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‘Linguistic fascism’: Was Lord Moylan right to raise the alarm on Wales?
To defeat linguistic fascism, we must realise that the true threat to liberty comes from a desire to punish others, corporally or reputationally, for not submitting to the idea that one language should be supreme over others.
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Inside the Spin Room: The ABC News Presidential Debate
September 10th’s highly anticipated ABC News Presidential debate saw Vice-President Harris’ debate tactics triumph over…
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Speaking of Magic Bullets…and the Case for Being Moderate
Our political discourse has become dominated by references to quick fixes and simple solutions. Such…
Global Politics
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Inside the Spin Room: The ABC News Presidential Debate
September 10th’s highly anticipated ABC News Presidential debate saw Vice-President Harris’ debate tactics triumph over former President Trump.
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Speaking of Magic Bullets…and the Case for Being Moderate
Our political discourse has become dominated by references to quick fixes and simple solutions. Such discourse doesn’t match reality.
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Censor the Language, Curtail the People: An Analysis of Kurdish Linguistic Erasure Across the Nation-states on Kurdish Land
While ethnic groups like the Kurds are often defined by their nationality, language can serve as an even more specific marker of an ethnic group, expressing its identity through specialised terminology relevant to the group’s experience.
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When Words Are Action: China’s Slogans and Global Ambition
Peering into the thought process behind China’s slogans provides a pertinent window into Chinese politics, and politics in general, for that matter.
Interviews
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Litigating Genocide: Attorney Kenneth McCallion on the Herero and Nama Peoples’ Legal Quest for Reparations
In 2017, the descendants of two Namibian tribes sued Germany in the U.S. federal court. Kenneth McCallion was the lead attorney representing them.
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OPR Speaks with New Yorker Investigative Journalist, Patrick Radden Keefe
The award-winning journalist sits down with OPR to discuss the press coverage of pro-Palestine student encampments, the broader role of objectivity in journalism, and a host of other topics.
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Zeynep Pamuk on Politics and Expertise: ‘It’s not just a matter of fixing the communication and educating the people’
Antoine Levie speaks to Zeynep Pamuk, Associate Professor in Contemporary Political Theory at Oxford University about her recent book ‘Politics and Expertise’.
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OPR speaks with European Commission’s Director-General for Climate Action, Kurt Vandenberghe
OPR’s Global Politics editor Marta Kąkol interviews Kurt Vandenberghe, the Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action.
Latest Issue
OPR Issue 13: Language
From the challenges of cultural diversity to the emergence of a new digital public sphere, and from the discourse of animal ethics to the linguistic politics of hostage, this issue explores the theme of language in its myriad forms.
- In Cameroon, linguistic protection is conflict prevention.
- Book Review: Habermas revisits the idea of the public sphere in light of the digital revolution.
- Politics of the Hostage in Israel: getting rid of victimary undertones and embracing perpetual self-questioning.
- Identities through a consumption perspective: recognising the importance of language in addressing oppression faced by animals.
Culture & Ideas
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‘Linguistic fascism’: Was Lord Moylan right to raise the alarm on Wales?
To defeat linguistic fascism, we must realise that the true threat to liberty comes from a desire to punish others, corporally or reputationally, for not submitting to the idea that one language should be supreme over…
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Rattling The Cage of Farmed Animal Identity
Our immediate associations of ‘cow’ with ‘milk’ and ‘beef’ are rarely coupled with a recognition of the fact that an individual animal must be exploited to obtain these products.
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A History of National Language Policies in Singapore
As Singapore grapples with an increasingly complex and intercultural demographic, policymakers must continually reassess language policies to better reflect the lived realities of its citizens.
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Review: A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics by Jürgen Habermas
Habermas solutions concerning the protection of the political public sphere from fragmentation and exclusion dynamics in the digital age may not be sufficient to uphold its inclusivity and discursivity.
Law
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Language and the Law: Substantive Canons and Politicised Language
In pursuing the neutral application of the law, courts must discern the meaning of statutes. What happens when a statute’s text is not clear?
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How International Law is Law: Decoding H. L. A. Hart’s Concept of Law
Acknowledging the legitimacy of international law as a legal system, rather than succumbing to pessimism, is the first step towards the pursuit of international justice.
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Maps as Weapons: Legal Implications of Territorial Claims
Nation-states often wield maps as weapons to assert territorial claims. Due to escalating tensions between China and its neighbors and a surge in their military power, the impact created by the spread of such misinformation is…
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The ‘She’ Factor: Extending Protection of Female-Specific Legislations to the Indian LGBTQIA+ Community
There remain incongruities between the popular judicial rhetoric advocating for equal rights for the LGBTQIA+ community and its real world manifestation.
Video Interviews
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