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The Digital Journal
The Wilberforce Society's Digital Journal publishes articles on current affairs and policy matters that are 800 to 1500 words in length. Submissions are considered on the basis of originality, quality and contribution to current discourse on the matter examined. If you have a proposal for an article you wish to be considered, please submit it here. If you have any queries, please email policy@wilberforcesociety.co.uk.
The TWS Digital Journal exists to provide any student at the University of Cambridge with a platform to publish their independent policy research, in the hope that it will be of informative and educational value. Inclusion of a piece in the Digital Journal does not imply that TWS endorses the views expressed by the author(s).
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The world China’s energy revolution has made
Written by Albie Gavshon Edited by Sami Firdose A graph of global GDP over the last two thousand years can tell us a lot about global politics over the last twenty.[1] China’s return to commanding a hefty share of global production has, in part, corrected the historical anomaly that was Western dominance in the world economy. Figure 1: Global GDP shares through history in terms of purchasing power parity. Deutsche Bank. The ‘great divergence’ between Euro-American and Asian
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Mar 13
Jimmy Lai’s Sentencing and Hong Kong’s Judicial Pivot
The twenty-year custodial sentence given to Jimmy Lai Chee-ying by the Hong Kong High Court on 9th of February 2026 - occurring just a week from Sir Kier’s visit to Beijing - represents a shift in Hong Kong’s judicial development. Mr Lai was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiring to publish seditious material. The 78-year-old, who arrived in Hong Kong at the age of 12 after stowing away in the bottom of a fishing boat,
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Feb 20
‘We are more doomed than before’: Gen-Z Nepalis are worried about their future
Written by Alex Prvulovich Edited by Evan Burgess Five months ago, these protesters took down their government. I talked to them about that movement, and their hopes and fears for the elections next month. ‘Nobody expected to cross the police barricade,’ says Sam, ‘The government underestimated the protestors. They didn’t have enough police. They didn’t expect so many young people to show up.’ The 25-year-old was near the front of the crowd that surrounded the Federal Parl
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Feb 13
The Economics of Prostitution in Thailand
Bhing Turongpon Edited by Ansh Barot The prostitution industry, the buying and selling of the human body and sex itself, has long been established through its ubiquity within modern and historic societies, transcending across cultures and socioeconomic barriers. Thailand, a developing South-East Asian country, is notorious for its sex tourism sector, which has contributed to a self-perpetuating cycle of prostitution, trafficking, and illicit activity especially in urban areas
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Mar 27, 2025
Teaching About Race and Identity in a Global Classroom
This article explores innovative pedagogical approaches to teaching about race and identity in a global classroom.
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Jan 20, 2025
UN-NGO partnerships: paving the way for stronger global development
Bernard Shiu The United Nations (UN) has been a wellspring of bold agendas in the 21st century. From the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 to the Sustainable Development Goals in 2016, it has been vocal in articulating the flaws of our world and the solutions required. Yet, in an age of unresolved conflict and inequality, it’s hard to agree that the UN has been effective at implementing its agendas. Why is this the case and is there a remedy available? The Status Quo Even
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Jan 14, 2025
Navigating Neoliberalism, AI, and SDG 4: Toward Equitable Global Education
Aanchal Kapur Edited by Ansh Barot Introduction In the discourse surrounding education, neoliberalism emerges as a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that deeply influences global educational policies. It is underpinned by ideological principles that include Western economic strategies such as trade liberalisation, market deregulation, individual empowerment, self-interest, competitiveness, decentralisation, minimal state intervention, and extensive privatisation of state-ow
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Sep 7, 2024
If Three Became Two: Strengthening the EU-Japanese Strategic Partnership in a World of Uncertain Alliances
Leonas Pausch Edited by Evan Burgess As NATO's leaders gathered in Washington to celebrate what President Joe Biden hailed as “the greatest military alliance in the history of the world,” the mood was far from jubilant.[1] Marking 75 years of peacekeeping on the European continent, the alliance now faces a series of daunting challenges. Russia appears to be gaining ground in Ukraine, and internally, NATO might soon need to re-acclimate to the presence of Donald Trump. While t
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Sep 3, 2024
The Development Finance Corporation: Leading Private Capital into International Development
Cameron Thomas | The Wilberforce Society Edited by Eliška Hauferová Introduction The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) was established in 2019, representing an ambitious attempt to consolidate and enhance the USA's development finance strength. The Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 merged the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) with other government agencies to create the DFC as a modernise
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Mar 22, 2024
To what extent have the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East impacted the Bank of England post-Covid?
C.G.E. Bulmer | The Wilberforce Society | 4th February 2024 Edited by Jessica Alder The 2020s have seen two major conflicts in two years: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict to include Iranian-backed groups like the Houthis. As US hegemony diminishes, China looks increasingly towards Taiwan, and Russia forges links with anti-Western interests, Western central bankers need to place greater emphasis on global conflict amidst an emerging
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Feb 4, 2024
The Ukraine Effect: China's lesson from Putin's nuclear threat
Leonas Pausch Edited by Norpell Wilberforce 24/01/2023 In October 2022, Joe Biden assessed that the world faced the highest risk of “nuclear Armageddon” since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. And although the White House was eager to downplay the president’s remarks there is some truth to it. Immediately before the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Putin publicly warned that “whoever tries to interfere” would suffer “consequences that you have never experienced in your h
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Jan 24, 2023
Stealing the taps – the environmental and geopolitical consequences of Chinese damming of Tibet
Norpell Wilberforce October 2022 Introduction Tibet is the climate epicentre of the world. Situated on the Tibetan plateau, the highest on earth, it contains the largest reserves of freshwater outside of the Poles. Each of Asia’s ten major river systems originate in the Tibetan plateau, and billions of people depend on Tibet’s waters for their survival. The cyclical heating of the Tibetan plateau is a driving force of Indian monsoons[1], and its snow cover has been shown to c
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Oct 9, 2022
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