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Christopher Coker is Professor of International relations at the London School of Economics. In 2008 he published his book- ‘ ethics and war in the twenty first century’. This book provides a very original and important narrative towards asking questions such as- why do states go to war? Who are the threats against states? And how in the liberalisation of society, states collectively justify their actions, and provide moral agency? The biggest point which I have discovered through reading ethics and war in the twenty first century, is the ways in which technological advancements have perpetuated anonymous killings, on the battle field, which within its own structures has changed and to attempt to explore the statement that since the rise of industrialisation and technology, the battlespace has changed, and thus decreased moral agency and increased anonymous killings. This blog aims to explore the factors which have made this statement become true, and to explore the historical, ...

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...