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The assassination of Qasem Soleimani- A critical analysis. On January 3 rd 2020, at around 1am local time to the region of Baghdad Iraq, Top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed by a drone airstrike orchestrated by the US, but more namely Donald Trump. It can be argued that this offensive military decision has led to heightened insecurity and rising tensions between the USA and Iran. The USA who according to the CNBC, ( https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/21/trump-signs-738-billion-defense-bill.html ) stated that Trump had committed $738 billion dollars to defence spending for fiscal year 2020. Meanwhile Iran is expanding its nuclear weapons programme and is growing stronger in the Middle East. This blog aims to uncover the events from a historical and political perspective which led to the assassination and to explore why in my opinion, our Prime Minster Boris Johnson has been so slow to respond and what this could mean for the rest of us on the world stage, who can only ...

Dunkirk explores the historical, social, societal and political context behind the award winning movie Dunkirk. Joshua Levine explores the plight and efforts from those who fought in the land, sea and air. The story from the sides of Britain, America and Germany were explored in depth, as well as the economic and political systems sustained in the build up to one of the biggest evacuation’s known to history. Throughout reading Dunkirk, many historical elements became apparent. Firstly the book humanised the men and women who so bravely fought for liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation. Case studies, exploring the life of a British and German soldier were explored. There was a realisation that many were not ready to fight and sacrifice their lives, but yet the persistence and resilience which endured was sure to be recognised. Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Britain, gave his famous speech in 1940. ‘We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall figh...