Working Paper Series - 10 Andriana Bruno Abstract This paper addresses the political phenomena of the rise of populism in Western democracies, specifically focusing on the United States and Hungary. The research hypothesizes that populist leaders such as Trump and Orbán manipulate language surrounding immigration within their public speeches to…

Working Paper Series - 9 Spyridon Tsaparas Abstract This paper aims to find consistent reasons as to why states participate in humanitarian interventions. Using a combination of online archival documents and documents from the United Nations (only to specific cases) it has been concluded that there are three consistent conditions…

Working Paper Series - 8 Christos Bekas-Moraris The Cold War period has been thoroughly discussed among academics. Its importance lies with the delicacy of the decisions taken, as they demanded an immense amount of strategic talent in order to avoid complete nuclear catastrophe. The most important personality was the saint…

Working Paper Series - 7 Henry McLaughlin Abstract Questions regarding statehood in IR research are plentiful. But the question of micronations and their status in the international system are rarely, if ever discussed. Micronations are a small field that could potentially bring on major consequences and implications for international law…

Working Paper Series - 6 Filippo Nikolaos Valasakis Abstract This research paper assesses the evolution of the Bundeswehr from the end of the Cold War until the present day. The paper is split into 5 parts. I) The German Bundeswehr, II) ISAF Experience, III) Manpower Shortage, IV) Material Deficit, V)…

Working Paper Series - 5 Despoina Chatzakou Abstract Revolution is characterized as a sudden change in the political or governmental system. The Cambridge Dictionary associates revolution with violence by considering the latter to often be a component of the former. Thus, revolutions often contain violence as their feature and therefore,…

Working Paper Series - 4 Filippo Nikolaos Valasakis Abstract This Research paper will be assessing the level of trust by the public towards the scientific community is rather high in Italy. The COVID-19 pandemic had affected this in a few distinct ways and which are analysed in this paper. I)…

Working Paper Series - 3 Melina Giannakouli | 20/12/21 Abstract This paper aims to perform an analysis on how the conspiracy theories posted on TikTok, have impacted the public’s trust towards scientists and research during COVID 19. This pandemic has had a tremendous impact and has negatively shaped attitudes of the…

Working Paper Series - 2 Alexander Cameron | 20/12/21 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a stark new reality with the United States: a diminished level of trust on behalf of the public towards scientists and their research. Due to the ever-growing political divide between Democrats and Republicans, each political…

Working Paper Series - 1 Yasmine Neri | 20/11/21 Abstract Political analysts are concerned about the possibility of a war breaking out over Taiwan, which could potentially escalate to a much grander international scale, because of the island’s alliance with the United States and in view of its deteriorating relations…