Hi and welcome to the City Politics Blog, where you can find out about events and activities related to the Department of International Politics at City, University of London! It is the start of a new academic year and we have a wide array of activities that will tantalise new and returning members of our […]
Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize: All for one but not one for all: How Arab Nationalism Rose and Fell by Kelly van Roy
Congratulations to the winner of the graduate section of the Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize: Kelly van Roy! ‘Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first’. —Charles de Gaulle In this essay, I explore what factors caused the rise and decline of Arab […]
Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize: ‘Encounters in and between the West and the Middle East’: (Re)constructing Identities by Sasha Bukhari
Congratulations to Sasha Bukhari for winning second prize in the undergraduate section of the Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize! Introduction The West has its history etched into foreign sands, its achievements laboured by foreign hands, but its legacies sung with only whispered mentions of their foreign names. Discussing the history of the Middle East is to […]
Weekly Update: Diplomacy, Antiracism, Confucianism, and More!
It’s Tuesday and the football may be done, but politics never stops. Diplomacy and Leadership in a Democracy 14 July, 17:00 BST With the continual rise of authoritarian leadership around the world, it may seem that democracy is in peril. How will this global shift impact diplomacy and international relations for the US and other […]
Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize: What were the Causes and Consequences of the War in 1967 for both Israelis and Palestinians? by Nora Saghi
Congratulations to Nora Saghi for winning first place in the undergraduate group of the Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize! We will be sharing all winning entries across the next three weeks, so keep an eye out for these engaging and insightful essays in honour of a colleague who is greatly missed. This essay will argue that […]
Photo Contest Winner: Lana Dolgopolova
Congratulations to Lana Dolgopolova for winning this round of the City Politics Photo Contest. Lana writes: “This picture has been taken at one of the London Underground stations. When I saw these newspapers laying on the ground, being thrown away by people after seeing the headline, my desire to capture this moment grew. This image […]
Weekly Update: Great Global Challenge Winners, City Writes, and more events than you can shake a stick at!
It’s Tuesday and we’ve go whole mess of things to do. And be sure to keep an eye out for a special photo contest post tomorrow and the first in our Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize posts later this week. Congratulations to Great Global Challenge Winners! Kelly van Roy writes: “This past week, I had the […]
Weekly Update: Podcasts, Pride, Photos, and More!
There’s some sort of football happening today, but there’s politics happening all the time. City Politics Podcast: LBTQ History and Politics We celebrated Pride Month by looking at the LGBT History and Politics featuring Koen Slootmaeckers and Chris Parkes! Also available on Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts! The Transatlantic Space Between Shifting Administrations: The Place of […]
Weekly Update: Photo Contest, Crises of Democracy, Racism in the UK, and More!
Check out all these assorted politics events and contests. International Politics Photo Contest Celebrate the end of the academic year and of this most sui generis Covid year by unleashing your creativity and capturing the reality of politics with a photo! Submit an entry for the Best Political Photo Contest, summer edition of the Department […]
Student Spotlight: What Does The Global Response to COVID-19 Suggest about Global Governance? by Ankhmaa Ankhbayar
Our Student Spotlight highlights the excellent work done by students in the Department of International Politics. Introduction COVID-19 has brought many challenges in the lives of many nations in the world. The virus was first identified in China, the City of Wuhan in December 2019, however, it took months for some states to react. It […]