Other News
Chris Moran featured on BBC Radio 4
On Friday 5th November, Dr. Christopher R. Moran, an Assistant Professor of US National Security, was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's The Today programme. The interview, which took place on 'Global James Bond Day', was conducted by BBC correspondent Gordon Carrera and focused on the remarkable interest taken by the CIA during the Cold War in the Bond franchise. Dr. Moran explained how the CIA successfully replicated Rosa Klebb's lethal footwear from From Russia With Love, but failed in their attempts to copy the technology (hidden machine gun turrets etc) of 007's classic Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger.
Listen to the interview (about 50 minutes in)
Chris Moran featured on BBC Radio Wales
Chris Moran, Assistant Professor in US National Security, was featured on a BBC Radio Wales programme on James Bond on 26 October.
Listen to the broadcast (Chris Moran comes in at about the 50 minute mark)
Undergraduate Essay Submission and Feedback
The department of Politics and International studies is using a new e-submission and e-feedback system for all formative and assessed essays from November 2012.
This document is intended to guide you through the process of submitting essays, and receiving your feedback. It does not contain any information about the administration of the module.
Dr Oz Hassan chairs talk given by Sir Robert Worcester at the Royal Society in London
Dr Oz Hassan, Assistant Professor in US National Security, chaired a talk given by Honorary PAIS Professor and founder of Market and Opinion Research International Ltd. (MORI), Sir Robert Worcester, at the Royal Society in London on 22 October. Sir Robert Worcester is a well-known figure in British public opinion research and political circles and as a media commentator, especially about voting intentions in British and American elections. Over 120 Warwick alumni were present at the lecture, which was entitled: 'The 2012 American Presidential Election: Who's Going to Win, and Why'.
Chavez: An unfair (re)election?
A Pinpoint Politics article by Armando Ortega
The latest presidential election in Venezuela was held on October 7th, with the incumbent president, Hugo Chávez, facing the former governor of Miranda, Henrique Capriles. It was deemed by a sector of the international press as a face-off between David and Goliath. With the support of the state apparatus, as well as the political use of populist measures (i.e., cheap oil and the construction of houses for the Venezuelan poor), Chávez won an otherwise fair election with 54.4% of the votes against Capriles 45% and named Nicolas Maduro, a relative moderate, as his Vice-President. In this manner, Chávez will remain in power, if his poor health allows him to fulfill his mandate, until 2019. Capriles was quick to recognise his defeat, thinking of upcoming regional elections in December this year.