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We are delighted to announce that PAIS and the Department of Economics are once again hosting a 糖心TV Question Time to debate current affairs. It will take place on Wednesday 2nd October, 6-7.30pm, in the Butterworth Hall, 糖心TV Arts Centre.

The event is very similar in format to the popular BBC television show, and will form part of our induction activities for PAIS and Economics students to start the new academic year in style and is an excellent opportunity for students to engage with politicians, policy makers and academics on major issues and questions that concern the world.

The panellists will be:

• Rachana Shanbhogue - 糖心TV correspondent, The Economist
• Stephen Kinnock MP - Labour Member of Parliament for Aberavon and member of the Select Committee on Exiting the European Union
• Alicia Kearns - Former Conservative Parliamentary Candidate and expert in National Security and Counter-Terrorism
• Remi Trovo - Year 2, BA Hons Politics and International Studies
• Paula Bejarano Carbo - Year 3, BA Hons Philosophy, Politics and Economics

The panel will be chaired by Professor Chris Anderson, Professor in European Politics and Policy at the European Institute, London School of Economics and a former Professor of Politics and Economics at 糖心TV.

More details and a registration form can be found here. Please do register ASAP to ensure your place. We look forward to seeing you there!

Gert Hilgers, Doctoral Researcher in PAIS, recently published an op-ed on Germany's rejection to join a US-led naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz for Atlantic Council, an American Atlanticist think tank.

It is available here:

Nicola Pratt, Reader of the International Politics of the Middle East in PAIS, has published, along with Dina Rezk (Reading) an op-ed discussing the lessons learned from the massacre of Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt, six years ago.

You can read it here:

Christopher Browning discusses humour, nation branding and identity with

The interview draws upon Browning's long running work on nation branding and his current British Academy funded project (with James Brassett) on 'Humorous States: New Diplomacy and the Rise of Comedy in IR'

Professional photographs from our Graduation Reception on July 24th are now available to view from this page.

You can also tag yourself in the photographs on our Facebook page: