive academic discussion of the parties’ place on the political spectrum, conclusions on its ideology and of connected voting behaviour remain incomplete. This essay will discuss the current state of the extreme right polity, examining the socio-demographic and attitudinal factors that seem to suggest a propensity to vote for extreme right parties in elections in Western Europe.  This will include academic research into the explanations of who votes for the parties — Read more →

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