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Rj Batkhuu

Politics Print Edition 

Is this the end of the ‘American Century’?

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Maddy Burt, Rj Batkhuu, Verity Laycock

Rj Batkhuu and Maddy Burt examine the position of the past hundred years as an ‘American Century’ and the threats to American hegemony today.

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Politics Print Edition 

Government continues to pile pressure on young

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Rj Batkhuu

Rj Batkhuu examines the impact on intergenerational inequality from the government’s decision to lower the threshold for repayment on student loans.

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Politics 

Identity, nationalism and Union: a solution in devolution, according to the Archbishop of York

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Rj Batkhuu

Rj Batkhuu discusses the Archbishop of York’s recent piece in the Telegraph, and the problems around the UK’s national identity.

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Satire 

Satire Caption Competition #1

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Ben Lycett, Rj Batkhuu

Satire introduces its first caption competition…

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Politics Print Edition World Politics 

Fatalism on Chinese hegemony is misplaced

July 4, 2021July 4, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Rj Batkhuu

Rj Baktkuu assesses the grip of the CCP’s power and whether fatalism on Chinese hegemony is misplaced.

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Politics Print Edition World Politics 

The Czech Republic defies China

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 sub.editors 0 Comments Rj Batkhuu

Here Rj Batkhuu looks at the Czech Republic’s decision to back Taiwan against China, looking at the consequences on a large international scale.

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Politics 

What America can learn from Hannah Arendt

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 sub.editors 0 Comments Rj Batkhuu

Rj Batkhuu discusses Hannah Arendt’s political philosophy and applies it to America’s democratic decline.

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