In the 'war on terrorism' waged by the United States the activities of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have been in the spotlight of discussions for several years. Such activities include extra-legal renditions ...

Democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a central pillar of the foreign policy the European Union (EU). Rather than concentrating on the relations between the incumbent authoritarian regimes ...

This article explores the development of political relationships between people and politicians since around 1820 in Latin America. In particular, it develops the idea of client‐ship as a form of political agency and ...

The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) is largely absent from the narrative of Welsh devolution, in particular from the left’s engagement with the national question, as it is from much of the discussion of Welsh ...

The International Conflict System established after 1945 has proved remarkably durable in the face of deep and profound systemic alterations. Aimed at providing states with a menu of dispute resolution techniques, it rests ...

We review how intertidal biodiversity is responding to globally driven climate change, focusing on long-term data from rocky shores in the British Isles. Physical evidence of warming around the British Isles is presented ...