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A "devastating political moment" - Dr Alexander Smith comments on the US mail bomb attempt

Explosive packages have been sent to critics of President Donald Trump, including the Clintons, President Obama and CNN.

Dr Alexander Smith from the Department of Socology says: "As the investigation gets underway, there are questions for Trump."

Thu 25 Oct 2018, 10:39 | Tags: USA, United States, Expert comment

Dr Simon Leigh on the blocking of 3D-printed gun software in the US

Dr Simon Leigh, expert in 3D printing from the School of Engineering, comments on the news that a US federal judge has blocked the publication of blueprints for parts of a gun that can be made by a 3D printer.


Liberty, Luck and Macron’s US tour

The occasionally embarrassing bromance staged between Presidents Trump and Macron during the latter’s State Visit has suited both parties writes Seán Hand Deputy Professor of French Studies and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Europe).


"Trump has chosen an outspoken neoconservative hardliner to serve as his National Security Advisor" - expert comment

Dr. Georg Löfflmann from the Department of Politics and International Studies comments on the news that President Trump has appointed John Bolton as his National Security Adviser, replacing H.R.McMaster.


Cambridge Analytica: companies can access 'personality profiles', expert explains

It was reported today that the UK poltical consulting firm Cambridge Analytica is being investigated for alledgedly using the personal data of 50 million Facebook members to influence the US presidential election in 2016.

Professor Ian Robertson, a cyber security expert in University of Warwick's Department of Computer Science, comments.


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