Gilbert Ramsay is a lecturer in International Relations at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St Andrews.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe can only contemplate leaving the EU because its miracles have become banalThe EU is an astonishing institution, unique in human history, imperfect because of the scale of its ambition. Let's...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAuthoritarian Britain is made freer by the EUThe idea that the EU undermines English liberty is nonsense: it has helped curtail the British state's repressive...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHas a generation of activists given in to surveillance?Reflections after months poring over interviews with activists about surveillance.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReport: Impacts of surveillance on contemporary British activismSt Andrews University and openDemocracy interviewed 25 activists, and surveyed more than a hundred, about the...
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Published in: HomeIS attacks and not playing their gameFor the terrorists, best would be to be left alone to consolidate. Next best would be an epic all-out confrontation...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOn the unexplained killing of Raqib Ruhul AminBritish government air strikes killed three IS combatants. It only appears to have tried to justify two of these deaths.