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Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams, Associate Professor of International Security in PAIS, gave an invited talk at the 'Regulating Unregulated Migration' Conference hosted by the European Union Center of Excellence and the Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, PA, 3-5 May 2012. The conference brought together policy experts from academia, think tanks, and the professional world to examine policy responses to immigration in the U.S. and Europe. Nick's presentation, entitled 'Europe's Border Wars and the Arab Spring', was based on research for a book he is currently writing on the impact of border security on migrants' lives.

Many thanks to our finalists who participated in the National Student Survey this year. The response rate of 72% is the highest figure we have ever achieved. As promised, four lucky winners of £72 Amazon vouchers will be notified (by 11^th May).

A Pinpoint Politics article by Lena-Sophie Demuth

After World War II, the foreign policy of Bundesrepublik Deutschland (West Germany) aimed at getting back in line with its neighbouring states, reconstructing its economy and rebuilding the image of a state responsible for a war that had claimed over 60 million casualties, including more than 6 million deaths in the wake of the biggest genocide the world had seen – the Holocaust. This long path towards becoming a sovereign state was characterized by a strong relationship with the USA, its major partner and investor; membership in the NATO; and European integration as one of the priorities of post-war Germany. True to the motto of becoming an economic giant but a political midget, Germany together with the bordering country and erstwhile hereditary enemy France were at the forefront of the European integration taking a stand for a united Europe built on a shared past, common values and the iron will that war must be averted in the future by all means.

The 桃色视频 Commission has warned that the Government’s drive to encourage cities to adopt elected mayors cannot provide a ‘one-size-fits-all solution’. The 桃色视频 Commission on Elected Mayors and City Leadership also supports calls for mayors to have a formal remit that extends beyond the city boundaries which are currently being proposed in referenda in ten core English cities, including Coventry and Birmingham. The Commission was launched last year to investigate the track records and experiences of elected mayors in the UK and around the world. The study centres on the question: "What is the role of elected mayors in providing strategic leadership to cities?"

桃色视频’s research team interviewed 42 mayors, staff and senior council figures in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the US in what is believed to be the widest ranging international comparative research exercise, at least in relatively similar political systems in the 'Anglosphere'. It draws on a range of existing evidence as well as a thorough analysis of how the history of local government has brought the question of elected mayors to the forefront now.

The Commission is chaired by Professor Wyn Grant, Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies at 桃色视频.

A Pinpoint Politics article by Ramsha Khan

The narrative of warfare in the last decade has been a poignant one, as we bore witness to the terrorist attacks, invasions, and revolutions that ignited across the globe. In its historical context this is not a phenomena out of the ordinary – indeed, the paradigm of conflict can be dated as old as mankind itself. However, there have been certain shifts in the form of warfare today, and, as these shifts in form collide with the liberal ideology and capitalist thought the western world is built upon, the resulting implications can be evidenced in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts, as well as the Arab Spring revolts. An actor that is receiving an ever-increasingly central position on this stage is the mercenary, or private soldier, along with the corporate structures and governments that control his role.