Robyn Moffat explores the harmful impacts that Brexit and the subsequent law-changes have on Asylum Seekers settling in Britain, as well as the catastrophic effects that COVID-19 has on the process of immigration. Last year, deportation flights from the United Kingdom to the European Union increased threefold as the home office rushed to maximise its…
Category: Geopolitics
2020 US Election: Biden VS Trump – How the Pandemic Uncovered the Fight for Democracy
Nathan Yang looks back on a tumultuous 2020 US Election in the wake of a global pandemic. With Joe Biden winning his 3rd attempt at running for US President against rival President Donald Trump, the legitimacy of the US political system on a domestic and international stage is questioned. What can we learn from this…
The Name Game
Daniel Hall discusses what ‘Lake Trump’ tells us about the geopolitics of naming in the Balkans. In the year 2020, it has become almost routine for headlines that could have easily been outlandish satire not so long ago to become reality. “Disputed reservoir on the Serbia-Kosovo border to be named after President Donald Trump” is…
The Bloomsbury Geographer 