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Make a new year resolution for 2025: Learn Japanese!

We are offering an in-person Japanese course for beginners, open to anyone aged 18 and over at Loughborough University.

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Alex Christoyannopoulos publishes pacifist reflections on Ukraine war

Dr Alex Christoyannopoulos just published an article on the Ukraine war in International Affairs, a prestigious journal ran by Chatham House.

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Student awarded prizes at graduation

On 12th December, our 2024 postgraduate cohort enjoyed a brilliant graduation day on campus celebrating with friends, family, and staff members from our School.

Syria: fall of Assad a blow for Iran’s ‘Shia crescent’ – here are its foreign policy options in the new-look Middle East

When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant backlash. The Syrian Constitution stipulated that only Muslims could hold the presidency, and the Alawites were deemed non-Muslim by many Sunni groups.
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Sacred sites

On 18 November, Caroline gave a talk on ‘Sacred Sites: Targeting Churches in Times of War to an audience from The Churches Conservation Trust.

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The Diplomat season two explores the US-UK special relationship – and couldn’t be more timely

Netflix’s popular political drama The Diplomat is back for a second season. It follows US ambassador to Britain Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) as she attempts to unravel a conspiracy at the very heart of the British government. In doing so, The Diplomat once again has plenty to say about the US-UK “special relationship”.

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